techniques to get my fingers back in shape?

[geo3217]

So I haven't played guitar in a while, and my playing is really sloppy. This could really just apply to finger exercises in general, but does anyone know any good techniques to get my fingers more accurate and not so sloppy? Preferably exercises that are fun, or at least not dull. I can't stand doing scales over and over and things like that.

[onid41]

practice practice practice

[Easy E]

Lie In Our Graves and Satellite are good fun ways to get your dexterity back

[jsgksu]

Give this a shot: http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... +exercises

[Easy E]

wait a minute, are we actually...helping people?

[markTR]

Somebody link meatspin and lets get the hell out of here

[onid41]

Somebody link meatspin and lets get the hell out of here

[ut4ever8]

Somebody link meatspin and lets get the hell out of here

[skilly]

Somebody link meatspin and lets get the hell out of here

[jeffturner]

Just play more n more

[mlb1399]

major scales, minor scales, major pentatonic scales, minor pentatonic scales. Work your way up, down, changing directions in the middle going either direction as well as arpeggios.

[Sciaracastro]

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a) 1-2-3-4   2-1-3-4   3-1-2-4   4-1-2-3
b) 1-2-4-3   2-1-4-3   3-1-4-2   4-1-3-2
c) 1-3-2-4   2-3-1-4   3-2-1-4   4-2-1-3
d) 1-3-4-2   2-3-4-1   3-2-4-1   4-2-3-1
e) 1-4-2-3   2-4-1-3   3-4-1-2   4-3-1-2
f) 1-4-3-2   2-4-3-1   3-4-2-1   4-3-2-1

start from the a) line
choose a bpm. play from the 5th fret, 6th string.
(so for the 1-2-3-4 thing on 6th string is: A-Bb-B-C).
then move to the 5th string
(D-Eb-E-F)
and so on...dont forget to move back from the 1st to the 6th string!

then move to the second pattern (2-1-3-4)
(6th string: Bb-A-B-C)
and blablabla

when you'll have them all down pretty well (and it takes even months at a good speed ^^), just play all of them from the a) line to the f) one