The A minor chord, even the basic one, is giving me a hell of a time. My index finger keeps muting or causing a twang on the first string. I think this is partly because my finger nail on the index finger, cut as short as it can be cut, is even with the tip of my finger. This makes it hard for me to depress the string at the correct angle while still being able to get to the second string - second fret with my middle finger. I probably practiced that alone for 20 minutes. Over and over again.
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It's gonna take time is what I'm hearing. I can do that. Practiced some last night and I realized that one of the problems I was having was picking slightly before depressing the string. Makes for an awful sound.
The A minor chord, even the basic one, is giving me a hell of a time. My index finger keeps muting or causing a twang on the first string. I think this is partly because my finger nail on the index finger, cut as short as it can be cut, is even with the tip of my finger. This makes it hard for me to depress the string at the correct angle while still being able to get to the second string - second fret with my middle finger. I probably practiced that alone for 20 minutes. Over and over again.
The A minor chord, even the basic one, is giving me a hell of a time. My index finger keeps muting or causing a twang on the first string. I think this is partly because my finger nail on the index finger, cut as short as it can be cut, is even with the tip of my finger. This makes it hard for me to depress the string at the correct angle while still being able to get to the second string - second fret with my middle finger. I probably practiced that alone for 20 minutes. Over and over again.