A few months back, I was in a music store and I saw a boy aged around 10 came to the store searching for “Finger Protectors” for guitar playing. The first question which stormed in my mind – “Finger Protectors”? I got little curious because I had no idea if such accessories has come up! So, I talked to the boy to get some knowledge about it. The boy said that the finger protectors are such accessories which avoid hurting the fingers, the beginner student gets while playing on a Guitar. Thus, I came to know about what is actually finger protectors are. Seriously, I never had thought that such accessories may come out in the market because I had followed the old book/playing method. We only knew to practice hard to play the instruments perfectly. So, in this article, I am once again in front of you with this new accessory called “Finger protectors” and will talk about it in details.
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What kind of the finger pain a beginner gets played on an acoustic Guitar
It is true, that a beginner when starting to learn a guitar playing gets pain in the playing fingers. You need to press the steel string against the fret board with your finger’s tip to get a clear tone and thus you get the pain on the finger tip. If you don’t press it hard or properly, you may not get the desirable sound tone. At the beginner level, this is the most important part of playing an acoustic guitar perfectly. One has to overcome the pain while practicing regularly. Once you start practicing, this pain gets vanish in 2-3 weeks because you get used of it and you can start playing fluently without getting hurt. This is how most of us have learned to play an acoustic guitar.
How useful are these Finger Protectors
First of all, music is something which attached us emotionally. The same can be said about the musical instruments. To get the perfect playing on an instrument and to get soul touching sound tones, you need to feel the musical instruments. You will have to get emotionally attached with your musical instrument to play your music. Every time when you touch your musical instrument, you should get a thrilling experience. Your emotions are what should come out from your musical instruments. If you are not connected to your musical instrument, you can’t really create music!
Here, while using finger protectors, the very first thing we are doing is to let ourselves away from the “touch” feeling. These finger protectors are good and soft. It is also true that you won’t get your finger hurt while using it. But the question is how long you can avoid the initial pain? After sometimes or reaching a certain level, you have to remove these finger protectors. You may not perfectly “slide” on the guitar fret having protectors on. Sooner or later you will have to use your finger tip to play a guitar. So, why not have the initial pain and get used to it so that later on we do not have to start it again from the beginning.
Conclusion
A very old proverb I can remember here – “No pain – No gain”. To progress well in future, one has to take some pain. It fit with the music too. Take any string instrument which played with fingers, you have to have the pain initially to play it perfectly. All I can say this that using finger protectors are not a permanent solution. It can be used only for some starting days just to practice that’s all. So, if you are a serious in music, it is better to get pain initially and get used by it for the rest of the life.
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