One of the things I have been struggling since the beginning is my right hand technique. Coming from 30+ years of playing electric/acoustic with a pick, switching over to Flamenco has been tough.
One of the aides I have employed is the usage of KT (kinesiology) tape. Since I play a lot of sports, I have used KT tape for a long time and it works. So, I thought I’d apply it to guitar to assist me in technique correction/assistance.
I have two major technique issues (#1) keeping the hand/wrist/forearm in a flat and relaxed position. Then (#2) is maintaining the fingers (especially the Index finger) in a straight, outward motion when strumming. I tend to rest my thumb on the 6th string and then fan out the fingers when strumming rasgueado. It’s really obvious in a Buleria or Fandango.
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To address issue #1, I taped the top of hand starting from the middle finger, twisting across wrist to the bottom side of the forearm. This has helped keep my hand/wrist/forearm in a straight line.
To address issue #2, I had to sit in front of a mirror and play to watch what my hand was doing. I even had my maestro Jose Tanaka observe and critique what was going on. It turns out that I have a bad habit of “fanning” out my hand when I’m strumming. Even with my thumb anchored on the 6th E string, my wrist would rotate down to strum. It’s way too much movement and bad technique. It looks like a dancer’s fan. It keeps me from having a uniform sound and slows down my speed.
Solution: Tape across the entire top of hand (thumb to pinky) to keep the hand from spreading apart too much. As simple as it may seem, it took a very long time to figure this out.
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Recommendation: Using KT tape is an aide and not meant to be regularly relied upon. Eventually, you need to get off these “training wheels” and ride the bike on your own. I have almost resolved issue #1 and I don’t do it much. However, issue #2 is my new focus and so I have been using it a lot. Sometimes, I take the tape off and see how well I’m doing. So far, so good. Ole!: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for ians, students, and enthusiasts. It only takes a minute to sign up.
I'm only asking, because I believe I read somewhere that doing that is bad - I personally don't have a habit of doing it, I actually use my pinky a lot of the time when plucking away, but the reason I'm asking is:
You see there? Andy McKee is anchoring his pinky, and I've actually noticed in a lot of videos or live shows he'll do that on certain songs and then on others he doesn't anchor, any particular reason you think? Is it a good to be able to do both? Anchor and not?
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Lots of very good guitarists do it, and lots don't. It really comes down to personal taste or rather, try both and see which works better for you. The argument for it is obviously in the name - it anchors your hand better meaning greater stability and precision. If you don't need to anchor to be rock-steady, don't - I guess if you have perfect anchoring without then it gives you more freedom.
People with a long enough little finger use it an anchor near the edge of the soundhole (on an acoustic guitar), and this helps keep the fingers in the right place. My little finger is too short to do this and though I would love to use this anchor the rest of my fingers are just too cramped if I do. So I have to ‘float'. It makes finger picking a bit harder but with practice you will be able to judge where the strings are and get your hand to stay in roughly the same place. If you do have a long enough little finger I would recommend using the anchor technique, the vast majority of great fingerstyle players use it!
I anchor one way or another. Whether it’s my finger, my palm, or my thumb just above the string I am picking, resting on the strings above. I can’t float. If I float, I guess I would have to look at the strings when I pick and I have never looked at my right hand. If you float, that should mean that you don’t touch the guitar at all, not even your arm. If your arm is touching, you’re anchoring. But I don’t anchor all the time. I can be on stage and being very aggressive and exaggerated with my strumming for the “show” but when it comes to leads, back to anchoring. I gotta feel the guitar.
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Lots of very good guitarists do it, and lots don't. It really comes down to personal taste or rather, try both and see which works better for you. The argument for it is obviously in the name - it anchors your hand better meaning greater stability and precision. If you don't need to anchor to be rock-steady, don't - I guess if you have perfect anchoring without then it gives you more freedom.
People with a long enough little finger use it an anchor near the edge of the soundhole (on an acoustic guitar), and this helps keep the fingers in the right place. My little finger is too short to do this and though I would love to use this anchor the rest of my fingers are just too cramped if I do. So I have to ‘float'. It makes finger picking a bit harder but with practice you will be able to judge where the strings are and get your hand to stay in roughly the same place. If you do have a long enough little finger I would recommend using the anchor technique, the vast majority of great fingerstyle players use it!
I anchor one way or another. Whether it’s my finger, my palm, or my thumb just above the string I am picking, resting on the strings above. I can’t float. If I float, I guess I would have to look at the strings when I pick and I have never looked at my right hand. If you float, that should mean that you don’t touch the guitar at all, not even your arm. If your arm is touching, you’re anchoring. But I don’t anchor all the time. I can be on stage and being very aggressive and exaggerated with my strumming for the “show” but when it comes to leads, back to anchoring. I gotta feel the guitar.
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