Bill,
I think of the first finger as the new thumb on the upper courses. If
you look at your right hand, the first finger is shorter than the
middle and ring, but the middle and ring are nearly the same size. I
seldom bring the thumb up beyond the 5^th course, and seldom take the
Having come from renaissance lute with all its thumb/forefinger action
on the treble strings, I'm finding that having my thumb on, say, the
third course is making life difficult when it has to leap down to the
tenth course, for example.
I would think the answer is to do more with i,m
