Welcome to the Thumb Thang Whiners Club. We don't offer discounts like AARP though.

You will not be able to reach the buttons on the low end of the scale with the thumb locked to the edge of the board. You have to dislodge to get those.

I too started out playing with my thumb behind the keyboard, and no one at the time seemed to be able to give me a good reason for putting it on the edge. It hurt. And all people could say was "That's the way you're suppposed to play it."

I did find, that as I began playing in a more complicated style, and jumping around the keyboard more, I needed that anchor in order to gauge my jumps.

As my playing is getting even more complicated, I'm starting to see the wisdom of putting a rubberband around the thumb strap. Its just one more positional feedback cue for gauging my hand position on the board.

But, using that ****ed strap hurts, I know. Once you kill off the nerves in your hand, things should be just fine.

Seriously, it doesn't keep hurting, at least not to the same degree, and you also don't notice it as much after a while.

And, pretty soon, you'll have that quality pain from a La. hand-made box. Expensive pain is always easier to handle. It glitters too.

Dwight

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