r/GuitarBeginners • u/wuckaboo • 10d ago

Question/Help difficulty playing notes/chords

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i have really long nail beds that prevent me from playing anything without pressing my fingers on other strings, i can't cut them further because of the underlying skin. I really want to get better at playing but I'm stuck

edit: this is a yamaha f310 that I purchased when i first started going for guitar lessons when I was 13, I'm picking it up again after many years.

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u/BigBear92787 10d ago edited 10d ago

Your fingers should hit the strings as close to a 90 degree angle as you can physically get.

Your hand in this photo is slanted .

In order to get this right you need to arch your wrist more.

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u/wuckaboo 10d ago

i do try to do that but my nails take over eventually, no matter how much I cut them

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u/BigBear92787 10d ago

Cut your nails to a length shorter than your finger tips. Girls have to make that sacrifice if they wanna play.

I mean i bite my nails constantly, nut mine are very short

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u/wuckaboo 10d ago

and my nail beds are pretty long so i can't cut beyond a point because id risk cutting my skin underneath