So I've gone out and started taking lessons, and I specifically asked my instructor about the position of my left hand. You may remember my previous post in which I had pictures of me playing A,C,D,E,F, and G chords, and my wrist was rather extremely bent. Well, he suggested that I move my thumb way up until it peeks up and slightly over the neck of my guitar. Eseentially, I'm holding the neck like a bottle with the bulk of the neck cradled in the crook between my thumb and first finger. Here's a picture:
This straightens out my wrist nicely, but this seems the opposite extreme to what I was doing previously. Is it common to hold the guitar for thse basic chords in this type of position??
And, thank you for any input and your patience. I just want to get this right while I'm only a month old at it. 8^)
-Kirk