How would you play this with fretting hand?

[pigpen1]

On the two notes on the same fret but different frets would you used on finger for the notes (pinky for example) or 2 different fingers, pinky and ring?

---------------9------------------

-----------------------9---------------

---7----------------------------------

-------------------------------7--------------

What about this?

---------------------------------------9------------------

--------------------------------9---------------

---7---------------7-----------------------

-----------7-------------

 

[charlie monroe]

Can't answer this with tab alone.

Are they whole notes? What is the tempo?

 

[MalcolmAmos]

I started using one finger per fret and used it for years. Somewhere along the line I found that the fingers were deciding which note they would get. I let them and nothing bad happened.

Because of this my index and middle do most of the work now days. Point of my post - start with one note per fret, as that is an accepted method, however, if the other fingers start getting to the next note, and they do it in time, why not let them. I think this is what we should be working toward - which ever finger can get there with out you having to think about it - let that happen.

First example lends itself to OFPF.
Second example I may take some liberties with the first three notes.

 

[RustyAxe]

As always ... it depends where I've been, and where I'm needing to be next. I'd likely play both using middle finger on the 7's, pinkie on the 9's. It's more of a "roll" from one string to the next; ie; I wouldn't actually lift off the first note but use the pad of my finger to get the second note, almost like a short barre. But read the first sentence again ...

Edit --- I played with the country band this evening, and took note of how i play those 1-5-octave jumps. Unless I'm walking a bass line and needing my index finger free I guess I usually use index (not middle) and pinkie. Just goes to show how little attention I pay to fingering ... I just get it done!

 

[pigpen1]

Can't answer this with tab alone.

Are they whole notes? What is the tempo?

Let's say for the sake of this example they are 8ths or maybe 16ths

 

[pigpen1]

I started using one finger per fret and used it for years. Somewhere along the line I found that the fingers were deciding which note they would get. I let them and nothing bad happened.

Because of this my index and middle do most of the work now days. Point of my post - start with one note per fret, as that is an accepted method, however, if the other fingers start getting to the next note, and they do it in time, why not let them. I think this is what we should be working toward - which ever finger can get there with out you having to think about it - let that happen.

First example lends itself to OFPF.
Second example I may take some liberties with the first three notes.

I've tried it both ways. I've honestly just always used my ring finger instead of doubling up on the pinky unless I have to go back to the higher hot really quickly. For me it sounds cleaner even if it isn't "correct"

 

[charlie monroe]

I would likely use first and ring or first and pinky, depending on where I was coming from and going to.

 

[Groove Master]

On the two notes on the same fret but different frets would you used on finger for the notes (pinky for example) or 2 different fingers, pinky and ring?

---------------9------------------

-----------------------9---------------

---7----------------------------------

-------------------------------7--------------

What about this?

---------------------------------------9------------------

--------------------------------9---------------

---7---------------7-----------------------

-----------7-------------

These patterns look like root-fifth.

#1) 1-4-3-1. Learn how to roll with the same finger to the next string at the end of the pattern.

#2) 2-1-2-3-4 or 2-1-2-4-4 or 1-1-1-4-4

 

[Groove Master]

I did practice a lot of patterns in fourths to improve that kind of fingerings. This helps a lot to learn how to roll on the next string with one finger either below or above. But for a very legato sound sometimes you need 2 fingers to achieve it.

Good luck

 

[pigpen1]

I did practice a lot of patterns in fourths to improve that kind of fingerings. This helps a lot to learn how to roll on the next string with one finger either below or above. But for a very legato sound sometimes you need 2 fingers to achieve it.

Good luck

I do it both ways sometimes.

I wasn't saying I couldn't play the parts just wondering how others do it.

 

[nnnnnn]

Well, taken out of context -

First example: 1-4-3-1 or 1-4-4-1. Or if the note before or after that bit was at the 6th fret then maybe 2-4-4-2.

Second example: 1-1-1-4-4 or 1-1-1-3-4 or 2-1-2-4-4.

When playing those sort of things with notes two frets apart closer to the nut I tend to rely more on just index and pinky fingers for a less stretched/more relaxed hand position. Conversely at the higher frets I'm more likely to go one finger per fret. At the position in these examples I could go either way depending on context.