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Attempting (badly) guitar

bluejourneymanbluejourneyman Posts: 421
edited August 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
O.k. guyz and gals I've been scaring the mice off with my guitar practice. I have a problem; I have short stubby fingers and can not seem to keep my fingers off the strings I am not suppose to touch. Help!
Can't you see that there's light in the dark.
Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams.
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  • harrisonmerwinharrisonmerwin Posts: 766
    they have guitars with slimmer necks and shorter scale lengths, this makes it more comfortable for peopel with smaller hands (mainly females and youngsters, but men as well) and they actually have 3/4 size guitars for kids. The thing is with the smaller guitars they are few and far between in higher quality...another thing is, just practise on the clarity of your playing, you get better with time, and just do not ignore it, keep playign a peice untill you can let the right notes ring, and keep the other strings silent.
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  • bluejourneymanbluejourneyman Posts: 421
    :)
    Can't you see that there's light in the dark.
    Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams.
    (Wolfmother)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Grand Rapids 2006
  • elstongunnelstongunn Posts: 285
    if B.B. King can do it, so can you.
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    everytime i have to take a crap i sing EVACUATION!!!
    EVACUATION!!
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    trust me dude, you just gotta keep praticing. I have small hands too and had the same fucking problem. I know it's depressing but keep going. You should pratice Wish You Were Here by pink floyd. It's got some simple picking in the intro and an 4 easy chords (G, C, D, Am). The strumming pattern is simple too.
  • bluejourneymanbluejourneyman Posts: 421
    Thanks for the encouragement!
    Can't you see that there's light in the dark.
    Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams.
    (Wolfmother)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Grand Rapids 2006
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,291
    I'm also a guitarist who has tiny hands.
    I've been playing for about 2 years now and it was brutal in the beginning. What you'll find is that it's not so much your small hands being a problem, rather your fretting hand being weak and unconditioned. Once you practice and play more you'll start to get it. The string buzz will go away as well as the "flat" sounding chords. They sound that way because you aren't holding the stings down hard enough yet and the pads on your fingers are probably touching strings that should be touched. :)
    It'll come. Guitar isn't very easy or very fun at the beginning. You'll get frustrated, you'll get pissed, but once you get it you'll be glad you did and wished you'd started earlier. Practice, practice, practice! :)

    BTW...are you playing an acoustic?
  • bluejourneymanbluejourneyman Posts: 421
    I will be soon, right now i got a cheap electric guitar.
    Can't you see that there's light in the dark.
    Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams.
    (Wolfmother)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Grand Rapids 2006
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,291
    bluejourneyman wrote:
    I will be soon, right now i got a cheap electric guitar.

    I feel, as most do, that it's better to learn on an acoustic. Your hand strength will increase much faster then playing on electric. But, either way...keep it up.
  • PJ-SinPJ-Sin Posts: 348
    practice makes perfect...
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Yeah, my sister has bigger hands then I do, but I manage. Heck I mostly play bass too!!
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