normally when you play guitar your wrist hangs below the neck. if your first finger (index )was on the fith fret, your second finger (the one you make rude guestures with ;) ) would be above the 6th fret, your third finger would be above the 7th fret, and your pinky would be above the 8th fret.
but dragon force guitarests take their freting hand off the neck, turn their wrists so the back of the had faces upwards rase the hand above the neck, so that the fingers point downwards towards the floor. now if you started on the 5th fret, your pinky will be fretting the fith fret, the third finger will be above the 6th fret, the second finger would be over the 7th fret and the first finger would be over the 8th fret.
(hope thats clear, just in acase i always forget wich way you count your fingers i assume it is from the thumb then the first etc)
anyway what i want to know is if their is any particular merit in this technique. it could just be a stage trick or a way to rest put their hands in a different position so that they dont get tierd as quikly. but before i try and learn how to play runs like this i want to know if it has any real benifit. my only guess why it would be good would be that the little finger will tend to fret notes and not move this will allow the stronger possible quiker fingers to do more work, therefore speding you up. or possible it alows you to strech futher.
anyway any of you guys/gals have any thoughts??
