Fingers hurt from playing guitar? Try this!

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In this video we look at the common causes for painful finger tips from playing guitar - and how to STOP IT!

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00:00 - Intro
01:14 - 4 reasons your fingers hurt when playing guitar
03:17 - Tip 1
03:36 - Tip 2
04:09 - Tips 3 and 4
05:04 - Tip 5
05:39 - Exercise
08:40 - Outro

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[andycrowley]

Hey everyone - please IGNORE the Telegram comments, they are a SCAM!
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[saxophool]

Tip from my local guitar shop: Buy a bottle of Bactine or any similar liquid disinfectant pain killer. Before practice, pour some in the cap and dip your fingertips in. Dry them and then begin practice. After practice, do the same. Helps kill the pain and the alcohol helps develop the callouses.

[agneyajoshi]

thank for this! i’ve been playing for around 6 months are really needed this

[reileymartell]

Thank you for this vid haha, started playing for the first time yesterday and my finger tips are absolutely destroyed

[urbanoramos]

Andy doing what he does best showing us mortals what not to do and making our life’s better, thanks for that

[LeoBronte]

There is a remarkably effective solution to the guitar finger tip pain problem which I did not see in this video despite all the other good ideas. Try tuning your guitar down to a D instead of the standard E tuning temporarily just for practicing. This will loosen the strings considerably and drastically increase the time you can practice before your fingers give out. First do the obvious things such as adjusting your truss rod so the action is as low as possible without buzzing, then try using 9 or 10 gauge strings for acoustic. Also don't fully press chords until the very instant you strum. It took me about six months to toughen my fingers until I could play acoustic for a few hours a day but my fingers still gave out at around three hours of practice. Sometimes if I want to practice longer than that I temporarily tune down to a D and I can go all night without a problem.

[TrumperVex]

Excellent. I hit that subscribed bell. Picking up the guitar after 30 years and these are all excellent tips to help me AVOID ever having sore fingers. I remember that all too well. Great tips I will definitely use. Thanks.

[annagautreaux]

I keep trying to not put so much pressure on my fingers but every time I do the first fret with my pointer (especially the Am chord) it doesn’t ring out until I push super hard on them. I’ve tried so many things from shifting my finger/hand position to using my nail. I even thought maybe I had put the string on wrong so I redid it but to no avail. I’m seriously struggling with this. It is super painful and I feel like there’s nothing I can change. I haven’t gotten callouses yet and I keep hearing that that’ll help but I can’t even get past an Am chord and I feel like it’s halting my progression

[bigcookprintables]

Best guitar teacher on the net...cheers Andy.

[TheSingingDoctor]

Thnks for the "finger tips" lol. Very helpful.

[wesleybrister]

Been doing a lot of bending. Trying to nail a solo.
Fingers are sore. Been playing like 4 hours+ a day. Took small break Saturday. I may try the lighter pressure trick.

[shruti]

I'm picking up the guitar again after 15 years, wish me luck. I remember the pain all to well 😅
Especially that F chord 🥲

[patrickrooney]

Thank you buddy. That was a great help. 👍👍👍

[Vasuttangaming]

Thnkz sir I am just started to play guitar your tips helped me a lot

[babydaby]

Hi Andy .Good day to you. Am from Mauritius. Am a beginner in guitar always watch your video..guitar lessons very helpful. You are a good teacher. Thanks. You wear a beautiful t shirt...
Take care.

[jamespeters]

First off, i'm not a player. Thinking about it though. Would electric strings work on an acoustic?

[Rts]

I make Hiphop and write a lot of lyrics but im getting pretty good on the guitar, love your videos

[kartickroy]

Thank you you are so good your way to teach guitar is awesome

[MaxHackle]

Good tips i only wish i had started kearning before my ulna was broken. Still good to learn new things even when you are older

[mariaangelabrunetti]

Thank you much and... what a lovely t-shirt!