It hurts! (Guitar question)?

Question

Hey, I'm a 13 year old girl. I've been playing bass for 2 years now, and I've played guitar for 1 year.

For guitar I only play for around 30 minutes (I used to do 3 hours...) and I always get a burn on my fingers. And it hurts!I know it's regular to get lines on your fingers, but I've been doing this for one year. I should've already gotton use to this by now (which I am).
I press normally, I do not add extra pressure or anything like that. Also, when I play anything it rips some of my skin off, thus making it vulnerable. Whenever I take a shower, water hits my fingers so it hurts EVEN MORE.

And a question regarding guitar players: How do you switch chords (especially bar chords) fast? I practice everyday, up to at the most 2 hours, but I never seem to change quickly enough for almost any song. How do I improve my skill wihtout having to increase my time range? Thanks!

I'm a 13 year old rock star dreamer in need

I also tried changing guitar strings because I figured that rougher and older strings create more tension.

It's a bit better, but it still hurts like crazy.

Answer 1

switching barre chords tends to have a little finess to them basically learning how to switch them is starting out slow like realy slow. play the first chord let it ring then switch to the other chord take your time dont rush give your hand time to adjust to the switches and then slowly move quicker and quick heres a few good chords for practice i dont know the names but they're good sounding and you dont just have to barre them at the fifth fret move them up and down the neck and see how they sound

e--5---5---5
b--5---6---6
g--5---5---7
d--7---7---7
a--7---8---5
e--5---5---5

basically an e, C, and an A minor chord just barred at the first fret thye have different names but i dont know them i'm only seventeen and been playin for 5 years so i should know them but i dont

and on the finger part do you happen to use lotion or any kind of extreme skin moisturizer because i used to use lotion on my hands after practice and my calluses tended to fall off and skin also since its just excess dead skin and if they're burns do you happen to do alot of slides quickly if thats the case try differnt gauges of strings theres extra light, light, medium-light, medium, heavy, and extra heavy since you've been playing year i'd recommend a light or extra light gauge, i'm sorry if all this is stuff you've heard before but just trying to help so hope it helps.

Answer 2

Standard "heavy" gauge strings won't be a problem on most guitars. Unusually heavy strings, or strings that are simply heavier than your guitar is designed to use, can warp the neck by pulling on it with more force than the truss rod is set to counterbalance (although you can adjust this). Very heavy strings might wear deeper grooves into the bridge and/or the nut, leaving wiggle room for smaller strings should you ever switch back, but this is obviously much less of a big deal than a bowed neck.

Answer 3

It's not how long you play at one time, but how often you play that is important!
It's more important to play a little bit at a time, as often as you can, instead of playing for a long time, once in a while!
This will help you build callouses on your fingertips, after you get callouses, then you can play for long periods of time!
Don't play until it hurts, because then you have to give it time to heal back up!
Remember, a little at a time, as often as you can! ! ! !

Answer 4

Look I'm no expert on guitars but I do know that you should use that triangle chip thingy instead of your fingers.