I thought I was an oddball for resting the heel of my hand on the bridge of my mando. Many mando technique videos recommend against this or the pinky plant.
"My wrist – or rather the heel of my palm – rests just behind the bridge. You’re trying to get as far up as you can without muting the string, because the sweet spot is where the fingerboard ends"
Having tried all three ways I know of (pinky plant, heel rest, and no rest), the heel rest works best for me for fast melodic playing, although for strumming I don't rest, and it's effortless to switch as needed during a song.
The whole interview is here, and has a link to him performing a piece by Bach, the first movement is slow, but his usual pyrotechnics come in on the last movement, his expression of the music is superb, and he memorized the whole thing:
https://www.elbowmusic.org/single-po...rning-mandolin
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