Hi!

I have just boght a guitar and started the first lessons. I come across a problem with the ringfinger on my left hand: I can not bend the last fingerbone, see picture. I have had this for a very long time (it was fractured in the past). It may sound strange, but I never realized this would be a constraint when playing guitar. Probably because it does not bother me at all in everyday lfe.

It makes it hard to press the string, needing more handmovement (and, as a result, more time).

I understand this might be difficult to answer, but I wonder what to do: Keep going, hoping that I will still be able to learn how to play? Or maybe try a lefthanded guitar, hoping the finger will be less of a problem with strumming etc.?

Any advise welcome, thanks a lot!

Marcel