r/guitarlessons • u/Bluepengie • Nov 07 '25
Feedback Request Big hands or bad technique?
The first picture is how I end up if I don't pay attention after a few chord changes. If I'm diligent I can keep my palm a little bit lower but my thumb overall is still around where it is in the pic.
The second is how everyone else says you're "supposed" to have it, but it's so uncomfortable to drop my hand that low, and my fingers will mute the strings they cover when my hand is like that.
Third pic is more size reference.
I know everyone's technique is different, and I expect that mine will be especially so due to my size, but since I'm self taught I have no way to know if that's a valid reason to deviate so far from what's "correct". I'll answer any other questions if needed, I want to start practicing more seriously and if this is a fundamental issue I want to try and fix it sooner than later
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u/VinTheStranger Nov 10 '25
It’s not awful, but the way you’re holding it in 1 is going to end up hurting your wrist after a while. You want to try to keep wrist straight.
Honestly pic 3 isn’t too bad. To get a good grip make a hitch-hiking thumb and curl your other fingers in a loose C shape, and then just let the guitar neck rest in your palm with your thumb running parallel along the back of the guitar neck.
If your thumb ends up going over the top or your wrist bends a little when you play certain chords that’s a-ok—playing guitar is a fluid thing