Floating Fingers ..or Not? |
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Aug 23 2011, 11:36 AM |
For chugging and digging into the strings I go free hand it seems to give me more strength and control for palm muting as well. Leads and faster licks I tend to plant the pinky. String skipping I'm just up in smoke about because neither way seems to feel comfortable with me, maybe I need to work it more? Last is sweeping I tend to do it the Herman Li way, I'm free hand and move the whole arm .
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Aug 23 2011, 12:25 PM |
Ok that just makes me sick! In a good way!
I do not think I will ever be able to play like that...argh! |
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Aug 23 2011, 01:30 PM |
Floating for all
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Aug 23 2011, 03:03 PM |
I have used my pinky finger very much anchored to the body for a number of practicing years, and still do sometimes. It doesn't really bother me that much. Floating, no floating, it's just about making nice relaxed smooth transitions/movements of the picking hand.
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Aug 23 2011, 03:26 PM |
Nicely said Ivan! For instance I anchor my hand when I hold my guitar lower than usual, as it helps a lot when I move around. Good method for keeping the guitar with the body -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Aug 23 2011, 05:10 PM |
My pinky usually rests on the guitar. I was worried about it and wanted to tech myself to play without that "support". But then I saw this vid:
If Guthrie plays like this, then there is nothing wrong This post has been edited by K1R: Aug 23 2011, 05:10 PM -------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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Aug 23 2011, 05:13 PM |
I use both depending on what I'm playing. Using floating fingers allows me to play faster. I use my pinky anchored in the guitar body when I'm playing bluesy/melodic licks that are slow and must be played strong with my pick.
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Aug 23 2011, 07:00 PM |
Don't get me wrong, I love Guthrie and he's possibly my favorite guitarist but what he's doing with his pinky is exactly what I would advice against.... Again physics will tell you that the least amount of surface area interacting with another surface equals less friction, and therefore, more speed. Therefore Guthrie Govan could have less tension and have the ability to play faster and be less prone to injury.... And just because a certain guitarist gets lucky and doesn't get injured doing it, there are still people like Steve Morse who would probably give an arm to recreate their picking technique into a floating one considering the injuries they've gone through. Oh, and by the way Guthrie is a perfect example of the restriction it has on wrist movement... Right when he needs to go to light speed, he picks with his forearm, not his wrist. I think the reason Guthrie hasn't been injured yet is he's only anchoring one finger on the body. The more fingers the worse, and he's just doing one.Saying So and So good guitarist plays with anchoring so there's nothing wrong with it is really kind of illogical because they had to overcome the problems with anchoring by practicing technique more then floaters.... Give floating an honest try K1R, you might like it better. Cheers! I'm in the group of risk then, as I usually anchor ring finger too...Thanks for the information, mate. I will try not to anchor fingers. -------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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