I was doing some cross-picking last night and suddenly realized that several things I'd been working on for years seemed to come together. Norman Blake did a song akin to Under the Double Eagle that I'd been trying to do for the past - geezz many years. Last night it was as if my hands figured it out.

I have a little Banjolin I've been rebuilding and finally made playable - it really made me work with my pinky - and that has made all the difference I believe. Little dinky frets to put my fingers on has forced me to pay a lot of attention to fingering position and when I grabbed my guitar it just seemed that my fingers were more focused and accurate.

Practice - and typing I have to look - slows me down - pickin I don't and that also has helped a bunch.

Steve