guitar - Pain in index finger joint while barring - Music: Practice . . . Your index fingers should be straight when ever possible But, if your posture is wrong, there will probably be twisting and torsion of your index finger, especially at the first joint This means you also have to press harder to press that string causing further leverage on an already twisted finger leading to aggravated injury
Index finger too pointy for guitar? - Music: Practice Theory Stack . . . I'm not a guitarist, so maybe one can confirm, but I suspect when you need to, for example, fret one string and also play the next highest string open, you might angle your hand so the finger approaches the fret "from behind," rather than parallel, letting you press the string down firmly without also contacting the adjacent string
Wrist vibrato releasing index finger from the violin neck If you play without a shoulder rest then in lower positions (1st and 2nd) you will need some light contact which does not inhibit sliding of the index finger and thumb In higher positions your thumb will rotate and move, first under the violin (by 5th position), later up to the body and even round the body in very high positions
I want to play guitar but I cant bend the tip of my index finger You would definitely want to offload some of the work from your index finger to the others Finally, certain styles of guitar will require more or less effort, and certain techniques (e g tremolo, arpeggiation, tapping, stops, etc) can help speed up your playing without adding finger dexterity issues The right hand is just as important as the
technique - Playing rhythm guitar without the right index finger . . . Decades of playing have resulted in arthritis in my right index finger from holding a pick and playing fast I'm going to have to radically change my rhythm technique First step is I'm going to have to stop playing steel string acoustic guitar and move to electric guitar Second step is changing how I sound chords and play rhythm
Fingers to use while playing finger-style guitar I know that the recommendation is to play the D,A,and E string with your thumb and the e, B and G strings with your ring, middle and index fingers respectively but I do not follow this standard strictly I usually play the top 3 strings with my thumb and play the bottom 3 strings with my index and middle fingers and rarely use my ring finger
guitar - Is Soreness in Middle Knuckle of Fretting Hand Index Finger . . . For bar chords, press the middle of the finger down, instead of pressing hard with the fingertip; a slight sideways roll may also help to lessen the pressure on the joints The string action won't make much difference if you're playing at the low end of the neck (unless the nut isn't cut properly, but a Squier Affinity should be decent enough
Piano beginner, index finger raising when using ring and pinky Also I tend to curl to much the fingers The fact is unlike a 4 year old i have rather big hands, and with some keyboards index and middle finger I touch both the sides of the black keys when I play near the fallboard, with my digital Casio I feel like the finger is going stuck, also happened with a 1970s DDR made vertical a friend of mine has
guitar - Playing classical without Left index finger for a lefty (or . . . Thanks Very encouraging Actually the picture is more complex I had my middle finger completely amputated as well and reimplanted Recovery is going great with a very high percentage of sensory recovery after 10 months Range of motion is also coming pretty good, but still a bit of stiffness with middle finger
guitar - How not to touch neighbouring strings? - Music: Practice . . . In lead work, you will often see players bend up with their middle finger, and use an index finger behind to mute the surrounding strings If your fretting hand is already doing this, I would use your perceived weakness and turn it to an advantage to muffle surrounding strings In rhythm work, perhaps adapt this to your style