I just started learning the guitar and given that I'm the ultimate beginner my instructor thought its best to start with tabs solo and only for the first 4 frets. Now I've been doing this for the past couple of days and I've a feeling that the next progression would be to play without looking at the guitar but here are my biggest challenges
1- given that my hands are small I have a hard time playing the fourth fret with my pinky (as my instructor told me) so I'm wondering would it be better to play it by moving my hand and use other fingers, or is it a bad habit to get into?
2- I'm playing using a pick and finding it hard to feel to which string I'm playing unless I look, so I'm thinking about using my fingers where for example I play the 3rd string with my index and 2nd with my middle finger and such, is that a good idea?