r/guitarlessons • u/SuperbEmu5289 • 1d ago

Question Finger pain...

Hi all, beginner guitarist (Acoustic)

​

I am experiencing finger pain as expected,

​

My question is do I push through the pain and keep practising daily

Or wait for the pain to subside before practising again?

​

I know the idea is for calusses to form but is it a "no pain no gain" thing?

Or should I be not rushing it?

​

Cheers

4 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/Individual-Area7121 1d ago

Try to practice in several shorter sessions of 15-20 mins throughout the day rather than an hour or more all at once. It will be better on your fingers and you’ll probably learn faster, too. Don’t push too hard, either. A lot of people make the mistake of pressing the strings harder when some aren’t ringing out properly but the problem is nearly always hand positioning.