Hi everybody!
The problem is that with short fingers there are things which are much more difficult. For example hammer on/pull off powerchords which you can simply play with 1 finger as a barree when you've tuned down to dropped D or C.
Especially in new metal it's also necessary to be able to play a barree with your pinky if you want to play fast and cannot move your hand and only have 1 finger for every fret.
For example "step up" from Drowning Pool starts like this:
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0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6-
0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6-
0-3-5-6-0-3-5-6-
And in order to play this fast you have to play the barrees like this.
3= indexfinger
5=ringfinger
6=pinky
But the problem is playing a barree with your pinky. This is very hard. I can't press down all 3 strings with the pinky. In most cases the 3rd string doesn't ring and is only muted. I don't understand how they do this. They can play a barree with a totally relaxed grip. When I wanna play a barree it looks totally stupid and cramped like on this pic.
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But the Drowning Pool guy or the Mudvayne guy play stuff like this and it looks totally easy they don't have this cramped look. I think this is because they have longer fingers. If my pinky had the shape of my ringfinger then hammer on barrees would be no problem.
They can play a pinky-barree with a totally relaxed looking grip like this without stiffing the pinky the way I did on my pic.
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