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Questions tagged [pain]

For questions about how to avoid pain while playing a musical instrument (or singing).

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Guitarists: Back Pain After a Gig

I am playing long gigs with my band (6-7 hours long, once/twice a week) and a lot of movement is involved in making a show, also I am constantly "dancing" with the rhythm while playing. Also note that I am playing an electric guitar, standing. After…
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String bending pain doesn't go away

I have been playing the guitar since 2006, so I'm not new to the activity, and I have caluses. I started playing Flamenco on a nylon strings and in 2013 moved to play Surf on a stratocaster. A couple of years ago, I began playing Blues and Rock…
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Beginner Pianist Hand Pain?

I'm an 18 year old adult beginner pianist and I've just started playing this month of May. I go to piano lessons but it's just from a local music shop. I've been having this muscle pain with both of my hands for about 4 days now, but my piano…
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Forearm pain - practicing piano

I have started recently and want to become good at piano, but what is hindering me is the pain that follows up, when I play piano. I think it's frustrating. I don't know if it is technique or posture. I have tried to sit lower and higher on my seat.…
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Pain at base of left thumb after playing stride piano

I am an experienced piano player. I played for 20-something years starting in my childhood, and even studied classical piano at the university level. At my peak I was practicing and playing from 4-8 hours per day, or so. I would sometimes get some…
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My wrists hurt after playing bass for a long time

I've been playing bass for about 3 years, but only as a hobby. I've never had a teacher either. Usually I play for around 1 hour a day, sometimes up to 3 hours, but now I've got a gig coming up, so I met up with my band and practice for a whole day,…
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Ukulele: how to avoid hurting my hand on the nut?

I recently started playing the ukulele, but after some time practicing, my left hand starts to hurt from rubbing against the nut. It only starts to hurt after playing for some time, but it still is keeping me from playing as much as I would like…
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Sore around the thumb (abductor pollicis brevis) after playing the piano

I started having an interest in playing the piano again (taken some piano lessons at a young age but stopped). This morning I felt my abductor on my right hand a bit sore. I curved my fingers, keep the wrist parallel, shoulders relaxed etc. Should…
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My hand hurts after finger-stretching exercises. What can I do about that?

I recently started playing the Bass, and my teacher gave me an exercise to practice stretching my fingers: put my pointer finger on the 5.fret and my pinkie finger on the 8.fret. My problem is that every time that I do this exercise my hand and my…
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Complete beginner at electric guitar with pain on fretting hand's wrist

So as the title says I am a complete beginner at the guitar and am experiencing a lot of pain on fretting hand's wrist. The pain comes in after about 2-5 minutes of play. Is this something that will go away as my hand gains flexibility over time or…
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Lightest gauge strings for a 12-string acoustic?

I recently purchased a 12-string acoustic guitar. I've played guitar for 40-odd years, being very familiar with 6-string acoustics AND electrics and I also have played many a 12-string, both electric and acoustic. But I'm getting back into it after…
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Guitar: finger position question

My professor asked me to practice the following on any string: index finger on fret 1, ring finger on fret 3, little finger on fret 5. I keep practicing but this is pretty painful and hard for me to achieve it. On the contrary, if instead of using…
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Modifying Piano & Guitar Techniques For Arthritis

I'm almost 40, and I've played the piano for 35 years. I still play almost daily. I've been playing the guitar off and on for about 30 years, although at a lower level of proficiency than the piano. I started getting arthritis in my hands about 8…
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Diagnosing piano hand injury: pain when stretching while holding some notes

I am learning to play the arrangement of Skyfall in the RSL Grade 3 book. I have a small-ish right hand. As a consequence of trying to reach the chords in the bridge section I have strained my fingers. The bar (measure) requires me to play E♭ on…
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Pain in hand while playing bass and hand positioning

I have been playing bass/guitar for around 2 and a half years, and still my left hand (fretting hand) hurts while playing and i need help with hand positioning my hand and wrist have to go to a 90 degree angle in order to play. I tried raising and…
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