support the hand

[ga up down]

Hi. when I play the up strings I do not support the hand on the guitar. this does not occur when I play the down strings, because I support my hand in the up strings. I feel a lack of safety in touching the up strings without support. Is this just a training question to get accustomed to or should I support?
sorry for my bed english.
i started to play guitar since 2 weeks.
thank you!

 

[Lewis Turner]

Hi There!
It’s all down to personal preference, but I’ve recently started using the pinky on my strumming hand to ‘anchor’ my hand to the guitar in order to give myself a bit More playing stability.
It’s not something that’s vital to your playing, but it’s helped me loads!
Hope this helps!
Lewis

 

[ga up down]

hi. thank you for the answer!
I saw syn gates use pinky too and I started doing that too. this gives me some stability when I play down strings, but the up strings do not.
I’ll continue training.
thank you again!

 

[Tyrone .]

You can always put your palm on the “down” strings when you are playing the higher ones. This really is all about personal preference, but I use my pinky to anchor when playing low strings and kind of switch over to anchoring my hand by the bridge when playing the higher ones- it helps mute unwanted noise too!

 

[idssdi]

I usually rest my palm on the strings which works great for all of the strings besides the low E string(thinking about it this is a bad habit). I would urge you to practice with a floating wrist/hand.

 

[ga up down]

thank you all for the answer!
i was watching syn videos playing and other guitar players and I realized that I was picking very close to the guitar arm. they pick some 7 cm before me. i need to do this change now.
thank you for the tips!