2007-02-23 17:35:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
nylon strings are probably your best bet. Keep playing until it hurts, then take a break, you need to build up calluses on your hands, and exercise your fingers......this should really only take like a week if you play everyday have fun and good luck!
2007-02-23 17:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by silverchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Musical style speaks volumes when it comes to this issue. Those who want high volume will be unhappy with unamplified nylon string guitars. From my perspective, the basic difference between steel and nylon is this: steel strings ring and nylon strings resonate. The volume produced by steel is generally much greater than nylon but, to my way of thinking, the sound resonance produced by the wood of your guitar is largely masked by steel strings. If you have a decently made guitar (generally, around a thousand dollars and up), the sound interplay between the wood and the strings in a nylon guitar is magical across the entire frequency range. With a steel string guitar, the sound produced by the vibrating string overpowers the wood resonance at all but low frequencies. Personally, I'll take a nylon string guitar any day for the sensitivity gained from the interplay between wood and vibrating string.
2016-05-24 04:51:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait until you start playing a steel string guitar. Unfortunately, it just hurts at first. But very soon you develop calluses. I've played many years and my finger tips are hard as rocks. Just hang in there and don't give up. The pain will go away very soon. It's a very small price to pay for all the enjoyment your guitar will give you.
2007-02-23 17:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by backpackwayne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband plays guitar, i don't, but i do know that an electric guitar is easier to play than an acoustic, but truthfully, there aren't any easier strings.....you have to build up calluses on the ends of your fingers, after that the pain goes away. my husband plays every day almost, just to keep his calluses so his fingers won't hurt when he plays.
2007-02-23 17:39:27 · answer #4 · answered by a.n.a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh- many would say that nylon strings are less painful. (than steel strings).
They don't get any "softer" than nylon, dude. Y'just gotta suck it up & develop calluses...
2007-02-23 17:39:06 · answer #5 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just need to build calluses and you will get used to them.
2007-02-23 17:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...Like John Lennon once said...."I got Blisters on my Fingers!!"
2007-02-23 17:38:31 · answer #7 · answered by dewhatulike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋