👇The finger👆

[GregP]

I don’t think any of us are really hardline “no, you MUST use your middle finger”; most of us understand about variety, taking your own path, etc…

But Nathan more or less nailed it in my opinion. There’s a practical reason for the “standard”, which is to have at least one strong, usable finger on either side of the string. I think this creates more possibilities than using the index; so even if we’re going to talk about creativity and originality, the “standard” middle finger method should give you more tools for creation.

If you’re the kind of person who wants to learn other people’s tricks as well, it’s also just going to save you a headache. I don’t think switching to this method (if you’re already an index finger person) should be as difficult a switch to make as, say, learning to write cursive with your secondary hand instead of your dominant one.

[Yoyo_Kangaroo]

I used to do this. Than I decided to try and learn one-handed star.