[Mike]

Are you trying to anchor both your ring finger and pinky or just your pinky?

Some people just anchor their ring finger so if that feels more comfortable that’s also a possibility.

If you’re just planting your pinky you could try adding your ring finger and see if that helps stabilize your hand.

Otherwise it may just be more practice is required. Start slow and if you feel your pinky pop off the head stop and plant it again and start over.

If you have any other questions let me know.

– Mike

[Mike]

Keep at it! One week is not long at all and the fact that you can already play a few songs is great!

Ballad of Jed is a slightly more complex song, it’d probably be better to get a few simpler tunes under your belt first and then come back to that one. If you’ve got anymore questions please let me know!

Best,
Mike

[Mike]

There’s some good advice already mentioned here.

What I would watch out for with your thumb is making too much of a circular motion when bringing your thumb back up to play the next note. This is usually when your thumb pick hits the head, it’s when your coming back up after playing a note.

Try to work on bringing your thumb straight up after playing a note.

But if you can record a video that’d be great and I can take a look and comment further. Thanks!

-Mike

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