BarbaraM
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I feel your pain! I too, am a newbie to all this, and I am in the 5th week of the 30 Days, working on the 3rd week’s lessons. I practice about 20+ minutes every day, though sometimes if my wrist or fingers are too sore I will do less. But I pick up that guitar and tune it and do *something* every day. I too struggle with reaching some of the chords (I may never get C cleanly, but who knows–I won’t ever tell myself “I can’t”). Everyone here has been super encouraging, and while you may think, yeah sure, they’ve been at it a while, I am here to tell you if I can see improvement as a beginner with some arthritis, then you can too. It’s all about mindset. And I am having a blast!
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OK, I went back to the chord practice and found a way to keep my fat fingers out of the way, more or less. But is there a quicker way to toughen up the fingers? I can’t play more than a few minutes without pain.
But it looks like you guys are right (from reading responses to others’ queries); what seemed literally impossible at first suddenly became possible. So that’s my win for today!
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Thanks for that suggestion. I have been doing grip strengthening exercises, so I’m not sure that is my issue. Though getting my brain to tell individual fingers what to do will come with practice I’m sure. And I do the stretching as well.
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I kind of fixed that by switching the index and middle fingers on the D chord. The index is folded over more, and tucked under the middle finger, but nothing is muted. I want to be able to do it the proper way too, as it seems easier to get into position.
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The capo disappeared with my old guitar, but I have seen fairly inexpensive ones on Amazon. Never thought to try something like that. Thanks!
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Thanks drew.sudell, that is exactly what I need! I need something to look at while I’m trying to follow the video and search for the frets/strings at the same time!