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Bookmark or Share- guitar - Scraping my index finger on frets - Music: Practice & Theory ...If only one or two frets is sharp or protruding more than the others, your problem is more likely due to a fret or two that may need some attention. It's possible for a fret to become loose and stick up more than it should. When that happens you will often get string buzz in addition to nicks in your index finger.
- guitar - How not to touch neighbouring strings? - Music: Practice ...To illustrate: When I place my finger perpendicular to the board, my fingernail meet my flesh of my finger in the same horizontal line. If I press the string like this, I can't press the string firmly. If I can play like this, there would be no problem but the flesh of my finger will touch the later string.
- Whole finger callous - for barre chords? - Music: Practice & Theory ...It sounds like you might be pressing your finger at the wrong angle. Try rolling the index finger towards the nut (so your pinky rises away from the fretboard). You should be able to find a flatter part of the finger. Unfortunately, the sweet spot is likely to be even more tender than the "center" of the finger. So it'll hurt more at first.
- guitar - Arthritis In Hands (Playing With Pain In Hands) - Are There ...Eliminated full barre chords: I only play partial barre chords and never with the index finger across all the frets. Practicing strumming notes cleanly: I hit the strings as softly as possible to still get the strums and picks to sound. I let the monitors or my amp do the work. Play with my wrist straight: This was a huge help to reduce wrist pain.
- guitar - Playing classical without Left index finger for a lefty (or ...Thanks. Very encouraging. Actually the picture is more complex. I had my middle finger completely amputated as well and reimplanted. Recovery is going great with a very high percentage of sensory recovery after 10 months. Range of motion is also coming pretty good, but still a bit of stiffness with middle finger.
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