My Music And Song's

To know where to place your fingers, remember that the thin metal bars  running horizontally on the fingerboard are the frets, and you place your fingers between the frets to make a note. To make the definition more complicated,in music notation, fret refers to the space between the frets, where you place your fingers.

To fret a string, press it to the fingerboard with the tip of a left-hand finger. Place your finger in the space between the two fret bars, but a little closer to the higher-numbered fret. Playing chords requires multiple fingers fretting simultaneously. Keep your knuckles bent and your fingers rounded as you apply pressure, making sure to press straight down on the string rather than from the side. This produces maximum pressure and ensures that you don’t prevent adjacent strings from ringing.

When you first start playing, your left hand will have trouble keeping up. You
may find it takes considerable strength and concentration to play notes and chords that ring out clearly and that don’t buzz. Your hand may hurt after  only a few minutes of playing, and you may wonder how you can ever play one song, let alone a whole evening of songs.

Left-hand strength develops over time, and you gain the endurance you need just by playing the guitar a lot. Don’t worry about trying to build up the strength of your left hand through independent exercises. Just playing the guitar is enough to develop the appropriate and necessary muscles in your left hand. Playing the blues is physical. As with any physical activity, don’t push it, especially in the beginning. Keep at it, but take frequent breaks. When something starts to hurt, stop for a few minutes — or for the day — and rest.