Your Hand is Not Too Small to Play Guitar! Secrets of the Stretch REVEALED
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Learn a few awesome guitar secrets that will make your fingers stretch the extra distance for all of those hard to play chords! Your hands are NOT too small to play guitar. :)
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I knew the dude with the man bun would be the expert to solve my problem. Thank you.
lol😂 thats hilarious
Hilarious 😂😂
He doesn’t even have a man bun
He also makes a mean latte.
@Outta That’s what I say! Where’s the man bun?
😜🤪🤓
"There is nothing wrong with your hand". Says the guy with fingers longer than my manhood..
Update: It's been two years and I can confidently say that I can play things I struggled with for a long time. Had nothing to do with the size of my manhood or length of my fingers.
Hahhahahhahahaha
Monish Kumar LMAO 🤣
I always say, it's not the hand size, it's length of fingers. I have short to medium lengthed fingers, but I know some female guitarists I like to watch, have a much smaller hand size, but they have these long beautiful digits and have pinkies that can really cover the frets. Joan Baez, I know, an older lady, but check out her fingers.
jajajajaja Saludos amigo!
LOL, yeah. :( He has the finger length I always wanted. I don't have long arms so I never could play the Trombone. I never had long slinky fingers so the Piano was out. Guitar? Nope. Go play Trump/Coronet/Bass. I went to Trumpet/Coronet in school.
I just started playing guitar and I have very short fingers. It drains my motivation not to be able to reach the right strings with my fingers, however somehow your video gave me hope. Thank you!
@James bond 007 I FEEL YOUR PAIN
Hope things are going well re your guitar playing! Did you get a 3/4 sized guitar maybe?
Same here dude..!!! :( my fingers don't reach some chords
How have you been doing? It’s been 2 years
My longest finger is just bit over the length of an AA battery. No way am I stretching it like he shows on a standard 25.5 inch scale neck. Heck, even on my 24in Mustang I would have issues so maybe on a 22in.
your pinky finger is like my index finger, my fingers are so smalllllll
Even if they are actually too small, just pick up a smaller guitar scale. Unless you have smaller hands than young kids, your hands are never too small.
That is my point. Otherwise I would be able to play 120-basses accordion which I hardly can (short fingers).
I am a young teenager and I just got a guitar for Christmas.. My hand is as small as my nine year brother's hand. This is stressful..
@@kittenmarie5668 RELATABLE LMAO IM 15 AND HAVE BABY HANDS
im 13 4'11 with a full sized guitar 🤓 not easy
I'm 17 and have the same size hand as my 12 year old sister.
setting the pinky first really works, thanks a lot!
Wow! Just that one difference of stretching to the side has given me hope when I thought at 72 years old it must be arthritis that was stopping me reaching from 5th fret on strings G and B to the 2nd fret string F when trying to play Nothing Else Matters by Metallica! I couldn't understand why I had been able to reach sometimes in the past but could not do so now and this very clearly explains what I'm now doing wrong ... brilliant! Many many thanks Ross. JHDS
This is a great finger stretch video, concise, and very much focused on achievable tips. Just brilliant!
Opens things up catering to your pinky instead of the index finger “beast finger” as you called it lol. Some of the simplest and best advice I’ve run into in a long time. Thanks for the tip Ross🤙🏻
Very welcome 🙂
Very good tips on stretching with your index finger and placing your pinky finger first. Tried it for the first time. It makes it so much more comfortable and easier to stretch your fingers. Thanks.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIPS
Ross the Music and Guitar Teacher
Thank you! Can't wait to try this.
Woah, finally! I've been strugglign so hard with the C chord because I have tiny fingers, and it really helped to set up the "weakest" finger first and make my first and second finger stretch out!
You are such a great teacher. I love the short little videos as they give me something to work on. I have small hands and kind of knew about slanting your hand but the last one im definately going to try.
I really like how u explained urself . How u explained problems and correction.i learn best from calm patient teachers and. Expecially if they show me where I'm struggling and correct it instead of most showing how and pointing out y a d a solution.. I like ur vibe and attitude. U have care in what ur showing and that's a teacher @100
Wow I really like the technique for stretching my fingers. Was practicing 30 minutes ago and was really frustrated so got on RUclips and found your video. Going to use you more often. I really need good constant lessons.
Thanks so much. That second tip is brilliant, worked right away for the XX1343 Eb I was struggling with.
Very useful. Thank you
Thank you Ross, lots of people dissing your hands for not being small but I appreciate the knowledge you share from teaching stubby fingered people like me! I was having issues with 2nd and 5th fret chords but can now reach and despite it sounding awful still I know that eventually it will click. Thanks again!
Thank you, great information!
This video helped a lot!
Thanks, dude!
Good points. I can do so much more now adopting your method.
Thanks, I had never figured out how to solve this before...this helps!
such great tips! thank you
Thanks For the great/useful tips!
Oh my.. I've just started, this is huge help I'm now going to go try this!
Thank you, this has been a huge help to me!!!
I just want to say thank you!! Moving my thumb made all the difference in the world.
Very good point friend. Thank you very much
My fingers are an inch and a half shorter in length than my palm is (from wrist to finger joint). My hands aren't small, they're just built like freaking mittens so yeah, that stretch is pretty much a mathematical impossibility for me!
Great tips. Thank you.
thank you! great tips
Really good tip! Thank you!
Thanks alot man. I have small hands and I stopped playing guitar over 10 years ago. I recently got back into playing and I'm learning all the chords and this video gives me motivation to be able to play bar chords perfectly with smaller hands. Thanks again.
man hope it’s been going good for you !
that was so helpful thank you
Awesome!! I was trying to stretch my pinky finger to reach the high e string. This will help a lot. Thanks!!!
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This helped me immensely! Thanks.
Great tips man!
I was doing it the opposite way. Such a "duh" moment. Thanks for the help.
For me this was the most helpful lesson in a long time, thank you so much! I do have small hands and always felt that should position my hand as parallel as possible on the neck. I tried your tip and all felt instantly much easier. Do you have any Book-recomendations, maybe for classical guitar where I can dice deeper into this subject? Again: thank you so much!
Thank you. That was an excellent tip.
Wow this is super helpful! Thanks Ross man
You are most welcome Gabe! I know you already have a heck of a stretch though haha :)
Great tip. Thank you 🎸
Thank you so much!
This is about the best advice I have ever gotten regarding guitar playing wow!! Made a hell of a difference
Glad it helped 🙂
That tip was so helpful, it's so intuitive thank you man!
holy hell. i have literally been trying to play this chord for more than half a hour until i gave up because i couldnt reach the last fret with my pinky. i find this and it worked immediatly. thanks so much
I love your videos! Your "things that took you a long time to learn, & don't think anyone taught you" are great! It would have been great to learn these things early on! Your how to Barre video is the best on RUclips!!!
Great vid! Been working on stretching and now going to try by stretching the index. Seems like it'll be more ffective!
Nice one. Thank you for those insights. You can't beat experience.
Thank you SOOOO MUCH!! just saved my life no joke. 🙏
Excellent advice!
True. Very good tips
Enjoyed this. Most teachers expect you to have fingers absolutely parallel to the frets.
Great tip, thanks. I was doing it precisely as you described - trying to stretch the pinky.
Omg thank so much! It really worked :D
Omg this literally made my day man, i finally could do the 2 - 7 stretch great video man
Thanks for the info. I think this will be a big help for me as I’m a beginner.
I couldn´t figure out sol mayor and after watching your video I CAN. Thank you so much!!
Thanks Ross, the tip to move my thumb down the neck was very helpful.
Thank you, very helpful
When i do C chord for example , i place my thumb behind my weakest finger which is my ring finger to add support or behind my first finger when i do bar chords.
Incredibly helpful. Wish someone told me this sooner. Cheers
Brilliant. Like so many things obvious once someone tells you but I've been doing it the hard way for years. Thank you
Thank you, great tip
Thank you so much, youre great!
Thanks. That was the beat explanation I’ve seen so far.
Thanks Ross. I never thought of stretching the index finger and always put too much strain on the pinkie one, thinking it was plain slack and lazy and needed to try harder to stretch more. Will try your tricks.I can stretch a respectable distance of about 5 frets for a female with small hands because I have long fingers but the stressed out Pai ful pinkie is the problem. Your tip about stretching the index instead might help remove so much strain on the small weaker pinkie finger and make guitar practice less digital torture.
Awesome bro ❤️
wow, thanks...it was killing my hand playing seasons to cycles by 10 years...this helped so much
Great advice, worked for me 😀
Nice video thanks.
yes!! thank you so much
That second tip is great. Thank you!
Stretching with the middle finger really helped me out, thanks for the great tips :)
fantastic advice!
Super helpful!
Some pretty good advice. The best that I received on this topic.
Glad it was helpful!
Deffos. Really helped with a 5 fret stretch that was annoying the life out of me.
Great vid!!!
Thanks!
Nice man!
Great tip on the thumb position behind the pinkie!
Good job 👍
thx brother i really wanted to know that tip 👍👍👍
wow, thank you!
I am learning through utube only....so this video really helped me.... Thanks bro
Thanks so much mad was revealing getting pissed that I couldn’t reach even after stretching. Just saved me so much time and frustration.
Great stuff!
Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Thank you I will try it
dang this helps alot wow thanks!
Hey Ross, this was a great video!! Thank you! I'm working on stretching a bit more and this has helped a ton! Do you have any videos/tips/advice on how to wrap your thumb around the neck to hit the E string while playing a D chord? I cannot reach it to save me and would love some advice. Thanks so much!
Mind blown. Been playing for decades and these tips never occured to me.. Despite getting it right *some* of the time I now know how to deliberately use and practice this technique.. and what a difference it makes.
Thanks bro. Liked and subscribed!!
Me too. Not so much with hand positions but your remakr about doing years without learning the right techniques. Makes a huge difference.
good thanks very cool info sure it will work.
That helped a lot, damn! thanks man
great tips!!!
Thanks mate this helped with the Leo Brouwer Etude 6!
You are welcome! I wish I could teach his stuff on this channel, but he is not going to be in the public domain for a while....
The first video i watched on ur channel is this..and i hammered on the bell icon😄
Absolutely great. Good thing I'm a beginner so that this will help me early.
Thank you for the video! i find that in my case I'm not having so much trouble stretching my pinkie finger but rather....spreading my ring finger and middle finger out as they sure love to point towards each other when grasping for a chord. Or, heck, even placing all four fingers along the same string, i'm having difficulty keeping my middle and ring finger farther apart as they're almost always touching, if not a fraction of a millimeter apart.
Thank you for this information! i'll have to find ways to stretch and hopefully gain some range with my middle-two fingers.
Thankyou so much.. 🔥🔥
THANK YOU.