{"id":124784,"date":"2025-06-12T12:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=124784"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:30:57","slug":"lesson-2-how-to-play-the-tone-game-essential-warm-ups-and-hand-stretches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/lesson-2-how-to-play-the-tone-game-essential-warm-ups-and-hand-stretches\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 2 \u2013 How To Play The Tone Game &#8211; Essential Warm Ups and Hand Stretches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 32px;color: #090089;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Lesson 2 - How To Play \u201cThe Tone Game\u201d<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 16px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"ts-vcsc-youtube-1656414\" class=\"ts-video-container ts-ratio-sixteen-to-nine  ts-video-overlay-false\"  style=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ts-video-iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUPwutayxbQ?autoplay=0&showinfo=1&controls=1&autohide=1&rel=0&loop=0&modestbranding=0&mute=0&vq=auto&wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Playing &#8220;The Tone Game&#8221; is essential to achieving faster and consistent results with this course.<\/p>\n<p>The video description above explains The Tone Game better than I can here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>TIPS TO REMEMBER:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t play the tone game with every warm up exercise. Play it 3 to 5 times with each run through.<\/p>\n<p>Starting again when you make a mistake will test your perseverance and you could get frustrated so don&#8217;t worry if you can&#8217;t get a perfect tone run through each time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>3 common reasons<\/strong><\/span> your tone can fall short:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not pressing hard enough<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Not stretching out into the middle of the fret<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Picking the incorrect string<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Use your ears to hear how the each picked note sounds and don&#8217;t let yourself off if you know the tone could be better.<\/p>\n<p>Play the tone game little and often with all of the exercises in this course.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-modern vc_btn3-icon-left vc_btn3-color-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/lesson-3-the-diagonal-spider-essential-warm-ups-and-hand-stretches\/\" title=\"\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon fas fa-video\"><\/i> Next Lesson - 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