How many fingers?

[FLOYDtheBARBER]

ring, middle, index, and thumb. maybe my pinky a little; i do downward strums with my four fingertips.
i've been playing since the summer of 1999, when i was twelve.

 

[Bassmasta86]

I didn't vote because mine varies.

I use all five on my plucking hand for different situations.

If I'm slapping and popping: Thumb, Index, and sometimes middle if I need it

Fingerstyle: index, middle, ring mainly, but I incorporate the pinky in there sometimes too. It all depends. Sometimes I'll use only one finger.

See ya

 

[5stringDNA]

i use 2 bare minimum, but somewhere in there i usually end up using everythign but my pinky..so 4 (if you count the thumb)..and been playing fo ra lowly lowly 8 months..

 

[Only]

On my fretting hand, I use my index, ring, and middle fingers, usually. I only bring my stupid/short pinky into it if I'm playing chords.

Right hand, I'll use three fingers and a thumb. I can't make that stupid/short pinky do any work either.

Darn lazy fingers.

Been playing for about a year now.

 

[moley]

Well, I assume you mean how many fingers on the picking hand. But you didn't say.

I use 2 - index and middle. I occasionally use my thumb (only when using my fingers would cause me to damp a string I want to let ring). And on my fretting hand I use 4, all but the thumb.

And I've been playing bass for five years.

 

[Howard K]

i think i've posted already...

- i mainly use three on the picking hand, index, middle and thumb.. but i also use my ring finger fairly regularly... triplets and the odd chord etc...
so i guess 4


fretting i use four, obviously... any electric bassist/guitarist who doesnt use all four fingers to fret is an idiot!!!

 

[Bassmasta86]

fretting i use four, obviously... any electric bassist/guitarist who doesnt use all four fingers to fret is an idiot!!!

Yeah what's with that? I won't go as far as saying they're idiots, but using your pinky is very very very necessary here people.

 

[Only]

Originally posted by Bassmasta86


Yeah what's with that? I won't go as far as saying they're idiots, but using your pinky is very very very necessary here people.

I can make bigger stretches and fret more consistently and reliably with my ring finger. My pinky is really short compared to my other fingers. So it only gets brought into action as a reserve, in case I need to fret a new note while the ring finger is occupied.

 

[olie]

Three. Plus the occasional thumb. If I'm using a pick, I guess the number is two....

 

[olie]

Whoops. Forgot, index, middle and ring. Don't use the pinky on my picking (right) hand. For what it's worth, I do use my pinky on my fretting hand...

 

[oeyj]

T123

 

[bass87]

I use just index and ring for normal fingerstyle. I use thumb for slap and occasionally for broken chords. Ive recently been practicing using ring finger occasionally for triplets. I use all four for fretting.

Ive been playing for bout ten months, which seems to be the least out of anyone here

 

[Alyn]

depends, on my electric bass I use index and middle then rest my thumb on the neck pickup whereas on my acoustic bass I use thumb index and middle, mainly coz I sit down more to play it and it's bigger so my arm is in a different position and there's no thumb rest on it.

 

[bill_banwell]

2 most of the time but i use 3 to get high speed i cant slow down three fingers

 

[da_witch]

I use all 5 fingers...the thumb only for da slapping stuff and my pinky needs more work out...but I like using them all, especially when I am playing my 6 string...

Wendy

 

[steve_man]

3 but some times 4 when using my thumb (that's an occasion)

don't really feel like I need to use my pinky!

 

[labrat]

4 for plucking- pinky through index.
But I slap and tap too, and I'll use whatever works for those.

Started in 1989. Switched from 4 string to 6 in 94.

 

[Robbi]

Thumb, and the next three fingers.
Injdex,middle and ring.
should I have counted my thumb as a finger n the poll?

R

 

[bplayerofdoom]

I'm suprised when i hear not too many use ring finger but rather the pinky. But anyways i use all four index to pinky and my two dominant fingers are index and ring.

On my right hand, my slap is a mess. still learning but playing normal plucking style i use index and middle but im trying to learn how to throw thumb in there so i can do back and forth between 2+ sting hops easilier

 

[teprodic]

For some reason I have trouble using my ring finger. So I just stick to my index and middle and ocassionaly my thumb when I slap.