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Strings tips 1: Work in small bursts

If you're a beginner or you've only just started to play again, your left hand fingers might get sore. Work in small bursts and press with as little pressure as you can get away with to make sure the string goes all the way down to the finger board.

Advice from performer and ABRSM examiner Jessica O'Leary.

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