kdphysio Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 [quote name='Hamster' post='172974' date='Apr 9 2008, 11:39 AM']I use mine a lot until it clicks down (and stays down until I shake my hand out or click it back with my right hand.) I'm guessing some kind of carpal tunnel syndrome?[/quote] Hammy, sounds like the start of a 'trigger finger' or 'dupuytren's contracture' !!! (google them.......don't be too scared!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Cannot imagine not using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 [quote name='Deep Thought' post='173436' date='Apr 9 2008, 09:00 PM']Cannot imagine not using it.[/quote] +1 I keep the pinky nail a tad longer than the others on my picking hand, to use for violent strums and harmonics :brow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2B Mild Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 I wouldn't be perky without my pinkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Yes, certainly. [quote name='bilbo230763' post='173096' date='Apr 9 2008, 01:50 PM']One finger per fret[/quote] Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ1200 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Yup - me too. S'wot it's there for, init? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Always. I really don't think I could play many of my lines without it, tbh. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 [quote name='Alun' post='173149' date='Apr 9 2008, 02:38 PM']Either 1 finger per fret or 124 for some lower fret things.[/quote] This is exactly the way I was taught and it's become a subconscious thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 [quote name='Golchen' post='172750' date='Apr 9 2008, 12:04 AM']I was just wondering whether or not most bassists here use their little finger for fretting? I know quite a lot of guitarists who don't really, unless they are shredders in which case they do! Personally, my little finger is pretty strong so I like to use it.[/quote] does anyone *not*? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAS Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 [quote name='dudewheresmybass' post='172762' date='Apr 9 2008, 12:22 AM']absolutely, it would be wasted if i didn't use it! as a former Cellist, my little finger is also quite strong.[/quote] +1. As a former 'cellist I adopted 1 finger 1 fret from day 1 on the bass. The pink one seems to get used for fifths and octaves a lot when I'm on the root with the 2nd finger in a major key and for minor thirds and sixths when I'm on the root with the first finger in minor keys. I also seem to gliss with it a lot so it's developed quite a callous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yep, all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 never really been aware of what fingers i use the most , or the least! i definitely use my pinky a lot probably use my middle finger the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I thought at first this would be about the picking hand - my pinkie is too short for that. On the fretting hand, always. I've had to work at using the [i]ring[/i] finger properly, and still lapse in to index-middle-pinkie on the lower frets if I'm careless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yep most of the time but it depends on what I'm playing Rodders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 [quote name='Alun' post='173149' date='Apr 9 2008, 02:38 PM']Yeah, I was taught to use it when I first started many thousands of years ago so have stuck with it. Either 1 finger per fret or 124 for some lower fret things. Cheers Alun[/quote] +1 dude M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 [quote name='kdphysio' post='173324' date='Apr 9 2008, 05:32 PM']Hammy, sounds like the start of a 'trigger finger' or 'dupuytren's contracture' !!! (google them.......don't be too scared!! )[/quote] I've got a Dupuytren's contracture. Yay. So far, I'm getting away with it but it's coming on in leaps and bounds. I'm just going to worry about it when I need to... By the way... 'Pinky'? Do we not say 'little finger' any more? Cuh... I use my little finger all the time, FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Yep, use my little 'un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='173096' date='Apr 9 2008, 01:50 PM']Without being contentious, I can't see how you can play WITHOUT using your pinky. One finger per fret plus two more frets by stretching (obviously not at the bottowm of the neck - see my avatar). If you don't use your pinky (other than due to a disability), you really are cutting your potential by 25% or more (because it is the finger that can stretch the furthest).[/quote] +1 always have, the advantage for me is being to play in place scales without shifts. I can't imagine not using it one finger per fret works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixshooter Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I am a pinky user, although it has changed shape over the years and has a definate bend to the right, at the last joint! Recently hurt it and it was a pain not being able to use it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 (edited) Yup, all the time. And it's "little" finger. Edited April 14, 2008 by johnnylager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofthedepths Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I seem to recall reading on Wikipedia that "pinky" is the Dutch word for the little finger, but since this page now appears to have been deleted, that may well be a big lie! Of course I use mine - moreso than my ring finger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwbassman Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 [quote name='The Funk' post='172781' date='Apr 9 2008, 01:13 AM']So I tend to double up the little finger and ring finger. Not always though.[/quote] Due to being self taught this is how I tend to play most often, although I've recently had a couple of lessons and finger per fret is the way forward. Trying to break a bad habit after 15+ years of doing it wrong is hard work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='174226' date='Apr 10 2008, 11:13 PM']I've got a Dupuytren's contracture. Yay. So far, I'm getting away with it but it's coming on in leaps and bounds. I'm just going to worry about it when I need to...[/quote] I'm told that it can be fixed with a very simple operation...so simple that it's *almost* affordable to get done privately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 [quote name='bremen' post='176259' date='Apr 14 2008, 01:36 PM']I'm told that it can be fixed with a very simple operation...so simple that it's *almost* affordable to get done privately.[/quote] [i]"Dupuytren's contracture"[/i] - sounds like a track by The Fall(?!) How's it going Chris? Currently revisting 'M5#1' - awesome bassline. Hanley rules or what? Getting back to the subject; I use my little finger - when required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 [quote name='kdphysio' post='173324' date='Apr 9 2008, 04:32 PM']Hammy, sounds like the start of a 'trigger finger' or 'dupuytren's contracture' !!! (google them.......don't be too scared!! )[/quote] I went to see a consultant about it and he gave me an injection of corticosteroid? with what looked like a sharpened Maccy D's milk shake straw - it didn't half smart! Now half my left hand is all sort of warm/numb/tingly. Doc reckons it's trigger finger caused when I broke my pinkie when I got knocked off my T595 a couple of years ago. Now eating chocs as a sort of painkiller Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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