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Finger Pressure- Are You Playing Too Hard?

guitar intermediate

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You're fretting your instrument too hard, and I can prove it. In this lesson we'll learn why it's important to examine our finger pressure, audit & correct our pressure, then end with some exercises to build finger strength!

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  1. Buddy Vann

    โ™ฅ 8

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. Sam Whitlock

    โ™ฅ 3

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  3. Ben Clark Instructor

    โ™ฅ 28

    Great question. That's a slide going into the B part — I play it as a slide but a hammer-on works fine if that's cleaner for you. Do what sounds right.

  4. Wes Pittman

    โ™ฅ 6

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  5. Owen Brady

    โ™ฅ 9

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  6. Owen Brady

    โ™ฅ 2

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

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