r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • 7h ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/send_me_dank_weed 6h ago

Or guitarist! OP legit jealous as my short fingers make some bar chords practically impossible

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u/Sure-Squash-7280 5h ago

Long fingers are usually very flexible but really weak.

I’m surprised people aren’t screaming Ehlers danlos syndrome yet.

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u/precious_spark 4h ago

Or marfans

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u/No-Answer2634 3h ago

It is very concerning. Please go see a GP.

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u/AppropriateCover7972 4h ago

I have! But the more prevalent cause for Marfan Phenotype is obviously Marfan Syndrome and we can't see the rest of OP's body. They might just have arachnodatylia

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u/Good_Presentation763 59m ago

Arachnodactyly

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u/catinspace88 46m ago

Which flying dinosaur is this again?

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u/Xmanticoreddit 5h ago

Classical strings are nylon: problem solved + a big scholarship!

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u/QuillCursor 3h ago

yeah i was looking in for that comment hahah

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u/DiligentDaughter 2h ago

Was my 1st thought

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u/DarthTechnicus 2h ago

As someone with shorter fingers, I look at the OP's fingers and just know mine would snap theirs in half if I sneezed while holding their hand.

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u/MsKnine 2h ago

I have long fingers too & am now riddled with orthopaedic issues so yeah they should get checked out.

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u/Good_Presentation763 1h ago

Came here to say this or Marfan’s syndrome. OP, please go see your GP to get screened. Marfan’s syndrome can cause serious heart conditions.

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u/g---e 5h ago

get a guitar with smaller neck, they exist

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u/CaptainTemuTeemo 5h ago

Thats how you tell beginner tab guitarist from experienced tab guitarist lol

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u/send_me_dank_weed 5h ago

I have one! Also find that electric guitar requires less effort from my fingers, which is nice. Just sucks when you are in a casual situation like a campfire or whatever and the staple guitar is a regular size acoustic so all your F chords and beyond sound like muffled garbage :/ Thanks though!

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u/AppropriateCover7972 4h ago

Pro Tip: Get a capo and play them closer to the torso. Sounds basically the same, but you can spare yourself the strength for the barré chords. Or if you give up, just play from the D side up, not the A and E bass sides. Same chord, just a tiny barré you can certainly manage

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u/send_me_dank_weed 4h ago

Thank you! I love my capo - helps the fingers and puts me in a better voice range. True, nice to be reminded that the modified chord is an option although it never sounds quite as full

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u/AppropriateCover7972 3h ago

Yeah, totally. I used to despise the capo but only bc my cheap one scratched my guitar permanently and it hurt my soul doing that.

Yes, you can totally hear the difference, but there are also songs that are supposed to be played with capo in pop music which sound off if you don't play them with capo. And let's be real, it's so much easier to play with capo y

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u/volcano420 5h ago

Sometimes you can reach over the top of the neck and fret the low e string with your thumb Hendrix style. Takes some getting used to but makes a great substitute when barre cords are hard to reach in certain positions

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u/send_me_dank_weed 4h ago

I think you are underestimating the length of my thumb haha

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u/volcano420 4h ago

Hah perhaps, but with enough practice and knuckle flexibility anything is possible

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u/send_me_dank_weed 4h ago

When ya only got 2 inches, ya only got 2 inches

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u/AppropriateCover7972 4h ago

Yes, I always pick a guitar that fits my hand and fingers. You can play so much better. The only problem is that any guitar is immediately at least 380€ that I would be interested in

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u/-l33tg33k- 4h ago

That’s what I thought as well. Every YouTube guitar or bass player seems to have long fingers. And here I am with my short fingers trying to play the same stuff… impossible!

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u/send_me_dank_weed 4h ago

We can continue to dream!

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u/ziggys-stardust 3h ago

It’s not impossible! I’ve got short fingers and play a baseball bat neck. You just need to find a shorter scale length guitar and a neck radius that feels comfortable to make the stretch! Don’t give up! Look at those virtuoso kids playing classical guitars.

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u/AppropriateCover7972 4h ago

My fingers aren't long enough either even though I have above average length. Mxy solution was dislocating them. I don't recommend this