Noob question. Understanding index finger 1st fret, middle finger 2nd fret, ring 3rd fret and pinkie 4th fret . . . is there a rule for which finger which fret as you work your way up the neck? Can't find it notated anywhere but I would have to think this rule continues up the neck some how?
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
AFAIK, rule of convention and common sense.
Once you get away from the first four frets of the fretboardboard where the nut acts as the barre, for chords, you''ll be fingering barre chords which follow the same core logic. Any which are a partial barre which might look like an open chord further up the neck e.g. 3rd fret form D7, leaving open strings you don't strike will follow the same convention treating the third fret as the first subsequently following sequential placement convention.
Scales playing individual notes begin with the 1st or forefinger on the lowest root note. Hypothetically the same convention is applied over the respective frets of that scale, although Justin Sandercoe advocates abandoning the pinky substituting fingers 1, 2 & 3 only on the GBE strings working the pentatonic scales his reasoning being pragmatic. i.e. fingers two and three facilitate bending better.
