Hi, friends,

I notice that Lisa never uses her pinky when fretting the E and A major scales in those respective tutorials. Relying on her index finger to fret at the 2nd fret means sliding up and down or changing fingers in a couple of places as one goes up and down those scales.

I - quite by accident - started practicing the E scale using my pinky for all the highest-fretted notes, which results in a stretch but leaves my index finger governing the first fret and my middle finger governing the second fret. Is there a compelling reason why I should change to Lisa's fingering pattern, or can I keep using my pinky?