Originally Posted by: howardmark

Greetings

A little help please.

Very much a beginner.

Due to an old injury, I don’t have movement in my pinky.

How do I get around the B major and b minor chords that need 4 fingers including the pinky?

Thanks in advance

Mark

Stay around long enough and you'll hear this at sometime but; look up Django Reinhardt on Youtube. Lost the ability to use two of his fingers due to a fire. He rips!

Point being is that in order to play with an issue of that type, you may have to learn how to make adjustments and not be as concerned with be perfectly 'form perfect', 'by the book' ...but more so, what works for you.

Remember, music is an art and not a science and that means that you can freestyle a bit if you need to.

...also note; Brian May of Queen said he almost never uses his pinky.