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Anonymous
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| posted: 1/14/2006 at 5:23:32 PM ET
I've played the electric guitar for about a year, now, and I'm faced with a big problem. My left hand is completely F'ed up. i'm getting slower. Not stopped gaining speed, I'm slowing the f**k down. I've just started getting up to shred speed about a month ago, and it was going fine, until about two weeks ago. Then, all the sudden, my laft hand wouldn't go. When I try to go fast on a scale, or play a shred lick, my left hand won't DO it! I'll try to, try as hard as I can, but I'll play two notes, and then my left hand goes "F**k you", and stops. Now, I also bought a new guitar (Schecter C-1) about the time I started to slow down. Before that, I was on a Squier Stratocaster. The thing is, when I fist gfot it, and tried it out, it played unbelivably. It was great. Also, I'm still just as slow on my squier. I also wonder if it's my tourette's syndrome or OCD, but I doubt it. So, is it just my fingers getting used to the new guitar, or something else? Please, help me. I'm really worried about this, and even considered quitting on account of how fast this problem has developed.
| suzyq
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11/18/2004 | posted: 1/14/2006 at 7:56:59 PM ET
Hi,
Do you have a teacher who can help you get over the left-hand hurdle?
I don't play the guitar, but we all have technique problems to overcome. Whatever you do, don't give up, it could be you are trying to hard, and the harder you try the more your left hand fingers do their own thing. Take it slow and easy and build up the required speed.
Find a good teacher or someone who plays the guitar to help you over this pia period. You'll do it. Let us know how it goes.
|  Pete
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North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 1/15/2006 at 3:57:53 AM ET
Hmm, tourette's syndrome must make for some interesting triplets and pull-offs..
Do you use a chainsaw? I find if I do any heavy work it slows my left hand down on riffs.
..pass me that treble clef, Mildred.
| Anonymous
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| posted: 1/15/2006 at 12:26:26 PM ET
Well, I lift weights 5 times a week. Would that slow me down?
|  imnidiot
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3/28/2005 | posted: 1/15/2006 at 7:22:59 PM ET
First, how old are you? If you are young, you should have good flexability and reflexes. Do you do a lot of lifting with your wrists? If so, this may fatigue the muscles tendons and nerves in your wrists and forearms. I am a month shy of fifty, and have had about thirty five years of abuse from construction work, and suffer from carpal syndrome in both wrists. This causes severe pain and lack of mobility in the wrists. This accounts for my problems playing guitar. I had surgery in my left wrist about six years ago, and am receiving treatment by a chiropractor for about two years now. I doubt I will ever recover fully, but there has been substantial improvement from the chiropractic, which consists of electrical stimulation, cold laser therapy, and massage. I would recommend taking it easy on the arms. Talk to a health professional to find out if you may be over-doing it with the lifting. Also what you do for a living can have an adverse effect on the arms and wrists. Take care of your body throughout your entire life, and you should have success with your playing. Good luck with your guitar.
I am a fragment of my imagination
| Anonymous
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| posted: 1/15/2006 at 9:48:41 PM ET
I'm in high school.
Also, sorry if I came across somewhat rude, earlier. I had just gone through an extremely frustrating session and was really worked up. If anything, I think it was a lack of practice; I've recently had a lot of homework to do. However, it's died down a little, and I could practice more, and the problem's getting less and less.
As for my lfting, the most strenuous excercise would be power/hang cleans, which involves picking up a weighted bar and bringing it up to your chest and rolling your arms back $ up, in an explosive, rapid manner. However, my hands don't get as sore from that as much as my shoulder does. Anyway, it's becoming less significant, and I'm feeling a lot better about it.
| imnidiot
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From:
Ashley PA
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3/28/2005 | posted: 1/16/2006 at 7:51:56 PM ET
I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. Stick with it, and remember not to abuse the body. There's nothing more frustrating than a physical disability to limit your enjoyment, especially when most often it can be prevented by common sense and good health practices.
I am a fragment of my imagination
| Pete
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From:
North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 1/17/2006 at 1:47:41 AM ET
If the strings feel sticky when you slide, it means there is a slight coating of surface rust, invisable in the early stages.
That can slow you down heaps. Ask at
http://www.acousticguitar.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi
(I'm Lynx)
..pass me that treble clef, Mildred.
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