5 Tips for Fixing Finger Pain! 🖐️ (for the Beginner Guitar Player)

hey everyone! 👋

as i've been getting some new viewers/beginners on my channel lately (thank you, by the way! 🥰), i've noticed an increase in some of the same questions/comments about fingertip pain and how that's preventing you from practicing your guitar. 🎸

i know when you're first starting out that this can be very discouraging and might even have you thinking about quitting! 😩 so i'm here to give you some tips on how to deal and hopefully motivate you to push past it! 💪

🕚 TIME GUIDE
0:00 introduction
0:43 build your calluses
6:53 change your strings
8:51 check your action
10:08 use the right pressure
13:56 keep on going!

i hope you're able to use some of these tips to help get you through the painful part of learning guitar, so you can cross the road into the fun part! 🤗 i promise this is a temporary problem and one day soon, you'll forget why you even clicked on this video! 😉 best of luck, and you CAN totally get through this!! 💕

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thanks for watching my tips video, and be sure to leave any questions i didn't address in the comments! 👇 i'll get back to you as soon as i can. love you guys, and more tutorials coming soon! 🦋

[saturn]

this used to be a problem when I was an absolute beginner! but the more i play i start to realize that i don't have to press the strings as hard as i thought(one of the main problems my fingers hurt) i wish this video existed when i was just learning. very informative!

[lauren]

My biggest tip for finger pain is just, keep going! My fingers stopped hurting within a few days because I was practicing so often! You can do it!

[JohnOhkumaThiel]

I was a beginner on guitar not very long ago, though I was already a musician on another instrument.

On TIP # 1: In the very beginning, I would say 10 minutes a day was the absolute limit. I didn’t have the muscle in my hands to do any more than that. That was probably about the first two months.

When the callouses get too hard and start to crack, don’t try to cut them and particularly don’t pick at them. Instead get an emory board and keep them hard but smooth.

You’re going to go through this all over again when you start to play barre chords.

When you play chords, learn to relax. You don’t need a death grip on the neck. The string doesn’t need to be pressed down to the wood, just the frets. In fact, if you press too hard then you will play those notes out of tune because you’re bending the strings. And the better you are at playing relaxed, the faster you can do everything from chord transitions to playing heavy metal licks.

[mercurialalien]

I always wanted to play guitar just to ease my stressful day but every time I search for a tutorial I become more stressful and frustrated hahah. Yours was the easiest tutorial to follow I found here in yt. Thanks also for all the motivations huhu.

[melissaclay]

First of all, you are an AMAZING teacher! I have always wanted to learn to play guitar and now at 57 yrs old I am attempting to learn. 🙇‍♀️ I am watching your series on learning guitar and finding it very helpful! In this video you answered so many of my questions and helped me so much. I am curious, at what point should I be concerned that I don’t read music?🤔 Or is that something I should have already done something about? Thanks again for sharing your talent and knowledge.

[sudenazdemir]

Please do more Taylor Swift beginner guitar tutorials, you are best!

[Lafalot]

This is one reason why I don't play guitar as much as piano! My fingers hurt too much, and when I do build a little callous, I stop playing and they come off after a hot shower. Thank you so much for these tips!

[samayashribabu]

Thank you soooo much for this video...
I'm a beginner and this video realllyyyy helped me...💖

[alaindelanay]

Here's my tip: to change guitar often, remember that Ellen's door is open ( I know you're so generous, Ellen)😂😂😂 we've all seen she has many guitar, if you don't, and 10 minutes every 3 hours is indeed a good rate😉
Seriously, Ellen's tips are very good, and I would have liked to know them when I started 🥰😍💗💞💗🙏🎄

[dublinro]

You look like my perfect friend 🤗 Love your lessons! I’m learning so much from you! Thank you so much !🙌🏻✨🌹

[springs]

I love the way you teach guitar, what an amazing teacher, you’re one of the best teachers ever.

[METALAFFLICTION]

Another great video Ellen thanks for the tips and encouragement. Popular and good saying no pain no gain. I have been playing almost every day for the past 2 months. I got blisters the first week but just kept on going. I refuse to skip a day even if I could benefit from it. I absolutely fell in love with this instrument from the 1st day and can't put it down.😀

[sanchitamishra]

You are one of the best teachers in the world!!❤

[fredschell]

I adjusted all strings closest to the neck on each of my 8 electric guitars ...and that made playing do much easier !

[LivAktig]

Thank you for explaining how much pressure to use. I grew up playing a classical string instrument, so I'm hardwired to just automatically press all the way down to the fingerboard, and didn't even realize that I've been strangling my strings. But your demonstration showing the difference between too much pressure, too little pressure, and the right amount of pressure makes a lot of sense.

In addition to preventing blisters and unnecessary muscle strain, I imagine letting up on the fingerboard a bit also saves strings from extra wear and tear if you're not grinding them against the frets.

[Californian]

Your channel is sooo thorough and such a perfect teaching site! Thank you soooo much❤❤❤🎉🎉

[Dirty_Rambo]

You cracked the finger pressure concept👍👍.

Now I got to know what mistake I was doing was forming bow all the time. Thank you for the advice.

[tylangton]

PRACTICE How To Practice/Play Barre Chords is one of the best videos ever...

[madzster]

I remember i used to watch your videos back in 2016/2015. I didn't have a guitar at the time but i really wanted one after seeing sungha jung play pirates of the carribean when he was 5. I then found ur channel and used to watch ur tutorials all the time until i eventually got a guitar.

[miaflorgalang]

Very informative content. I nearly got to stop practicing, but thanks to this video! 🤗