[albert_d]

Way to go. It is a hard stretch. I can reach it but my arthritis in my thumb is uncomfortable. I continue to find ways to place my thumb or angle my wrist to relieve the discomfort. I am learning Alice’s Restaurant and this same stretch is an integral part of that progression. One can theoretically play without clamping down so tightly, but it is deliberate effort not to do so with barre chords.