I went for my first guitar lesson and I find that doing basic chromatic exercise is challenging My fingers are short and it is difficult to stretch but worse is that my 3 fingers tend to pop up when I am pressing one finger down on the string. As such I go very very slowly pressing one string at a time. I try to be conscious and keep them down but they won't stay down.

I watched a few Youtube videos on this and they seem to do the exercise so effortlessly. I read one article where one guy said he got bored when he was first taught chromatic exercise cos it was too easy for him.

If doing chromatic exercise is already difficult for me, do I have any hope to be able to play the guitar? I know practice makes perfect. I am trying to put in as much practice time as possible but seeing me going on one by one string is really frustrating.

This post has been edited by honkkydorry: Jan 16 2018, 05:04 PM

Where to get this? Music shop sells this?

Don't get me wrong, I am not using my short fingers as an excuse but I know I will need more effort. My little pinkie is only about 2 inches though, is that considered short?

Thanks. I think maybe I am putting a little pressure on myself cos I want to show my guitar teacher how much progress I've made from that first class

Hey guys, how would we know when it is necessary to change guitar strings?. My guitar Yamaha f310 is a 2 year old guitar with original strings except for the D string which broke twice before. Last night as I was practising, I noticed a lot of buzz sounds.

Also, every few days when I checked the guitar with tuner, it is no longer very accurate and seems like need to tune. Is this something that is normal?

It has been 2 weeks since my first guitar lesson. My chromatic practice has been going pretty well, I must say Not able to go fast yet and still struggling sometimes with finger pressure on 6th and 5th strings but I can feel my fingers able to stretch a little better than my first week of practice.

Is it normal to be introduced to the F chord as early as the first lesson? I am referring to the one where the index and middle fingers are on 1st and 2nd string, not the full F barre chord. It was a total failure for me trying to practice this chord on the first week but surprisingly was able to play the chord during the later part of my 2nd week's practice though it is still sometimes hit and miss. Now I need to make sure I can consistently hit the chord.

This is probably no big deal to most of you but I just have to report that I am finally able to hold down my fingers while doing the chromatics exercise. Just out of the blue yesterday, I was finally able to master it. So motivated now to continue my exercise practice..haha. Next goal is to increase on the speed.