finger style question...

[feterpatch]

Watch some videos of great drummers.
You’ll note that they use a variety of sticking patterns.
When it comes to bass, you should work on developing the ability to use a variety of patterns involving one or both fingers. Occasionally throwing in a third finger or thumb as well!

Drummers were also mentioned a few times, and it is indeed a good exercise to also mimic drum rudiments, such as, e.g., paradiddles that could be transferred to plucking patterns like i-m-i-i-m-i-m-m... offering yet more versatility and flexibility for different situations!

This is good advice. Drum sticking patterns adapt very well to two finger plucking. Practicing paradiddles, single alternating, and single finger plucking to proficiency builds a muscle memory to the point that one rarely has to think about a plucking pattern on a given piece of music. It will happen instinctively.

 

[g-dude]

This is good advice. Drum sticking patterns adapt very well to two finger plucking. Practicing paradiddles, single alternating, and single finger plucking to proficiency builds a muscle memory to the point that one rarely has to think about a plucking pattern on a given piece of music. It will happen instinctively.

And the other important thing: make sure you can keep the same dynamic regardless of finger, or different dynamic independent of finger.

 

[Lobster11]

If you are playing live and run into something you dont know how to handle, you have far greater issues than 1 finger or 2.

There is no right or wrong in what fingers to use or how many. This is the topic.

Some great players use 1 and only 1. Some use 2 only. Lots use a combo. Some only use their thumb. Its all about trying things out to see what works best for you.

Telling someone they must use alternate picking exclusivly is just bad advice.

I cant even tell you what i use. I do not think about my right hand when I play. I would have to video to tell you.

For the record, I did not (and would not ever) tell someone that they must use alternate picking exclusively. I merely advised that it would be a good idea to learn and practice how to do that -- especially now, as a relative beginner -- because it will be useful in the long run. Of course it is fine to explore other techniques as well, but this is one that has widespread application but requires practice to do well.