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Originally Posted by Briks
Be careful and try not to injure your forearms - that tends to happen if you practice too much. If your arms start to hurt, STOP PLAYING IMMEDIATELY.
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This is why proper posture is so important. The biggest issue is players wrapping their thumb around the neck of the guitar. That puts a huge strain on all the tendons in your hand, wrist, and arm. So, proper posture is wrist out, fingers curved, and thumb placed directly on the back of the neck. Some guitars (Strats and some other models) have a darker line or strip of wood that runs along the back of the neck - this is the perfect place for the thumb to be while you're playing.