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I am a 6 year cerebral hemorrhage survivor. My lasting leftover from it is hypertonicity (permanent stiffness) on my left side. This affects my fret hand. I recently began playing guitar to strengthen my weak and stiff left hand. I am having problems with getting the F chord (the one where the first and second strings are barred at the first fret) to ring without thuds. The main difficulty is ba…