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Calluses
Being a newbie (just finished 1st week 30day) I am at a point where full calluses have yet to be developed (practice daily 30-60m) and my index finger is currently very painful to use(blister just healed-waah)🤣. I know this will pass-just wondering how others have delt with this minor issue? Just grin and bear it I imagine is the consensus.
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Play shorter sessions and space them out throughout the day (10-15mins).
I would recommend not playing through the pain to point of injury. There should not be blisters.
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I agree with Moose… shorter regular sessions until you get good healthy calluses 😉
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Good advice-thank you both! I will back off my 1hr practice sessions to 15-30 and let this finger heal.
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I agree, shorter lessons while you’re developing, maybe.
I also saw a video on developing callouses and it showed me that I can work on building them lol all day. I walk around with my fingernails pushing into the tips of my fingers left hand. They also showed using the guitar pick to do this, but fingernails are same. I don’t hurt myself too much, it’s just consistently doing it. This time, in my journey, my tips have calloused MUCH faster :-). No worries.
Let me know if this works for you!
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This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Theedman22.
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This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Theedman22.
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Great idea! I will give it a try! Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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