Spider and Snake

These two related exercises can be played in different tempi to help with flexibility, slurring, and big jumps.

The Exercise

Snake Exercise

Examples

Julie Landsman teaches the Spider:

And Snake:

David Cooper demonstrates the Spider (although he calls it snake)

Resources

Julie Landsman’s page for The Carmine Caruso Method: https://s3.amazonaws.com/julielandsman/index.html

By Julius Pranevičius