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Originally Posted by Sponserv
I have just noticed that anchoring my pinky finger on the top of the guitar helps me a great deal when picking individual notes or strings.
I can't believe it has taken me so long to realize this. Probably because I have been more of s strummer for a long time. But I am amazed how much of a difference it makes.
Do most of you folks anchor your pinky on the top?
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I've never anchored, but some of my students do.
I don't stop them from doing it until the point at which they tell me they have pain in their forearm. It's easy to see that they're pressing hard, so I tell them to raise anchor, and then the pain goes away.
It's very often a habit born of hero worship (ie doing it like your guitar heroes did it) or it's just a security blanket because you don't want to "miss notes".
People have been hitting all the right notes without it, forever, so if it starts to hurt, stop doing it. If not, anchor on.
Regards,
Howard Emerson