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jazzy_jay
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jazzy_jay
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01/28/2014 12:13 pm
hi
I am new too all this learning for my own benefit
my question is or is it a complaint????lol
my bloody hand hurts
left hand always painfull after I been practicing for a while
also as I have big hands its very difficult to reach some chords without hitting the next string up or down
I have tried everyrhing
any tips????
maybe new guitar????
lol
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Kasperow
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01/28/2014 1:26 pm
Don't worry about your hand hurting. That's actually pretty normal for beginners. With time, your finger-tips will harden so can play for much longer without feeling pain in your left hand. Just make sure you take a break when it starts to hurt. It's no fun playing guitar if you have to endure any amount of pain while playing.

And it's not strictly necessary to get a new guitar just because your fingers hurt. It will, however, help to get the action (distance between the strings and the fretboard) adjusted. I have two of my electric guitars adjusted so they have a very low action, because I find it easier to play faster with a lower action (since there's less pressure needed for fretting the notes).
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bob_max
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bob_max
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01/28/2014 5:00 pm
If it's your finger tips that are troubling you and not your wrist, then you could try this....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blister-Rock-Tips-Liquid-Callus-Formula/dp/B008MY3VU2

I live in the UK, but I expect there's plenty in the US. :)
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ThorfinnFrisken
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01/29/2014 7:07 pm
I have big hands myself and started this journey about a year ago. Yes, oh wow did my hands hurt. But they got used to the positions and movements and they don't hurt anymore.

And I remember going "How the hell can I fit this sausage fingers into that small space?" Well, it does get MUCH easier as time goes on.

Practice, practice, practice.
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