Guitar Tips for Guitar Players with Small Hands...

Taylor GS Mini

The other day I was talking with a girl who wanted to learn guitar, but she had small hands and didn't think it was possible. Well, I have small hands too and after we compared our hands the real truth came out... she was just too busy!

Perhaps you have small hands too and are thinking about, or struggling with, learning how to play the guitar. If so, these guitar tips are for you...

Students with small hands often have difficulty forming common "open" chords such as C, G7, and F, because their fingers have to be able to spread across the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd frets. It just so happen that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd frets are spaced wider apart than the other frets on the guitar neck. So having a physical limitation like small hands can make it hard, if not impossible, to spread the full distance necessary to make the chord.

One of the best guitar tips I can give you if you have this problem is to use a smaller guitar...

The new Taylor GS Mini has the body shape of the Taylor Grand Symphony (known for its richness and warmth of tone) and produces a sound suitable for performance and recording. The GS Mini is right between the size of the Taylor Baby and the Taylor Big Baby, which makes it a perfect choice for guitar players with small hands.

Here is another guitar tip you can try if you already own a full-size guitar...

Use a guitar tuner to tune the strings down a full-step from E A D G B E  to  D G C F A D.  Then place a capo at the 2nd fret. This will take the original scale length of  24.875” and shorten it to 23.5". You'll essentially transform your guitar into having the same scale length as the GS Mini!

Watch this free video to learn how to use a capo so you can start playing around with it right away...

Free Video: How to Use a Capo

Till next time...

Keep practicing!
K.Unruh