Originally Posted by: GrassrootWhat does "anchoring your fingers" mean?

If you're talking about Right hand (or Picking hand technique)

It means that you physically place your fingers on the guitar body while picking... (I tend to anchor my pinky on the Bridge pickup when I pick the strings, for example).

The idea being that you are creating a reference point in relation to your pick and the strings. Try to play a scale while floating your picking hand in the air..you'll probablynotice that it is more difficult as you cannot accurately guage where the strings "are".

Anchoring Lets you know exactly where the strings are in relation to your pick.