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liz.the.bo
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liz.the.bo
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07/27/2019 1:30 pm

Hi,

I am a very new guitar player (4 weeks) currently working my way through guitar fundamentals 2, i have not had any issues with making the normal chords so far. but i find those power chords almost impossible to get into position for, my fingers won't stretch that far, my wrist hurts and once i am in position on one chord there is no way i am moving to another one any time soon! They also sound dreadful because i am playing with awful tone or my first finger is sneaking across into the neighbouring fret. I don't think there is any issue with my hands, i'm a surgeon, so pretty dextrous normally! Lisa makes it look so easy, has anyone else experienced this? Does it get better with practice? i'm dreading Barre chords already.

Liz