Harmony Question, CBA versus Piano?

[Tom]

So, I play piano and don't know anything about CBA.

When I want to play harmony, or as we say here, "chording," I play the melody with (mostly) my middle, ring and little fingers, and chording (mostly) with my first, second and middle fingers.

Is it the same on CBA?

 

[losthobos]

For me I'd agree..... Normally play melody with pinkie side of hand and see what else may fit sweetly with the thumb side of things..... Rarely use 5 fingers... 4 about my limit and pinkie often first to be fired....
Possibly result of bad habits derived from self teaching....

 

[debra]

I think there is no other way to do it (with just the right hand), so yeah it's pretty much the same on CBA. And on 5 row CBA you have more ways to hit the notes, making fingering for melody and chords easier. (Sadly, I'm not good enough to really do this at any acceptable level.)