[PsychoRythum]

I am seeking advice on how to relax the left (fretting) hand more, and thus let gravity move my hand as I relax more, so things then become easy to play. I've been trying to practice pressing the strings to the frets as lightly as possible, with some success, but could please give help on this? I've noticed that with all good players, you can actually see this "lightness" in their fretting hand. I realise that if I can really relax and remain relaxed, I will be able to play faster, and playing chords and everything else I do will become easier.

A relevant question to ask here is about the position of the left hand thumb. I know the general rule is to keep behind and low of the neck so your fingers are arched, but I've always wondered about good players who have their thumb sometimes right over the neck, even when playing really fast. So I've experimented with different positions of the thumb, and realised sometimes it make my arm and fingers more relaxed, and also that this changes depending on different playing situtations. What do people think about that?

(The rest is just my thoughts on all of this).

I've realised the key to acquire almost all technique is when you're able to relax enough. The more relaxed you are, the easier it is to play. The easier it is to play then, the easier it is to relax etc. So when practicing , players should focus on relaxation.

When you're relaxed, you can feel the force of gravity kind of doing for you. This means letting your struming hand drop through the strings by the force of gravity, and making sure you try to let your fretting push the strings to the frets by the force of gravity.

I have never quite understood what people mean when the say use the force of gravity until now. To do things by the force of gravity on guitar, you kind of just begin the movement, and then relax and let gravity take over. In other words, once something's in motion, it will continue being in motion forever until another force stops it.