Originally Posted by: Beo420

Thank you sir for your kind welcome and advice, appreciate it.

I think the wrist and stretch could be improved over time as i am doing the practive twice a day to make it more flexible and i guess in the beginning its better to play how i feel comfortable and enjoy it if its precise and smooth rather than push myself to the standards of others that makes it harder for me and when time comes to do songs where this stretch is required, find a way to do so and take it from there.

So far i am not that frustrated about the fretting hand as i see improvement there every week and i see it "can" be done in time , just needs practice, what i struggle the most with is the strumming hand to pick the right strings, i often miss or hit 2 instead of 1 or hit 1 instead of 2 etc. i am putting my pinky finger on strumming hand slightly below the e string on ther plastic cover to make some sort of "anchor" and i dont watch my right hand, i guess this requires some muscle memory to build to be accurate and hit the right strings with eyes closed, right?

Glad that you're finding it getting easier. Patience will get you a long way. Sounds like you're seeing that benefit already. Well done!

Funny, everyone worries so much about the fretting hand that they realize the the strum/picking hand is part of the guitar playing 'matched set'. That will come with time. Like anything with guitar, taking your time will help. In this case, when you're frtting the chord, just slowly strum the strums at first and then speed up incrementally.

I would suggest not getting too reliant on the pinky anchor. To be clear, I use that anchor as part of my playing in one way or another. But given that there are many different patterns, strums, muted chords and the like that using your pinky as a crutch, if you use it all the time, may handicap you further up the road. Not to worry, it's alright for the moment. I good indicator is to watch the Guitar Tricks instructors on what they're doing with their picking hand at any given time. Not that you have to do exactly that, just a good guide.

I started playing in '82 and the best you could do was watch little bits on MTV or rent a viseo to see how players played. That is to say that how I fret and pick/strum just sorta happened. So utilize the recources you've got here at GT but at some point, you'll make it your own too.