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Sο іt іѕ mу second guitar playing finger. I саn play manly chords, still bυt јυѕt υѕе mу pinky a lot. It іѕ hard enough fοr mу hands tο recognize chords without looking аt thе neck. I don’t want tο hаνе tο re-train mу hands once mу 2nd finger heals. Hеlр!!!!
Sο іt іѕ mу second guitar playing finger. I саn play manly chords, still bυt јυѕt υѕе mу pinky a lot. It іѕ hard enough fοr mу hands tο recognize chords without looking аt thе neck. I don’t want tο hаνе tο re-train mу hands once mу 2nd finger heals. Hеlр!!!!
March 7th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
i really dont think u will really have to retrain ur finger…i broke mine and i couldnt play my violin for a while but when it healed, nothing seemed different to me…but the guitar is awesome!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
You should be ok. Just keep what you know fresh in your mind until it heals and then everything should be back to normal.
If not it will retrain a lot faster, as most of it is in ur mind. Its only the muscles in one finger that will need to adjust a little. You’ll hardly notice it.
Whatever u do, dont start playing a different way while its broken, or you really will pick up some seriously bad faults.
ie. you’ll retrain your hands to play a different way and will find it harder to use the other finger again once its healed.
Bottom line: Substituting for a different finger to play the chords will be much worse for your overall playing than not playing for a month and letting it heal.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Don’t worry, i had it worse than broken and the whole top part came off. I got it stiched and the positive part of the experienced, I strengthened my little finger.
I always used the pinky but now, because of the 2nd finger issue, I had to use the little finger a lot.
But, when my finger was ok, I could still use it like nothing happened. It stays in the mind and you never forget that fingering, What I hated was that I used to slip and use the 2nd finger and God, did it hurt everytime I used it by accident.