My qüestion is: should I put my fingers (left hand) bent on the neck or plane, I mean perpendicular or parallel in relation to the neck? I think parallel is the best option but how am I supposed to put my middle finger? (Because it's longer than the rest)
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Fingers of left hand
- Thread starter rockjazzbass
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I'm kind of confused by how your question is worded.
When I'm fretting a note, my finger always has some bend to it to allow me to hold down the string with the pad of my fingertip.
When I'm fretting a note, my finger always has some bend to it to allow me to hold down the string with the pad of my fingertip.
Yup. While fingers straight can be good for muting, you should practice curving your fingers so they all can rest along the same string.
Edit: thinking about it - how would you even place your fingers parallel to the strings?
Edit: thinking about it - how would you even place your fingers parallel to the strings?
The tip is the smallest part of the finger, thus, that is the part that should be fretting the string.
On a guitar, the tip of the finger is necessary due to the spacing and size of the strings. On a bass, the finger pad is used and the fingers do not need to be arched as dramatically as shown in the above pic.
Acoustic or electric guitar, ukulele, etc - yes
Bass guitar - NO, my opinion - use finger pad NOT finger tip on bass
I'm with malcom. I think fingertips yeild better technique. keeping curvature of the fingers is actually less fatiguing -the reason urb technique starts wirh keeping your hand in a "c" shape. perpendicular more than parralell for sure.
