My inability to do the Vulcan hand salute has been a life-long struggle. Not as a Sci-fan, but as a serious guitar student. Since the beginning, controlling the ring and pinky fingers, independently, has formed many obstacles that have taken thousands of hours of play and practice to tame to a reasonable degree. But that independent movement is at best moderate and only in my fretting hand.
At no time is this “dysfunction” (for lack of a better word) more apparent than when I put a Slide onto one of my fingers. A slide on my Ring or Pinky finger is catastrophic, as when one of those fingers moves, so too does the other. However, the slide on my Middle finger is perfectly stable and manageable and is how I’m learning to play slide guitar.
So when I see successful guitarist with the Slide on their middle-finger I generally assume that they too cannot do the Vulcan hand salute and have overcome that same issue themselves and it inspires me.
My question is mainly of a physiological nature as there seems to be relatively little information on the subject. I only recently found out that there are more people out there like this and that it has something to do with… tendons (I think?).
So I was wondering if at any point @Troy or anyone apart of your team has come across this topic with any medical experts or if you had cross-referenced this data point with any or all of the amazing guitarists you have interviewed and or spoken with during your research for this incredible program you’ve put together?
