Originally Posted by: HubbaHubbaI want to know if it is common for your fingers to feel like they dont fit on the strings for everybody to start out... or if my fingers are too big???

There are some guys out there with pretty big meat hooks for hand sand they get around pretty good. It's the beginning stages of playing, you're fingers don't feel natural. Eventually you fond your way around and all that stuff the seemed to get in the way no longer seems an issue.

Best part, once you have that comfort level comes, it never goes away. Once you get it, you will always feel comfortable playing even if you stopped for some years (like I did). It's like being an athlete, you can always to the skill you used to do. You just do it better with training. My point is that once you are over the 'comfortable playing' hurdle, it stays with you and you never have to relearn it. Like an athlete, if you take time off, you need to train to get back to your playing still but in the end, the core ability remains.

Last thing i would say is that you should pay close attention to the things here in the Fundamentals course about the ergonomics of playing such as guitar placement etc. If the guitar is in the right placement for you, you don't have to fight the instrument, just the skill of playing.