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OK, I am now seven days into learning to play my new guitar, and my fingers are still sore and they still hurt.

I know this is going to pass soon. In fact, it is already getting better. But…. ouch. I have probably been playing an hour to an hour and a half a day. And I have gotten to the point where my guitar playing doesn’t hurt my fingers much more whether I am playing or not playing.

That is a good thing - it means that my fingers aren’t slowing down the amount of time I am playing my guitar. In the first few days, I was really limited to how much I could play - my guitar playing just hurt my fingers so much.

I know this sounds like just so much whining… and it is. But nevertheless, I am having fun, despite my sore guitar fingers.

From what I understand, if I got a classical guitar with nylon strings (ie, a classical acoustic guitar), then it would have been a lot easier on my fingers.

Same thing with an electric guitar - I guess they are much easier on fingers.

But I wanted a steel string acoustic guitar, and I am really happy with it.

Really, the sore fingers thing just is NOT a big deal. It is just something to whine about. I couldn’t be happier playing my guitar.