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Thumb problems with Flamenco guitar

re.mark.able · 2011-05-18 19:12:28

I've just started playing flamenco guitar as a style and i have no trouble with the rythmes or anything but i find that the skin on my thumb at the lower left part of my nail rubs the strings a lot and gets quite sore, if not cut open. Am i doing something wrong or what is the solution?

18-05-2011 08:12PM

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re.mark.able

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I've just started playing flamenco guitar as a style and i have no trouble with the rythmes or anything but i find that the skin on my thumb at the lower left part of my nail rubs the strings a lot and gets quite sore, if not cut open.
Am i doing something wrong or what is the solution?

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#2 19-05-2011 08:57AM

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Hopefully you will find something helpful here :

http://www.google.ie/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=flamenco+guitar+right+hand&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DAIE_en-GBIE266IE266&q=flamenco+guitar+right+hand+technique

It would be a good idea to let that thumb heal first.

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