{"id":124795,"date":"2025-06-12T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/?page_id=124795"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T14:32:25","slug":"stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretch Song No.1 &#8211; Essential Warm Ups Course"},"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: #0315b5;text-align: center;font-family:Open Sans;font-weight:700;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Song No.1 - A Stretch Too Far<\/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-9087895\" 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\/vJPEjdfbQZY?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\"><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-warning\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/9-A-Stretch-Too-Far.pdf\" title=\"\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i> Download The TAB To A Stretch Too Far Here<\/a><\/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>The song title says it all!<\/p>\n<p>This stretch will most likely seem impossible at first, but trust me regular training and you will be able to do it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>It doesn&#8217;t matter how small your hands are!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had one student with tiny hands who could eventually make the stretch from 2 to 6.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, take it easy. If you can&#8217;t do the 2 to 6 fret stretch then start with the second half of this song 2 to 5. Work up to 2 to 6.<\/p>\n<p>This will make your hand ache and I don&#8217;t recommend practising this song for anymore than 3 to 5 minutes at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Build up your stretching endurance and aim for a long and sustained tone.<\/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\/stretch-song-no-2-essential-warm-ups-course-shape-of-my-heart-sting\/\" title=\"\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon fab fa-youtube\"><\/i> Stretch Song No.2 - Shape Of My Heart - Sting<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Song No.1 - A Stretch Too Far Download The TAB To A Stretch Too Far Here The song title says [...]","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-124795","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stretch Song No.1 - Essential Warm Ups Course - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stretch Song No.1 - Essential Warm Ups Course - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-12T14:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/\",\"name\":\"Stretch Song No.1 - Essential Warm Ups Course - LearnGuitarInLondon.com - Drue James\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T12:58:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-12T14:32:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/index.php\/stretch-song-no-1-essential-warm-ups-course\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.learnguitarinlondon.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stretch Song No.1 &#8211; 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