Hello, i’m Alex and just started on learning how to play the guitar.
Firstly i lend an old guitar from my brother in law with really old strings. After two days i decided to buy a cheap one to practice some more. I’m really having fun but the new guitar made me start over again cause i could’t play the A and D chord for some reason haha.
The next day it went a lot better! And i kinda like the pain in my fingers, is that weird?
Greetings to all and i hope you all have a lovely journey learning and playing the guitar.
Sometimes we just need some time to adjust to a new guitar, they do play and feel different. Kind of normal. Good luck and loads of fun while learning.
Hi Alex and welcome. The pain goes after a while and it all gets easier as you go along. You are in the best place for this journey, lots of great, if slightly mad, people here that are really helpful. Enjoy
Welcome to the community. Learning guitar is such a great experience. Lots of challenges and just wait a little longer and you start to get the wonderful rewards. Very attainable to the every person as the various stories on here will attest.
Hi Alex, welcome to the community forum. With a few weeks of practice you will become use to the new guitar. Have fun learning to play songs on your guitar.
I had strong pain in my little finger for like 3 months. Looking it up I found some stretching techniques.
At first, I enjoyed the pain of practice too, but when it began to hurt all day and never fade, I felt the guitar"Yoga" helped a lot to mitigate and prevent pain.
Hoi Alex,
Welkom hier and I wish you a lot of fun
I loved the initial period with pain in my fingers … now I sometimes still have that a bit when I suddenly start playing for an hour + with a lot of finger bends in a row … then I know I’m doing something wrong and neater technique must do …
Hi Alex .Hope you are well. The way I play the A chord is at the 2nd fret is to use just two fingers. You bar the 4th string E and the 3rd string A with your 1st finger and the 2nd string C sharp with your second finger. You could try that. Whatever works. All the best
Hi Alex, welcome. Getting the chords learnt again in the new guitar can be a good exercise. Later you may be able to switch guitars and play the same in one or the other. I think your pain in the fingers is just saying you that you have done a good job for the day and you should be already thinking in tomorrow’s practice. Don’t overdo it because tomorrow’s practice can become next week practice until your fingers heal. Have fun.
Good luck and loads of fun while learning.
