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Hey Hop, I have to agree with the others that if your fingers are placed properly, you don’t need to use much pressure at all and it does get easier over time, a lot of the foundational skills teach you speed and strength with the fingers too. By strength I don’t mean how hard to hold a note or chord, but more, the skills you need for playing. In developing your ability to place your fingers correctly on the fret board through muscle memory and the ability to hammer on and pull off and other techniques that require a little bit more strength in the fingers, especially with a pinky, which is our weakest digit on our hand. All this just comes with time, and the guitar does take time to learn. However, if you keep at it, you will get it and it will come much, much easier, than things do in the beginning. Good luck with it.