Originally Posted by: calston93I'm almost 56 and just got my guitar 2 weeks ago. :)

One of the problems that I'm having is short fat fingers that don't always want to cooperate. I'm having to limit my practice time to 2-15 minute sessions because my hands start falling asleep.

My question to everyone is...what can I do to help my hands not fall asleep? It gets pretty painful at times. Any suggestions?

Cindy

Hello Cindy,

I have a couple of guidelines for you.

If you got your guitar just 2 weeks ago, remember to be patient. This is really important.
Always keep in mind that you don't want to overwhelm your hands in the second week of playing.

If you want to teach your hands to cooperate, I suggest chromatic exercises to make them more accurate, flexible and moving in a way you want them to.

If you need further explaination of chromatic exercises, please let me know in this topic.

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Neal Wakefield