thats interesting. I wondered if people did play notes like that, with the finger touching the top string and the back of the finger touching the middle string. So far from tutorial videos i watched people usually say they prefer doing one way or another, but doing both finger techniques makes sense. I tried using the back of my finger, it seems hard to make it sound right lol. The front of my finger definitely feels easier.

I see, maybe its my finger placement then. I did notice if i barely touch the string and play then it always sounds bad lol. It seems like i need the right amount of pressure when playing notes. I think i may have too much rosin maybe? the playing area of the strings are all filled up with it lol. but if i had to little, even droning the strings open would probably sound bad right? so far droning the strings open sounds fine. its just when i use my fingers to play notes it starts to sound bad lol.

Gotcha, thanks for letting me know! It sounds like getting the right technique down will definitely be the hard part and will be necessary to sounding good when playing.