"Cactus Wren" <elegantspanishgui...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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[Snip:  lots of excellent stuff]



PS... are you related to Cactus Jack by any chance?  

This article, written by a banjo player, is full of creative ideas and
solutions. I had never heard of the one of looking at your tendons on
either side of the wrist to find a good arch.

Here is the article:
http://hawthorne.fastie.net/gestaltbanjo/gbv1-7.htm#footnote2

Apparently banjo players believe that stability of the wrist gained by
anchoring 2 fingers (a + c) increases speed and control of im. I
wonder if this technique could be adapted to CG for runs. John Dimick
pointed out the trick that sneaky Yamashita used, of anchoring a on a
string while alternating im.

He also claims that the connection between am fingers is "mostly
mental". That's a new one on me! although he does back it up:

http://hawthorne.fastie.net/gestaltbanjo/gbv1app6.htm

On Apr 5, 8:51 am, "catpandaddy" <c...@cat.pan.net> wrote:
"Cactus Wren" <elegantspanishgui...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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[Snip: lots of excellent stuff]



PS... are you related to Cactus Jack by any chance? :-)

No, this is Miguel--my new sockpuppet name so I can cause more
trouble. I live in Scottsdale and admire the plucky, industrious
state byrd.

Did you mean you practice those plants on banjo or CG?