Originally Posted by: manXcat

To the OP. Re individual idiosyncrasy. In my experience and observation thus far, rules relating to physicality in playing guitar are adaptive guidelines rather than 'inscribed in stone' law. I think this offers an example of case in point, "we're all built differently, so it's OK" summation in answer to the gist of your post.

Thanks. I realised there would be differences across guitar players the world over. I think my worry was that I was doing something that would work perfectly well up to lower-intermediate standard, but then become a roadblock to real success later. From the videos you've both posted, looks like it's not an issue.