Topmusicanswers
- Do you anchor your picking hand?
- Where do you anchor your hand when picking?
- Is anchoring your picking hand bad?
Do you anchor your picking hand?
Ultimately, try not to anchor. If you can train yourself to keep your picking had off the bridge and body of the guitar, it will really free you up. Your picking hand should be loose, and anchoring does the opposite. It's a tense point.
Where do you anchor your hand when picking?
Anchoring your pinky or ring finger is fine. Anchoring your palm & whole arm is fine. Just having a free floating arm & hand is also fine! Guitarists have developed clean, smooth, efficient picking with any & all of those.
Is anchoring your picking hand bad?
Although, at first, anchoring your picking hand in this way seems like a great idea (especially before you've built up the right muscles), it's actually very bad for your technique. ... Restricting the movement of your hand in this way is not only detrimental to picking agility, but it also creates tension in your wrist.
