[frankfp6]

I have been playing Guitar for a full two weeks now.

All but my fourth finger sport calluses which says that I'm probably not using it enough and resorting to the stronger third.

As a keyboard player I see buzzing equivalent to not hitting a key squarely on target. It takes a lot of practice on keyboard to hit keys accurately and I don't see why the guitar should be different. The guitar requires precise control of finger position to get clarity and you cannot be close enough to another string that it will vibrate against an unintended finger.

This is not easy. And although similar as I said to the keyboard -- the keyboard can be a little more forgiving.

The F chord with a half barre took me 13 days to get a clean tone on an Ibanez FP6 -- I traced the problem to lack of strenght to hold strings one and two down and a developed callus helped here.

Leaning the edge of the finger towards the fret also helps.

This chord is also made more difficult as it is close to the nut. You must have your finger up against the fret and press hard to do it.

I am working on a full barre but I'm not even close yet -- but if I don't once or twice each day these muscles will never develop. I'm living proof that two weeks a guitar player does not make.

Frank