Buddy Cage 12/14/05 (right hand pictures)

John Lockney · From: New Market, Maryland, USA

I met a photographer at the NRPS show in baltimore last week and told him there were people all over the world trying to learn how to play PSG and that the way you hold your right hand seems to have a lot to do with the tone...

I would never take a flash photo of someone while they were trying to play but, this guy was a pro got some nice shots between songs.

These may help someone in Detroit or Sweden or Maryland remember to curl his right hand!

[This message was edited by John Lockney on 19 December 2005 at 08:17 PM.]

Bobby Boggs · From: Upstate SC.

Thanks for the photo's of Cage. I understand you're trying to help. However this is not the prettyist hand stance I've seen. Having said that.I know of several great players,world class players that do not have a pretty hand stance. Pretty being a Buddy Emmons right hand as taught by Jeff Newman.

Guess what I'm trying to say. Newbies if your right hand stance doesn't look Cages? Don't worry about it. Maybe check out Jeff Newman's right video. I understand Joe Wright teaches right technique. I've never viewed Joes video. But many swear by it. Hope this helps............bb

John Lockney · From: New Market, Maryland, USA

Point taken. In the two minutes I spoke with Buddy Cage about blocking he recommended Buddy Charleton as a good example.

Also, he was not posing for these pictures and I did not take them. He might have been resting his hands between songs for some of them.

The things in Cage's right-hand technique I would take as exemplary (besides playing fast!) may not show-up in still pictures. His hand did not bounce while blocking, it hardly seemed to move. And, he kept his right hand centered over the pickup the entire time. I am trying to rememer to keep my right hand from drifting...

The "Right Hand Alpha" video is on my list.

[This message was edited by John Lockney on 20 December 2005 at 02:09 PM.]

Kevin Hatton · From: Buffalo, N.Y.

Classic ring finger and pinky under blocking technique. Superior to straight palm blocking I think when mastered efficiently. Faster than palm blocking with fingers extended.

[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 19 December 2005 at 10:01 PM.]

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