Ive been playing for 6 months now and I am completely obcessed with being a good guitar player someday. I seriously play from when I get home from work until I cant take it anymore haha. Probably on average 3-4 hours a day during the week. And sometimes on weekends 6-7 hours.
My problem has been pain and stiffness on my index finger of fretting hand. Always in the mornings it feels stiff. It really bothers me because I want to be able to practice as much as possible and cannot stop even though I have pain.
On a positive note I have made great improments in this little time and have learned to play pretty decent already.
Could it be the way i am playing? Thanks for reading my first post on this site
i had that same problem, same addiction to playing too, warming up helps alot, also your hands eventually just get used to the playing and stretching, i thought my hand was going to split when i played some dave songs, but eventually it just went away
yeah, just make sure you aren't pressing the strings down unneccessarily hard with your fretting hand.
do you play a lot of chord-based songs, or a lot of single-note-based songs?
id say make sure you're pressing with your fingertips as well, and not the pads of your fingers (as a general rule, but there are times when this is just not possible. no need to put unnessary stress on your fingers).
and your hands should feel comfortable and relaxed (unless you're playing "crazy" )
Yeah I know that most of the time I am probably pressing down on the stings harder than needed. I need to try and press lighter. It just seems that I need to press hard to make it sound good.
I know im definitely using my finger tips cause they are literally destroyed! I have very green(from the strings) caullosed fingertips/
Did you guys have this when you first started playing? or am I just crazy for playing so damn much
neophyte wrote:Ive been playing for 6 months now and I am completely obcessed with being a good guitar player someday. I seriously play from when I get home from work until I cant take it anymore haha. Probably on average 3-4 hours a day during the week. And sometimes on weekends 6-7 hours.
My problem has been pain and stiffness on my index finger of fretting hand. Always in the mornings it feels stiff. It really bothers me because I want to be able to practice as much as possible and cannot stop even though I have pain.
On a positive note I have made great improments in this little time and have learned to play pretty decent already.
Could it be the way i am playing? Thanks for reading my first post on this site
Ill post some recordings later.
I was always told playing through pain is not a good idea on a regular basis. Always stop and have a break when your hand starts hurting otherwise you could do some serious damage.
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