CrackerJackLee

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Interesting poser, thinman...
On a fretless bass guitar I choose a 2E fingering form as follows:
E5.... index
E7.... ring
A7.... ring
D7.... ring

Otherwise intonation suffers - especially if this is to be used as a repetitive riff...
I tried sliding the index along the E string and then barring the 7th fret with it but i broke into a sweat...
The above fingering maintains the OFPF position for Bass Guitar fingering (Simandl is another animal...)
Trying to stop each note with different fingers, like a guitar chord, twists my wrist and may invite RSI...
Normally, when practicing fourths in the major scale I would use the pinky...
I'd need to know the rhythm figure to be sure...

Another option would be to change fingering from the 2E form to the 4E form...
|------------------------2-------------
|---------------------2----2-----------
|------------------2-------------------
|---------------5----------------------
but that would be cheating...

I'm partial to this sound, though...
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I'm also striving to put a practice routine together by practicing major scales with their relative minor scales and playing and analysing pieces from Bach's Cello Suites to educate my ear and train my fingers.