The only thing I can say is practice. This should help for this technique has served me well. When I hold the neck and lay my fingers over the neck. I slightly hover each finger evenly over the strings, my index over the (in this case) 5th fret, middle over the 6th, ring over the 7th, and pinky over the 8th. If you practice using this technique when playing, it should help from having your pinky fly off. Causes it's a strain to actually push the pinky away from the strings, and if you pull in down you'll bump a string so it will force you to keep it there. Then practice your scales using you pinky. Like the major pentatonic.


--------------4--7--
--------4--7--------
--5--7--------------
m p i p i p <~fingers used.


By position, you should have your index on the lowest fret needs to play a particular part on the guitar. Like with the major pent above, the lowest (4) fret played gets the index finger. The way works almost all the time and it makes you a more proficient player. Hope that helps.

[Edited by noticingthemistake on 07-19-2003 at 08:53 AM]