Topmusicanswers
- Do you rest your pinky finger on guitar?
- Should you anchor your pinky when fingerpicking?
- Is anchoring your pinky bad?
Do you rest your pinky finger on guitar?
Resting your little finger on the guitar may feel like it gives you more stability, but that's only due to being comfortable with the habit. Once you break that habit you'll realize that it was hampering your mobility and accuracy quite significantly, as well as increasing the strain on your hand.
Should you anchor your pinky when fingerpicking?
it's a personal choice - anchoring your pinky tends to get your hand in the right position, and is easier to build muscle memory, but you don't need to do it- and if you do, you'll limit your mobility a little. Yup.
Is anchoring your pinky bad?
Self-Testing for Realizing Why Anchoring is BAD:
While it's ringing, put your pinky on the pick-guard.... ... They are MUCH, much more free and relaxed feeling without any anchored pinky - aren't they! In Summary: Anchoring at the pinky changes the guitars tone for the worse.
