ive been playing guitar for bout 2 years now. i want to make my playing sessions longer but my fingers hurt after about an hour of playing, is there something i am not doing right? advice/suggestions pls
2006-10-10 18:54:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
play more, longer. eventually callusses will grow over the callus.
2006-10-10 19:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by C J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a girl, and you better be from your avatar, you cannot have the long, pretty nails and play guitar UNLESS you only tune your guitar to an open chord and strum it like a dulcimer, as Dolly Parton does. This limits your versatility, but your hands will look great, and you won't get callouses. Otherwise, if you want to play fingerstyle, as you would a classical guitar, you'll have long claws on your picking hand, and short nails on your fingering hand, and yes, if you do it to professional standards you will have tough skin on your fingering tips. You will also be able to make that sweet guitar music that goes so well with weddings and romantic candlelit evenings. Same thing for rock guitar, except that you'll use a pick, and you won't need long nails on your picking hand. Guitar is a harsh mistress, even among musical instruments. Violinists and pianists would rather lose a hand than agree with you, but it's true. Only those who play bass viols and concert harps have heavier burdens, unless you count the weight of a stack of amps and speaks.
2016-03-28 04:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to play almost everyday to build the callus on your fingers, not once a week where it sloughs off constantly.
Play the keyboard instead, or any of the wind instruments. Guitar playing pretty much guarrantees hurting fingers when your are learning.
2006-10-10 19:05:53 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont play when you get right out of the shower. if you are playing electric---play acustic for a bit --that will tuff-in you up and you will be able to play longer---but even steave Ray vohn had to super glue his finger tips to play the whole concert some nights.---just keep playing--and you will get over the pain
2006-10-10 19:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by snowmaniac153 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi I am just starting out learning to play guitar . How long does it take to get calluses .I mean duration of play and days or months of play?
2015-01-11 16:18:15 · answer #5 · answered by ron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, not playing enough. only thing i can reccomend is "finger ease" its a spray for the neck of the guitar to make you slide better. as far as the calusses, you need to have them. dont try creams to make them not hurt. once they have developed you wont feel them anymore. good luck and keep playing.
2006-10-10 19:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by edward b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try rubbing E45 cream into your fingers on a daily basis.
2006-10-10 18:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try shorter sesions and more of them
also dont use hand creem
insted of 1 1 hr sesion
do 3 haf hr sesions a day
2006-10-10 19:01:40 · answer #8 · answered by fragle2c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just keep practicing and the calus,s will gett stronger or maybe you are pressing to hard on the strings relax your hand more but most of all practice practice practice
2006-10-10 19:05:51 · answer #9 · answered by tazmatic1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a part of playing. Toughens them up.
2006-10-10 18:58:11 · answer #10 · answered by johnno K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋