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to anchor your pinky or not

 
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nhgtrman



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:44 pm    Post subject: to anchor your pinky or not Reply with quote

I'm curious as to whether or not Guthrie anchors his pinky when alternate picking. It seems like sometimes i've seen him do it and others it appears as though he has the free floating approach, anyone know for sure?
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MissMisstreater



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

he does, BUT he doesnt anchor to the guitar and use it as a pivot point, thats just how his hand sits from what i can tell

iv spent whole gigs just looking at his hand, so im pretty sure on that

the fact is there is no tension
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John Aiton



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:37 pm    Post subject: Re: to anchor your pinky or not Reply with quote

nhgtrman wrote:
I'm curious as to whether or not Guthrie anchors his pinky when alternate picking. It seems like sometimes i've seen him do it and others it appears as though he has the free floating approach, anyone know for sure?


Both, it depends on how he's thinking.

Like the amount of hybrid plucked notes causes the hand to be mounted differently.

If this topic is for your own benifit then don't worry about it. Just kep playing and expanding your boundaries and you will find yourself behaving the same way, ie; sometimes anchoring, sometimes not.
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