Minor Triad Fingering

[REDLAWMAN]

Is there a better, easier, less awkward and more useful pattern for fingering this than the first finger root, little finger 3 frets back same string and third finger on the fifth and octave, or is it just one of those persevere with it jobs and It'll feel as natural a movement as a major arpeggio after a while?

[rOB]

Not that I can think of. Will watch the thread with interest though.

[Dave Vader]

Little finger root (lets do Am, 5th fret E string), middle (or index, you choose) finger on the 3rd (3rd fret A string), index on the 5th (2nd fret D string) and barre across to the 2nd fret on the G for your octave.

Nice and movable, one finger per fret, go for it.

[shizznit]

I use different fingering depending on the triad shape or if I am high up on the neck. It's very much an instinctive thing for me and I don't think about my fingering position. I will pick up a bass later and have a noodle and get back to you. I am not sure if there really is a right or wrong way. Depends what you feel more comfortable with and makes sense to you.

[louisthebass]

It's really a case of using 1-4-3 or using 4-2-1 fingerings & getting used to using them. I've seen 2-1-4 on YT but they're generally guys with bigger hands than mine.

[REDLAWMAN]

Thanks very much everyone.

[Monckyman]

I`d be careful of a hatchet in the back if I was you.
Them`s not folk you want to mess about with.

[peteb]

3-1-4 for me usually, pivot with your thumb to move from the 3rd to the 5th

Obviously depends on the passage you're playing though.....

[jimcroisdale]

I must be blessed with a good span then, cos I do it 2-1-4, even when the 2 is on the first fret.

Is this pretty rare?

Jim