I play the violin and the guitar.

By playing the violin, your fingertips will be hardened but not a lot. Just like about 10% hardened compare with guitarist fingertip.

Well explained by little ice.

One more thing to add is violinist do not have to press hard on the fingerboard to get the note compare with guitar.

It is natural, it will grows back by itself just like wounds.

Based on my experience, same result with guitar except you need more strength on the frets.

That is so untrue and that is sick even though it is a joke.

Me? Scaring? No, that has to be batuapi.

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Violin - thinner
Guitar - normal
Electric bass - thick

The difference between guitar and electric bass is almost the same. Electric bass need more strength and it plays a string or two at the same time unlike guitar where some chords have to use up all the 6 strings but less strength.

Violin are easier. Pressing the fingerboard notes requires less strength compare with classical guitar.

Violinist cannot play chords on their violin.

After all, playing classical guitar advance arpeggios pieces such as Tarrega will makes you think that classical guitar is the most painful one.

True but when we wanted to continuing playing music, we will just let it be. Fact is I do not find any problems with it and I wonder will any girls care about fingertips roughness, more over I do not even care about that.

Ohhh..great. I am Josh Farro, I play guitar in the band. You want to go out for a dinner? LoL!

Great! I LoL'd

Now where is Zac and Jeremy?

Sorry I am getting out of topic, very sorry.

The fact is your left arm and finger has not much strength and muscle. We all have the same experience when learning guitar for the first time. Keep on playing like for few weeks and the pain will go away, moreover your left arm and fingers will have more power than before.

Pressing it too hard will make the pitch higher a semi-demi-tone. (for those who knows music theory)

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You are overdoing and nobody can be good on the first/early days. Moreover, please do not scare people away from playing guitar interest.

Guitar and violin is both stringed instruments. These instruments are to be played with left hand fingers for pitch and right hand fingers for plucking (guitar) or bowing (violin). Guitar is a solo instrument (solo as in no accompaniment) while violin is just a melody based instruments which no chords can be done on violin (except for some very technical parts on playing).

F is the hardest chord on the guitar, it is better not to play this chord for early learners. Try to practice full bar technique (one finger pressing 2 strings follow by 3 and then 4 and so on) for some time and then only you try out the F chord.

Are you learning from a teacher?

Hayley herself attending her own band performance. How great is that!

You are going too far away, I only mean by basic open chord.

So Hayley, when is the next Warped Tour?

For goodness sake, for advising beginners it is better to advice basic stuff only and I mean this F chord:



You would not want to confuse the beginners.

=) =)

Ohhh..my ears!

Have you try to adjust your thumb?

Okay. Now try to think positive, with the length of your fingers there is advantage for you playing solos on the 1st to 3rd string at the higher pitch after 12th fret.

From that video, I see your fingers are not short. My fingers are like your length as well. You might want to really put more efforts on stretching so that you can do it. I can do stretching on 1st fret, that is what I did in the beginning days where I pick up the guitar, when we move to higher pitch there is not much problem.

Because.... "That's What You Get if you let your heart win."

Good, we learn and improve techniques one by one. One by One - Foo Fighters

Well, it is a quoted fact. Music related.