Hey all, I'd like to see what everyone else's left
hand technique looks like, specifically the
placement of the pinky when NOT in use. I was
looking through some gig pics, and apparently when
I'm not using my pinky (for instance, playing a
minor pentatonic scale up the neck a bit, starting
on the A string,) I have a tendency to hook my
pinky back towards my palm. Looks bad, imo, and
probably doesn't help my playing either. I've been
trying to hold it next to my ring finger while
playing, and I've been trying kind of a pseudo
upright technique, keeping four fingers within the
space of three frets. Anyone else do the same
thing? Anyone break the habit?
I had a bad habit of not using my pinky for a long time, and LOL Guitar Hero fixed that laziness. My pinky when being not used is curled slightly but still ready for action as needed. But after seeing your pic I did go through a few of mine and did find a few that I had the extreme curl going on... how weird.