/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>66219233
In general you dont use gloves at all when playing guitar so your question should be about just using the middle fingers. But no, usually you need all five fingers in your fretting hand (the hand that pushes down strings on the neck) while as long as you can hold a pick in your other hand you are good to go. One of the pioneers of metal Tony Iommi however had only three fingers (he lost his ring finger and middle finger in an accident) on his fretboard hand and played with only 2. Many people play with substandard technique as well, women what want to have long nails on their fretting hand (for instance Obkatiekat is an example from vtubing). There are instances with people playing with just one finger on the fretboard as well, Dolly Parton plays essentially with just one finger that she lays across the fretboard because she wants long ass nails, then you need to play in a tuning that is "open" so when you lay your finger across the strings it forms a chord