The following classical guitar exercise is a good one for building up right-hand finger independence and control.

This can initially be done on a single string, in two directions, plucking group s of four notes. I find the second direction more difficult, or at least more di fficult to do as quickly as the first. Leave fingers on the string below the str ing you're on when not using them. It evolves into a kind of 'walking up steps' thing. First direction: Place the first, middle and ring fingers on a string other than the low E. Pluck with the first and bring it to rest on the string below. Pluck with the second, resting below as with the first, and then the third, again coming to rest on th e string below. The fourth note is plucked with the first finger, and this compl etes the first group of four notes. The second group starts with a pluck with th e middle finger, followed by third, first and middle. The third group goes third , first, middle, third. Then we are back to the first finger sequence we did - f or the fourth group of four notes it's first, middle, third and first. Then just keep rolling on. Second direction: This involves going the other way, so you'd start the exercise with the third fi nger, then middle, first and third, followed by middle, first, third, middle, fo llowed by first, third, middle, first and completing the fourth group of four no tes with third, middle, first, third. Then just keep rolling on. Is that tricky? Just a bit. Can we make it even more tricky? No problem :). Accent the first note in every group of four by striking the string harder.than when striking the other three notes in the group. Hmmm.... :) "Official" finger terminology: p = pulgar (thumb), i = ndice (index/first finger), m = medio (middle/second fing er), a = anular (ring/third finger) If you fancy giving this a go - and the rewards are huge - write out the above e xercises in i m a form and get deeply into it. This finger rotations can be prac ticed away from the guitar, drumming your fingers on your knee or a table top. As with most things involving the guitar, these exercises seem absurdly impossib le in the beginning. Once you click into them, it's a total buzz watching your s peed and accuracy soaring! Once you get going, incorporate all the strings. When on the low E string there' s no string below to bring the fingers to rest on, so just leave a finger a litt le way off the string when not using it.

If your fretting fingers are having a hard time, you can do the above whilst you rest them. A truly beneficial routine to get into! Start off slowly and see how it goes. Doing this until your are proficient at it, and then developing it to involve mu ltiple strings and include the thumb, will fulfill all of your picking hand nee ds. There's nothing else you need to do to get a blazing right hand, other than learning to play musically.