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Originally Posted by Falstaff66
I started off on this forum asking for adivce on what to buy, ending up with a Fender Acoustic. Now I've been practicing as much as real life allows. I love the beginner lessons here and look forward to progressing to the fingertsyle stuff someday.
I'm beginning to memorize the G, C, D, Em, Am, Dm, E and A chords. However, I consistently have a problem with the fleshy part of my fingertip (pad) deadening the string below it. Mostly my ring and middle finger actually. Sometimes it's all but impossible for me to fret a string and not have this happen. I'm arching my fingers as much as possible (given a particular stretch). Changing to custom-light strings helped, but it is still happening. Is there a technique for avoiding this or do I just need better calluses and more practice?
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I would suggest that perhaps you would do better with a wider neck. You probably don't have really long skinny fingers, right. It is also possible that your hand is not in an advantageous position. It could be that you simply need to develop moreflexibility, the ability to stretch more. It's really hard to diagnose it from an internet post, though. BTW, callouses have more to do with exerting pressure on the strings, not so much positioning, in fact some students press WAY too hard.....