Re: Ring vs Pinky, again?
Certainly non-standard fingering patterns can work. you can get used to anything and it'll feel "right," so arguing against what you prefer to do more often than not falls into philosophy -- or ego -- than hard and fast facts. I don't know, for instance, whether down the line you'll develop repetitive strain injuries by your method -- or develop them faster or have more intense problems -- because I can't foresee the future. I do know that sharing tips, hints, shortcuts and technique will be harder because you'll have to figure all that out on your own since what people with standard technique do won't exactly work. (Of course, no one can crib off you either if they're trying to figure out a tune you're playing.) It's kind of the same argument you get into with kids or students of any kind -- why do I have to do it this way? And arguing long-term goals is always chancy because a lot of the subtleties aren't something that you can explain, they arise spontaneously from doing the initial work correctly. You don't know what you don't know, as it were, so you won't know what you're limiting yourself from until you reach that plateau.
I will add that if a teacher or someone else pointed out your parallel technique a year ago when you were just beginning your journey and a year later you haven't changed a jot -- and are asking others to justify what you've already been told -- that says you've pretty much made up your mind not to change what you do. And that's fine if that's what you want. Embrace your rebellion. The only real reason to change how you finger your instrument is because you want to. Any other reason -- anybody else's reason -- simply won't convince you.
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