At the advice of many of you here at the Cafe, I am in the process of learning to play many of my standard tunes moved up 5 frets (or whatever number), but not playing with a capo. So you use your index finger for the 5th and 6th fret, middle for 7th and 8th and so on. The value of this is two fold. One, playing a tune this way allows you to play in any key. Two, this forces you to use all five fingers in a useful way. The pinkie becomes a very useful and needed digit. This process has finally freed me from the nut, but is still very much a work in progress.
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