Bassist for Jeff Beck, Prince, Eric Clapton, and Mick Jagger. She’s not exactly riding the struggle bus, either. Allow me instead to point to just a couple of examples.Īngus Young – Lead guitarist for AC/DC. “I can agree that my hands are not ‘too small’ to play the guitar, but they are too small to play well.” Again, I refrain from a direct answer. This is the point of my argument where you may consent.
As an adult, even an adult who generally has a smaller frame (or even a drastically smaller frame) than the “average” adult, the chances of you having smaller hands than a six-year-old is pretty small. I will simply smile playfully at you and let you figure out what my answer is to this question. So if you are an adult beginner, I won’t even dignify the question with an answer. Because I have had students as young as 6 years old who made progress and continued on just fine. But, if you actually have the desire, you can play guitar just as well as anyone no matter what size your hands are.Ĭan someone with smaller hands learn to play barre chords? Absolutely! I’ll show you how.Ĭan Your Hands Be Too Small To Play Guitar?īefore getting into barre chords, let’s tackle this question first – can your hands actually be too small to even play the guitar? Well, how small is “too small”? I ask you. With barre chords, this is particularly challenging, so I understand the hesitation if your mitts are on the smaller end of the spectrum. And though the hands may play a role in how much easier or difficult it is to play guitar (or piano, cello, marimba, or whatever), there is a solution to every problem a way around every obstacle. Although the size of one’s hands is anatomical, it is also in large part relative. One of the biggest excuses for not learning guitar – or in some cases not learning certain techniques of guitar playing – is, “My hands are too small!”ĭon’t worry – I’m not here to beat anyone about the head for having this excuse because to some, this is a legitimate concern. Heck, I gave some of these excuses myself when I was a young learner. You see, as a guitar instructor, I’ve come across many excuses from students. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be the bane of one’s existence – even if you have small hands!
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Like it or not, barre chords are part of learning how to play guitar.
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