So how about the placement of the thumb on the right hand? It's attached, by means of the hand, to the rest of the fingers. If those fingers happen to be picking, should one of them be braced on the guitar? I started out with everything hangin' in the breeze, then I had to brace my ring finger on the guitar so I would have a reasonable hope of hitting the correct strings. I had to eventually quit doing that, because it seemed to limit my mobility. So do I brace or not? Or should I quit thinkin' about it and just play the thing?