Short thick Fingers = not a good guitar player??

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Unread post by onid41 » Sun Sep 12, 2004 10:07 pm

yeah my fingers are pretty short...i wish i had longer ones but i have no problem playing..just alot of PRACTICE!
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Unread post by dmb_tatertot » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:12 am

why do i have a feeling someone will be posting a picture of their hand soon and asking if its big enough???
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Unread post by Kukini » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:14 am

haha, i had that same inclination...
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Unread post by OpenYM » Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:06 am

Adaptation is inevitable if you are habitual in your ritual. Let the ladies decide in matters of size my friend.
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Unread post by dbapollo » Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:42 am

dmb_tatertot wrote:why do i have a feeling someone will be posting a picture of their hand soon and asking if its big enough???
god no! :lol:
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Unread post by dbapollo » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:50 pm

Hey yay! Sattelite's starting to come together for me! :p hehehe.
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:14 pm

dmb_tatertot wrote:why do i have a feeling someone will be posting a picture of their hand soon and asking if its big enough???
what i expected from the get go
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:25 pm

I showed some of my mom's friends today, and they were a little wiered out by how much my fingers can stretch, I was laughing when they were in disguest, lol.
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Re: Short thick Fingers = not a good guitar player??

Unread post by c_tietze » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:33 am

dbapollo wrote:I was watching some of the instructional vids from this site and I was amazed at how far the guy playing could stretch! then i realized how freaking long and thin his fingers were!

Mine on the other hand are short and thick (slightly) so i'm getting disheartened that this physical deficiency would mean that i would never be able to play those cool dmb guitar licks. *shrugs*


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I can play Crash Into Me decently...
I'm having a helluva time playing Satellite though.
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Unread post by dbapollo » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:54 am

huh?
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Unread post by TimmyThing » Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:41 am

Long fingers are an advantage, but not a necessity. I'm more of a pianist than a guitarist, and people say the same thing about piano. Anyone who plays either instrument would love to have bigger hands, but you can get by without them.
Beethoven was only 5'3'', I'm sure he had small hands, but that didn't stop his musical development. Tim looks pretty short as well, and his fingers are too. So you can see, short fingers are nothing you can't overcome with practice.
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:16 pm

TimmyThing wrote: . . . Tim looks pretty short as well, and his fingers are too . . .
He has normal fingers, not short, but not long. I saw them when he signed my guitar strap ;) .
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Unread post by whip3512 » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:30 am

just practice the reaches guys. i used to not be able to play #41 because of the reach, but it just took practice.

also, look at victor wooten! his fingers look kinda stubby, and listen to that guy!
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Re: Short thick Fingers = not a good guitar player??

Unread post by MWR » Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:37 am

c_tietze wrote:
dbapollo wrote:I was watching some of the instructional vids from this site and I was amazed at how far the guy playing could stretch! then i realized how freaking long and thin his fingers were!

Mine on the other hand are short and thick (slightly) so i'm getting disheartened that this physical deficiency would mean that i would never be able to play those cool dmb guitar licks. *shrugs*


To give ya guys an idea...
I can play Crash Into Me decently...
I'm having a helluva time playing Satellite though.
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Unread post by onid41 » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:35 pm

whip3512 wrote:just practice the reaches guys. i used to not be able to play #41 because of the reach, but it just took practice.

also, look at victor wooten! his fingers look kinda stubby, and listen to that guy!
ya and warren hayes looks like he has some stubby fingers...

all it takes is practice
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