Matthew Bowtell
Sep-14-2011, 10:23pm
Hello Everyone.
I am an incredibly new Mando player (I got my first crappy one yesterday)
Now it is cheap and I've tuned it by ear to the best of my ability.
However the E and D strings sound like they should but they're very hard to press down and it's hurting my the tips of my fingers something shocking and not producing the proper sound when played. (It basically just twangs because the string isn't properly touching the fret board thingo because I can't press it down hard enough)
I was wondering if they could be to tight?
Or maybe that's how they're meant to be and I'm not using my fingers correctly.
It's my first musical instrument and I'm really keen to learn so any help would be appreciated.
P.S Please forgive the lack of technical terms :redface:
I am an incredibly new Mando player (I got my first crappy one yesterday)
Now it is cheap and I've tuned it by ear to the best of my ability.
However the E and D strings sound like they should but they're very hard to press down and it's hurting my the tips of my fingers something shocking and not producing the proper sound when played. (It basically just twangs because the string isn't properly touching the fret board thingo because I can't press it down hard enough)
I was wondering if they could be to tight?
Or maybe that's how they're meant to be and I'm not using my fingers correctly.
It's my first musical instrument and I'm really keen to learn so any help would be appreciated.
P.S Please forgive the lack of technical terms :redface: