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Finger Fatigue is very real. You can wear out your fingers pretty quick by over pressing and by playing the guitar at a less than optimal angle, E.G. "side saddle". For avoiding fatigue I always suggest a light stretch before playing, and focusing on a light touch during practicing, and a cool down stretch after practicing.
having the action set low, and not using really heavy gauge strings will also reduce fatigue. Eventually, you can work up to playing for several hours without finger fatigue. But it's easy to wear out the hand when playing too hard.
I know we've been over this ground many times, but were you using these techniques when you hit your fatigue point? If you were playing on a guitar with high action, set on 10 or 11 strings, side saddle, then yeah, I'd expect your hands to wear out pretty quick. If not it could be something else. Let me know and I"m sure we can work it out
also, I can edit posts but for some reason can't make new ones in the forum. TIl I work that out I"ll have to edit posts instead of hitting reply.
Todd
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Is "Finger Fatigue" a thing?
I sat down to practice yesterday and my fingers did not want to make the stretch near the end of the neck. As well, I had a difficult time playing songs that I play just for excercise.
And to top that all off, I am having severe pain in my right arm rotator cuff which I have to believe is from practicing this stuff. I've made an appointment to go get a shot (which helped me years ago and kept me from having to have surgery).
Anyway, I was just astounded by my fingers unwillingness to cooperate. I'm going to start again as soon as I get my coffee down but just thought I'd write to complain.
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That's what many folks struggle with. Don't feel the need to play briskly. Playing cleanly is all that is required no matter how far down you need to turn the metronome. The multi picking will also show you any spots in your playing that need refinement in terms of consistency (that's actually what I meant by gaps in your playing, e.g. gaps in your ability). But you can do it
I've seen you play and I"m sure you can pul this off!
Play as slow as you need to in order to be consistent. Looking forward to your Mission Soldier!!
Sarge
QUOTE (Spock @ Jun 7 2017, 09:27 AM)
Right, my problem is not with gaps in my picking, it's fretting and positioning of my finger within frets to consistently make a nice clean note. I think that is why I pick hard, to compensate for possible miss aiming the fret.
It's not all the time, but enough to understand it's an issue.
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This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Jun 11 2017, 12:28 AM
Finger Fatigue is very real. You can wear out your fingers pretty quick by over pressing and by playing the guitar at a less than optimal angle, E.G. "side saddle". For avoiding fatigue I always suggest a light stretch before playing, and focusing on a light touch during practicing, and a cool down stretch after practicing. 
