[The Bard Rocks]

I keep it free, originally thinking that I'd need my pinky to play with. Ha! But I learned more over time and now realize that was a fallacy that somehow led to the right behavior for me in spite of it. Now, I do not wear out finish from an anchored pinky, the top vibrations are unhindered, and I am a little freer (I think). I have learned to keep my hand very stable, as stable as it would be if I had anchored after all, yet can get in a strum perfectly easily.