Originally Posted by: georgialouisearmstrong

Hi!

I am a 30 mins newborn into guitartricks, an a complete acoustic beginner. I am currently on the spider-leg warm up exercises on the beginner tutorial, which consists of stretching my fingers across all frets, but i am really struggling to span across 4 frets an hold the strings down strongly enough to play a clear note. Will this get easier with practice or are there any exercises I can do to help? It is giving me cramp.

Hi and welcome, 30 minutes into it!

If you haven't seen it yet, you would benefit from going through Lisa's Fundamentals (I & II). She will take you through step by step including hand exercises.

Beginners Start Here

But to answer your queston directly: yes it will improve in time with regular practice. Learning guitar is a long process. I hope you enjoy your studies and good luck.