Classical guitar - Left finger 4 touching the neck with outer part
I'm an amateur classical guitar player. I have been playing on and off for a few years, but I consider myself a beginner, or pre-intermediate at best.
When I'm playing, especially at the higher notes of the neck, I notice that I place my left finger 4 (pinky) in a weird position, pressing the "outer" part of the finger against the neck (i.e. nail facing the sound hole). This happened while I was trying to learn the 1st movement of "La Catedral" by Mangore (if you can play this song you'll probably understand what I mean).
I'm wondering if there are exercises I can practice to fix this.
Thank you.
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I can't be sure from just that picture, but it doesn't look bad to me. My pinky does much the same thing when I play that chord. It's just a normal, supinated hand position, quite natural for reaching these positions about the 12th fret. The alternatives would be to either enter a strong pronation (which makes the hand rather inflexible) or to take off the thumb from its resting position on the neck to pull the entire hand over the body (which is bad for stability).
So... always consult a teacher if you have doubts, but I don't think you need to.
I can't tell for sure from just the picture you included - but I am guessing that you may be attempting to play classical guitar without holding the guitar in "classical position". See picture below.
The image is from ThisIsClassicalGuitar.com and here is a YouTube video which demonstrates the suggested way to assume the classical playing position. Classical Guitar Position YouTube
When you shift the guitar to your knee closest to your fretting hand instead of the one closer to your strumming hand, and if you tilt the neck in the more vertical position shown - your hand does not have to rotate to play near the body of the guitar. Try it.
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