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But I definitely have weird hands....an unusual amount of joint movement - it's something people have commented on my whole life, including a guitar tutor I saw for a while!
Yes I have had a proper setup so there's no issues there
No excuses other than more practice required!
As someone who is very lucky to get half an hour per day to invest, it's easy to fall into the trap of not really practicing in a disciplined way - after a long day at work you just want to pick it up and make noises that don't make your ears bleed (ie playing that same old riff you've played 500 times) but I think now it's even more important to use that time a lot more wisely and use it for disciplined practice such as these dexterity things.
If you have music on headphones or radio, great tap along to that. If not, listen to a song to death and burn it into your head, then tap that rhythm out as many times as you can remember to every day.
The problem isn't getting your little finger to be accurate, it's getting it to move at all. It's not used to it.
Every time your brain says go, the little finger's reaction is something like
"What? Me? Are you sure? Oh, well ok,........ let me just put what i was doing down and get my shoes on !"
The more active the finger is daily, the more likely it is to reach the notes in time when you need it to.
Accuracy will improve dramatically with finger strength and regular activity.
I think im making progress on developing a lighter touch but it's taking time to get from an concept in the head ("I know I shouldn't be gripping so hard") into the fingers!
Since I stopped trying to get my small finger to behave as I thought it ought to and just played as felt easier for me then everything has just been less stressful and nicer.
* I was watching a video of Michael Schenker and noticed he barely uses his small finger and I realised he wasn't stressing about it, sounded great, and that you just play the way which feels easy.