Ep67 Tips For Small-Handed Short-Fingered Guitarists

Guitar Music Theory

Desi Serna

Musictheoryforguitar, Guitar, Guitarscales, Performing Arts, Guitarmusictheory, Music, Guitarlessons, Arts, Guitarchords, Guitartheory

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🗓️ 29 September 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this free guitar lesson, I have tips for small-handed and short-fingered guitars. If you struggle to play guitar because you have little hands or stubby fingers, these tips will help you eliminate most of your problems. The four things I’m going to talk about include:

What is the ideal hand size to play guitar?

Which guitars are best for small-handed players?

How should small-handed players hold their guitar?

What can small-handed players do differently on the fretboard?

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0:00.0	In episode 67 of the guitar music theory podcast I have tips for small-handed and short-fingered players. Greetings guitar engineers. Welcome to the guitar music theory podcast. I am your
0:27.5	host Desi Cerna. Today I've got tips for small-handed and short-fingered guitarists. If you struggle to play guitar because you have
0:36.3	little hands or stubby fingers, these tips will help you eliminate most of your problems.
0:42.1	I'm going to talk about things like what is the ideal hand
0:44.9	size to play guitar, which guitars are best for small-handed players, how should small-handed
0:50.2	players hold their guitar, and what can small handed players do differently on the
0:55.2	frontboard. Now if you're someone that doesn't have small hands you will still find
1:00.4	this podcast interesting because I'm going to talk about guitar sizes, neck
1:05.6	radiuses, scale lengths. I'm also going to talk about the different ways that you can
1:10.5	position yourself and hold your guitar in order to make bar chords and
1:15.9	stretchy scale patterns easier to play.
1:19.3	So there's going to be something for everyone here, but before we get started let me direct all of my
1:24.0	podcast listeners over to my website guitar music theory.com answer the questions I
1:29.8	ask you about your playing and I'll send you free custom video instruction calibrated to your
1:35.2	current level. I'll show you how to get your playing skills in order no matter what level
1:40.2	you're at. I'll also help you understand how music works.
1:43.9	Enroll in your free course now at guitar music theory.com
1:47.2	you can click on the link in the podcast show notes. All right. Let's dive in. First off, I actually made a YouTube video and so if you're
2:09.0	someone that is struggling with this issue and want to know what your options are in order to make
2:13.7	playing easier. You're going to get a lot out of this podcast, but you definitely want to watch
2:17.9	that YouTube video too, just because I'm able to demonstrate things in the video that I can't demonstrate here in this
2:25.6	audio-only podcast so just head over to my YouTube channel Desi Cerna Guitar and
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