Left hand pain

[howard]

Common beginner issue is gripping too hard when fretting.

Death Grip

Anyone else have a habit of fretting and gripping way too hard with your fretting hand thumb, especially when playing fast? It is a bad habit I have developed and it is turning in to an actual problem. I’m starting to get some mild wrist pain from it. And while this is a good excuse to stop what I was doing, and chill and practice muted slap and pop technique for a while, I want to fix it before I give myself an RSI or something. One thing I have read online is to devote part of practice time …