Guitar playing standing up

1. Is it harder to play guitar standing up?
2. Is it better to play guitar standing up?
3. How high should a guitar be standing up?

Is it harder to play guitar standing up?

The reason why you have trouble playing while standing up is simply because you're not used to it. Your body mechanics to play the guitar while standing up are very different from the body mechanics while sitting down. ... You have to enlarge your muscle memory in order to play equally as good standing up as sitting down.

Is it better to play guitar standing up?

In most cases playing while standing will put less strain on your back than sitting does. Not many of us maintain perfect posture when sitting around playing the guitar. ... Standing to play is more likely to put strain on your hands, wrists and arms due to the different demands put upon them when standing versus sitting.

How high should a guitar be standing up?

Guitar posture when standing

The guitar should be hanging quite high. This way your playing hand is flexible and can play many octaves with precision. Hold the guitar, so that the neck of the guitar is inclined upward at a 30-degree angle.