Palm anchor point- do you move it or move the pick angle?

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#1

Do we genrally keep the same Anchor when going down to the higher strings?

Like if im doing a 6note per string ascending run where i go from Low E string all the way down to High E string

And i have a downward slant or Usx motion

I personally find that the anchor where the back part of palm “pizza form ” bone (i forgot how to spell it lol)- somewhat gets in my way when playing the higher G B and E strings

And i mentally and physically freeze out for a short amount of time.

So how do you guys think about the anchor points- do you always “glue” your palm at One spot to make motion from that point or keep it more free as you progress to the higher strings?

#2

It doesn’t matter how it’s spelled, the name forevermore is now “pizza form”.

I think you’ll find the anchor point shifts, even if just a little, among most wrist players. If you use precisely the same anchor on the low E as the high E, your hand will be deviated to a likely uncomfortable degree on the high E. If you slide your wrist down a little, it’ll probably feel better.

But you are mentioning USX and downwards pickslanting: video would be helpful here.

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#3

I think this probably varies slightly with hand size but that you’d need really huge hands to do pure wrist tracking with no shift whatsoever.

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#4

I personally anchor with the scaphoid bone rather than the pisiform bone for my style of picking, plus a little bit of a “meat” of the thumb.

String tracking I mostly do from the elbow, moving the anchor, with a USX picking style.