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If you are hunched forward so you can see the fret board while you play this and the tension of trying to be a “perfect” guitar player always tightens my back up. My best guitar picking is late at night when I am relaxed and just “picking and noodling.
Visit the skills section for the posture exercises and start your guitar practice with these to help you release any anxious tension. Guitar playing is supposed to be fun but most of us want to play “perfectly” so we practice with tension that can be centered between our shoulder blades. A good comfortable chair like Pete mentioned will help you develop good guitar playing posture. I use an office chair also and have removed the arm rests so I can hold my guitar properly to practice. I’m so used to it that i take it with me when I play with friends. Yes they chuckle at me but it is my Lionel comfort blanket, that’s a Charlie Brown reference.