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Also, if you play seated with a strap AND the guitar isn't planted on your leg (mine is just maybe barely grazing it) your hands are set pretty much the same for sitting, standing or stool.
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Low fret height can make position sense of fingertips more sketchy. A common fret height on acoustics is 0.043". Hopefully your fretwire is at least that high. I prefer around 0.047".
Light gauge strings a little more than medium gauge strings go sharp when pressed down farther behind the fret. That may give you a little more sense of where you are fretting.
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However fret height is just one thing to consider.
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Lay a straight edge on the frets and measure the gap from the fretboard with a steel rule.
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Depends on how accurate you find acceptable.
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Straight edge and feeler guages should do it.
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It is natural to grip the neck when unsureabout fretting, but it has to be mastered by building subtle but important adjustment of hand/wrist positioning. My ethos is now "least energy, maximum effect". Maybe I could help you?
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Also, if you play with a strap, you can have the guitar in a more ergo position. The strap gives you more freedom to position the guitar (i.e. you'll more more range of positions that form a superset of your old range). I play very differently when standing, I find that I angle my guitar neck up more (more like a classical guitar playing position); but everybody's different, you may find another position that you like; the point is that the strap gives you choice. |
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Simple: Use the little depth gauge stick that comes out of the bottom of a vernier caliper - its exactly the sort of job the instrument is designed to do.
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Four years really isn't very long to get to grips (sorry!) with all the subtle and intricate movements required when playing guitar. Think about playing guitar like playing a sport - say a golf swing - think about how long it takes to get the "simple" act of hitting a stationary ball with a club sussed. And how often that seemingly basic skill goes wrong even for professional golfers. The important aspect for the moment is that you have noticed where you are going wrong. So each time you notice it going forward you can make a little correction, and gradually you will get better and better at being subtle and your playing will feel much easier. I really don't think that there is going to be a quick fix for this, more of a longer term learned fix. We are all gradually aiming to do something physically different when we play today than we did when we played yesterday - probably without noticing. The concept behind practice is to do something physically different by the end of the session that you weren't doing at the start. If your hands are doing exactly the same thing day after day then there would be no improvement in your playing!!!! So try different things out - very subtle changes in hand position and movements will make a BIG difference. Keep analysing what you are doing, and keep trying out small changes. Your vicegrip is quite possibly happening because you are stuck in a position. Keep making those small adjustments and you'll solve this yourself.
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I'm been playing for 3 years and I also have the death grip. LOL I've switched back and forth, right to left for my steel string acoustic guitar, but I'm back to the left knee. I also play the classic guitar and harp guitar, and I play both on the knee. I'm still in a quandary with a guitar support. I use a adjustable foot rest, but something like from Sagework may be better especially when you are playing at open mic and trying not trying to bring to much on stage with you.https://sagework.org/ My single instructor says I should stand for the best singing posture. I agree, but I'm more comfortable sitting.
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On fret crown height basically you don't want have a string contact the fretboard when fretting a string. If it does either you are pressing too hard and/or to far behind the fret and/or the fret height is too low.
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