FloridaKen239
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Thanks for all your replies. Appreciate the advice!
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Hi William! I’m new to the program and I am also just getting started with 30 days to play. I’m finding it pretty difficult to achieve the stretch from fret 3 to 5 or 5 to 7 with the index and ring fingers. I have to swing my wrist way out in front which kind of contorts my shoulder and still, I wind up fretting more with the sides of my fingers than the actual tips. My hands are average size, so I’m sure this will get easier with practice, but my fingers are going to take some convincing to make them do what I want! 😄
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I’m into this about a week now and I have average sized hands and I’m also struggling with the “stretch” of hitting fret 3 with index and 5 with ring while still trying to maintain a proper arch. Pushing the wrist forward makes for an uncomfortable contortion, but I’m just doing the best I can and working through it. I’m told it will eventually work itself out as the hands and fingers adjust to these new unfamiliar positions.
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I know what you mean. I had that problem with my previous guitar but my current one is much better.
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That’s about all I can tolerate at this point until my fingers stop yelling at me. I remember from the last time I started learning, it takes a couple of weeks to build up the fingertips. Especially the ring and pinky on those thin, razor-like strings! 😄
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That’s helpful. I’ll give a try this evening. Thanks!