Thanks for the video Todd. The other videos are great too.
I'm used to playing with almost straight fingers, doing the moving anchor thing. I keep my elbow up to minimise wrist bending anyway, so I'm not worried about injuring myself. I also have no problems muting.
I do see the obvious benefit of always moving the fingers in the same way for each string though, and just doing some scale patterns my playing sounds and feels more even, and easier at higher speeds, so I know its worth mastering this technique.
I have a question though, if you or anyone else would be so good as to help me out here: What do you floating thumbers do when you need to skip strings alot? (eg. the first bar of Teen Town). Do you lift the hand up to more of an anchor type position (where you can play all the strings from one position) or still move across the strings using your shoulder? It seems very hard to "move the mechanism", as you put it, at that kind of speed.
Any advise? Thanks.
And thank you again Todd. Ripping off these videos should keep me occupied for a while
Emlyn.
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