Posture When Playing the Guitar

[Tbushell]

I’m yet another who plays sitting down with a strap…many of us do.

You might also be interested in this topic, which goes into lots of detail on sitting positions, chairs, and so on.

Sitting position, slight difference that makes a difference?

Just a quick thought that I had today. I have been having a hard time with feeling like both of my hands and arms are not in quite the correct positioning, especially on my big acoustic, and I haven’t been able to figure out why. I’d reposition the guitar over my thigh, further to my right in order to make my wrist more comfortable. Firstly, the guitar would work its way back to the front of me (which is annoying), or secondly, it would try to rotate downward over the outside of my thigh so that…