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12-02-2020, 04:43 PM
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Change to a floating right hand
I’m thinking about moving to a completely floating right hand for picking melodies and playing rhythm. Right now I glide my pinky and ring finger on the pick guard but I have a tendency to thump the body of the guitar at faster tempos. Anybody make the switch to a completely floating right hand (closed fist) and regret it?
How long did it take to get dialed back in and accurate with your pickin? Thanks 
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12-02-2020, 08:03 PM
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I never rest a finger on the guitar's top though I do sometimes rest a thumb or finger on a string while picking other strings as part of muting that string and/or steadying the hand.
For example third finger resting on first string ----------------------- ----------------------- ------------------1---- --------0-----0------- -1--2----------------- -----------0----------- For example thumb resting on fifth string starting on the third note of the run --9---7---5--4--2---0---------------- --------------------------3---2-------- ----------------------------------1---- --------------------------------------- --0------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Watch flamenco players who rest there thumb on a string quite a bit.
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12-02-2020, 09:19 PM
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This is how you need to pick a mandolin, which I took up over 12 years ago. I started working on this (on guitar) when I began gypsy jazz a few years back. There's nothing to regret - its far superior to planting anything.
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12-03-2020, 09:21 AM
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12-03-2020, 11:23 AM
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Hello and welcome to the forum!! I see it's your first post. There is nothing sacred about floating, or using a pinky on the fretting hand as a place marker/holder, or even planting/leaning-on the pinky. Amazing players come in all the aforementioned styles. As a fingerstyle teacher for 40 years (for $$$) I've seen all varieties from no touching of the top, to leaning on the pinky (putting pressure on it) and just gliding it. Unless it appeared to hamper students, I never ever addressed it. In 40 years, I probably helped 3 or 4 people change. I see pros (as in big time players) who will drop a pinky and apologize for it, but then keep doing it. It's a personal choice, but it's not a moral decision. There is not a RIGHT or WRONG involved. My classical friends think otherwise, but we can laugh it off and make music together. So if you are floating, and you adapted quickly and it grows on you, then go for it. If you eventually say I'm going to hybrid this, do what make better music and frees you up to play.
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12-03-2020, 12:08 PM
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As I mentioned already there is a difference between resting fingers on the top and resting on a string.
Muting played ringing strings that have reached their useful time duration is quite important for clear and clean playing (classical as well as some fingerstyle players are well aware of this). Same thing for strings not played but that are ringing sympathetically. So don't forgo that where appropriate.
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#8
12-03-2020, 01:46 PM
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An ex pinky planter, I almost always float my right hand. It didn't take that long to adjust and improved my playing. But as others have stated, it's more of a personal thing and there is no right or wrong. If I ever need to plant I most certainly will.
Sometimes, with bluesy stuff, I'll even rest my palm on the top so I can get a more controlled spank.
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12-05-2020, 05:24 PM
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When I was a flat picker, I would pinky brace for speed and float with a closed hand for slower parts for more tone.
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