Pinky Usage...

[goldtop0]

Using el pinko gives you greater dexterity...try playing any of the Allmans stuff without using it.........man that would be mighty hard.
I always warm up with a 4 finger exercise and my pinky is still nowhere near as proficient as I would like......................da digit o da devil she is.

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so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?

[Tsuken]

oh yah and on the case of being 10 fingered guitarist - lier, ur left thumb never touches the strings (i'm on 9, 5 right hand, and yes all 5 equivalently useful, 4 left hand, 3 of them more or less equal on putting down bars)

hah! Does so. I use my left hand thumb all the time

I always have used my left pinky, but I'm finding lately it needs a bit of strengthening, which I guess suggests I'm using it even more

I use/have used all 4 fingers and thumb on the right hand at various times for various things - finger-picking, hybrid-picking (pick + fingers ; even more likely to use the pinky there), and tapping.

[B45-12]

so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?

Dead easy mate - just hold down the note with the left pinky and pull up on the wang bar with the right - if you like you can give the audience the fingers as well (seen it done) with both hands at the same time.

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Yeah I use my thumb to fret on the bottom E sometimes, so I imagine it is pretty commonplace. Right hand thumb has taken a bashing lately while I've been playing 'Play That Funky Music' got to be slapped

[goldtop0]

so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?

Stuff all I reckon, the littley is really an add on filler run maker chord finger, there's nothing dynamic about it unfortunately. However someone like Yngwie Malmsteen might beg to differ with my opinion

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Hey mate, I've got that Bluesbreakers Bootleg with EC thats doing the rounds - have you got it? Do you want it? Sounds like hes using his pinky on it, but can't be certain

[Tsuken]

so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?

me Actually bending is easier the more fingers you have pushing/pulling the string, I've always found.

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... I meant by itself

[MaloS]

don't do bends on classical guitar lolz...

slurs are fine with pinky though

anyone tried using pinky for partial bars? (3rd and 4th strings for example)

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I actually use it all the time when doing a partial barre - A barre - where it covers 3 strings, and its flexible enough for the top E to ring as well...

[Gelato]

so how many people do tone and half bends using their pinky?

1/2 tones are pretty easy, but I struggle to get all the way to a full tone bend using the pinky by itself. Not that I can see any situation when I would need to, maybe if I broke the other 3 fingers it would come in handy

[MaloS]

if you would brake 3 fingers on ur left hand, you would scream break down in cries because you will not be able to play guitar for a while....

[Gelato]

if you would brake 3 fingers on ur left hand, you would scream break down in cries because you will not be able to play guitar for a while....

That's probably true. I did break my ring finger on my left hand once and it got put in a plastic cast. I learnt to play slide with it, that was kinda cool

[Tsuken]

... I meant by itself

Well not routinely of course, but I have done occasionally for shits and giggles.

As for the barre thing - I always have played the "A" shape barre chord using my pinky for the barre. I just find it easier thatn using my ring finger. Go figure.