I just started learning how to play guitar. I am using some dvd's by esteban. He goes over an exercise where you go down the 1st string and then go all the way back up. I am having trouble getting my pinky to reach the fret. It usually only stretches to the bar unless I pull my index finger off its fret. Esteban says you want to keep all your fingers on their frets but mine don't reach very easily. What should I do?

keep practicing. Your fingers will become more limber in time. A word to the wise...99% of all these "instructional" DVDs are nothing more than what that particular artist uses to showboat his/her technique. They leave a lot of instruction out of it.








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like he said keep practicing, i was like that when i started your fingers grow muscle to tolerate it

when i type my pinky sticks out now...lmao after i started playing guitar it just stands out when i type

Yep, a typical problem a lot of people have when they start young, nothing to worry about.

you can try and move the ex. down a few frets like if your trying on the 1st fret and can't do it move it down the the 12th fret and work your way back up the neck. that way you still doing the ex. but just where your hand can do it at this time.








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my hands are to small is the MSOT COMMON excuse i hear, take your not picking (frettign hand most usually the left hand) and take you right hand pointer and middle finger. place them in the section between yur left pointer adn middle finger at teh very middle and extend your right fingers apart while sliding down,, you will feel your fingers really stretch. do this with everythign at least twice a day and whenever before you pick up the guitar an d soon you will have no probs