Hi everyone
I have just moved from Ukulele to acoustic guitar. I am playing a steel string parlour guitar which i got second hand but intending to upgrade to a 000 size model.
I taught myself ukulele using the classical guitar thumb position for the fret (left) hand. I primarily sing and strum or finger pick. This position felt quite unnatural on the guitar to me for a while but now has slipped into place.
I am now experimenting with the more standard rock and roll or blues fret hand position. This feels much more comfortable and relaxed but my fingers aren't quite so nimble and the switch from barre chords to open chords usually leaves me back in the classical position.
My concern is my overall body posture (which is a bit poor with the smaller parlour body) both for playing guitar and for singing along, in the long term which hand position is going to work best?
Thanks for any advice, sorry if asked before and double sorry if it is purely a matter of preference.
I have just moved from Ukulele to acoustic guitar. I am playing a steel string parlour guitar which i got second hand but intending to upgrade to a 000 size model.
I taught myself ukulele using the classical guitar thumb position for the fret (left) hand. I primarily sing and strum or finger pick. This position felt quite unnatural on the guitar to me for a while but now has slipped into place.
I am now experimenting with the more standard rock and roll or blues fret hand position. This feels much more comfortable and relaxed but my fingers aren't quite so nimble and the switch from barre chords to open chords usually leaves me back in the classical position.
My concern is my overall body posture (which is a bit poor with the smaller parlour body) both for playing guitar and for singing along, in the long term which hand position is going to work best?
Thanks for any advice, sorry if asked before and double sorry if it is purely a matter of preference.