Comments on: How to Hold a Guitar – Proper Posture and Hand Positioning

By: Desiree

Desiree — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 01:55:59 +0000

hey Klaus
I remember you from my IG feed (I’ve since deleted it), always enjoyed your lessons. I don’t know why I never landed on your site. I’m looking forward to perusing your site. Thanks for your hard work!

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[…] invest in yourself. Pour yourself a nice cup of coffee or tea, find a descent chair, sit straight and makes sure you have proper posture and hand positioning, set a timer to 30 or 60 minutes, own this time, focus, practice and […]

By: Albert J Sherrington

Albert J Sherrington — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 21:33:59 +0000

Hi:
I’m a senior citizen learning to play the guitar (acoustic). I’ve followed all your recommendations for holding the guitar. However, the base of it keeps sliding out which is effecting my fingers on the strings, causing the fingers to spread and dull the sound. Is there anything I can do from stopping this from happening? I can only play sitting down, I’m a leg amputee and wear an above the knee prosthesis.

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[…] and start to play it. So I looked for some website about playing and learned a lot. From this website, I learnt the basic position for the right hand and left hand. I should rest my upper right arm […]

By: Bliss

Bliss — Sat, 24 May 2014 20:09:48 +0000

Klaus, I have been told the pinky on the right hand should not be used as an “anchor” on the scratchplate. One teacher said I should learn to use it along with the other fingers in fingerpicking. Others dictate only using the index, middle and ring fingers for fingerpicking, along with the thumb for the bass strings, but don’t say what to do with the pinky. I have a habit of keeping my pinky on the scratchplate, to help keep my hand in the right position, but should I stop doing that? Do you use your pinky in fingerpicking?

By: DW @ My First Axe

DW @ My First Axe — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:04:39 +0000

Good write up on how holding a guitar is actually supposed to go. I was actually playing the guitar years before anyone ever said “you’re holding it wrong” and I learned about the proper way to play. It felt funny at first to hold the guitar correctly, but then once I saw the advantages of how much easier it was to play I was all for it.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:58:09 +0000

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By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:56:13 +0000

While standing properly and sitting properly is the best method, sometimes you don’t really know how bad it is until you try something else and feel a difference. You have to check out AlignMed. I happen to know a few extraordinary super stars. They could not get on stage without having their AlignMed on to keep them up for 2 hours with an Ax that feels like its 65 pounds around their neck. Really AlignMed is a career saver. Drummers too. For credibility in this area -the founder of AlignMed, Bill Schultz along with Ina Meibach, and Theatre Royal Plymouth produced the Quadrophenia stage production….Its the real deal.

By: Mike Grigorov

Mike Grigorov — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:47:04 +0000

Hi Claus,
First of all, thank you for you regular and useful articles.
About this one, I would like to know whether there are some specifics when we play an electric guitar instead of classical. Some of the time I am sitting while practicing, and it just doesn’t feel comfortable to do for a longer time. One issue is the level of the guitar relative to the chest – smaller body, so the guitar is lower than if it was a classical one and this leads to some odd angles between the left hand and the fingerboard. Also due to the thinner guitar body, the angle of the right hand is different compared to classic again.
Many of these issues get fixed when standing up and using a strap, but I guess I am not the only one to practice electric guitar while sitting.
Kind regards,
Mike