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Breathing naturally is the foundation of relaxation, or the state of non-tenseness that your body should be in whether you’re practicing scales or playing music. While your fingers and hands are exerting themselves, the rest of your body, including your shoulders, abdomen, and neck muscles, should all be relaxed. This relaxation ensures that the energy you do need is directed at the fingers. Otherwise, that energy may be used for keeping your stomach in a knot or your shoulders scrunched up around your ears.

After you finish practicing on your guitar, try to really relax your body. Focus on each region — your chest and abdomen, your legs and arms, and your head and shoulders — and let the muscles go limp. (But don’t fall out of your chair!) If your shoulders fall 17 inches as you exhale, you know you haven’t been relaxing properly. In that case, you’ve been carrying around tension — relaxation’s evil twin.