Which finger on adjacent frets?

Technique
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Using this riff as an example, which are “the best” fingers to use for the 5-5-5 on the E and A strings?

G|----------------------------------
D|----------------------------------
A|---5---3-----------5---3----------
E|-5---5---5-3-5---5---5---5-3-5

Target bpm is 112

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I’d stack ring and pinky on the the A and D, and index for the C and G.

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I’d rolled the pinky. This is pretty common, I usually just use pinky and index, but it doesn’t hurt to stack either like @faydout recommended. I kinda do both depending on the level of laziness I am at the time. :rofl:

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+1 same here

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Thanks y’all!

Just to be clear, stacking is both the ring and pinky on the two strings on the same fret?

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Yes. Josh will explain the stacking in the Billie Jean lesson if you haven’t gotten there yet. It’s easier for my stubby fingers to do a pinky roll (I also knifed a nerve in a kitchen accident in my ring finger and I’ve been purposely trying to strengthen my pinky so that helps). It’s really just whatever works best for you.

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I roll pinky and index frequently. For me, rolling is the standard, stacking is the exception.

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Now that I think about it, I only stack on 2 songs in my repertoire right now. The rest are all rolls.

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