Originally Posted by: Allen HopgoodThe muscles and tendons in your hands need time to strengthen. Playing barre chords, especially with the first finger across all strings, will take a little while to develop enough strength to hold down. So treat it like any form of exercise where you are devloping a muscle. As long as you are fingering the chord as per the diagram you will get it. Just don't put too much strain on your hands and above all DON'T play with pain. Bottom line if it hurts stop.So you think my hand's hurting just because it's not quite strong enough at the moment and I'll be fine as long as I stop playing as soon as my hand starts to bother? Sore muscles that aren't used to being worked so hard is one thing, developing a hand issue from playing wrong is another... It might be worth mentioning that I'm a mostly self-taught guitarist, but I do think I'm playing the chord correctly.
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