Essentially, I make a fist with my right hand,
plucking notes on the lower three strings with
my thumb and alternating my index and middle
fingers for the top two (Fig. 2). If a bass line
sits on one string and is fairly up-tempo, I’ll
alternate my thumb and index finger, akin to
the alternation of the index and middle fingers
in conventional right-hand technique (Fig. 3).
While I haven’t quite nailed this approach, I’ve
found that in theory it allows for more speed,
evenness, and agility across strings, and it isn’t
dependant on a pickup or lower string for
anchorage. For a somewhat different, much
more highly evolved version of this approach,
check out the lessons link on Gary Willis’s website:
garywillis.com.