Originally Posted by: irishdarlingI recently got an guitar and have been trying to learn how to play it. Most of the lessons are going easily and I'm learning pretty quickly but I am having a large problem with my hands.
I know that they say with exercises your hand coordination and ability will get better, but I'm having a hard time being able to stretch my fingers during certain chords.
I had the same problem with the piano, as my hands can't stretch an octave.

But basically I was wondering does hand size make a large difference in playing the guiter, and will it get easier with practice. Or is there anything I can do specifically to get all the notes?

Thanx :D

I do what a lot of people here mentioned.
I just keep with it and forget about it after a while.
I have small girl hands. It stinks. :(
For a while I thought I'd never get the pinkie note right on my violin. After the first few months I got it. Now I just have to get it on guitar. Biggest difference is how hard the string is to push down, and that there is actually a fret to refer to on the guitar. Reason it took so long with violin is I had to memorize the pinkie note spaces since there aren't any frets.