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  1. Awkward stage in my bass playing
  2. The minor scale, when to use it.
  3. Playing with a wrist brace on?
  4. To Thumb Or Not To Thumb
  5. pain in picking finger
  6. Showoff piece
  7. Metal soloing/picking techniques.
  8. Choosing a pick for pickstyle
  9. Getting good tone
  10. How come all these "greats" have very bendy thumbs!?
  11. How do you do your spider?
  12. Iron Maiden Gallop
  13. Tuning by ear or using a tuner?
  14. Need some serious help guys.
  15. It's all in the attack...
  16. Tracing the History of Solo Bass Playing
  17. Weird 3 finger style issue(maybe)
  18. Switching Basses?
  19. Soloing: An Art or a Science?
  20. Too many descending runs!
  21. Playing major scales and modes - is this a good or bad way to play?
  22. Complex Basslines
  23. Tips for a lighter touch
  24. Slap and pop
  25. I can double thumb... what now?
  26. Cant play fast with floating thumb, will this change?
  27. How to straighten fretting wrist for lower register?
  28. Artificial Harmonic Chord Sliding
  29. Slap Bass!
  30. Beginner Left Thumb Position
  31. the theiving magpie
  32. Why take lessons?
  33. How do you Write Basslines?
  34. Most common mistakes?
  35. Hand pains in left hand.
  36. Sound like We Care A Lot
  37. Man, small arms.
  38. Index finger pain
  39. is this right?
  40. Have you ever had the problem of your fingers sticking to the strings?
  41. I suck (tongue in cheek... :)
  42. Why is my wrist hurting?
  43. If "real" bass players play with fingers do....
  44. Slapping
  45. Striking the string question
  46. Guitar vs. Bass fingerstyle
  47. Large Picks
  48. Tutorial on how to play bass with a pick?
  49. Wicked Thumb Pain
  50. Sight Reading Exercises on a computer??
  51. Hi.....and help!
  52. Cant play 12+ frets while standing, help!
  53. Day Tripper
  54. A Little Help With My Technique
  55. $2,000 from Scott Thunes
  56. Stiff Fingers in Right hand
  57. How to Learn Turn-Arounds?
  58. Wrist Pain & Strap Height
  59. I am having a very hard time getting my action close to as low as you guys recommend
  60. Teacher lessons vs. Internet Lessons
  61. Frustrated Slapper!!!
  62. Potrait of tracy harmonic chords
  63. Victor Wooten Technique
  64. Boots walkdown on a fretted bass
  65. Speed/Volume
  66. Broken Hand!
  67. Band practice with a click
  68. Stubborn Hands
  69. Do you massage your forearms?
  70. Best Finger/Technique Exercise Books?
  71. Swolen/stiff finger from (slap and)pops.
  72. anyone tune a 5 string bdadg?
  73. tight fretting hand after taking a break from bass
  74. Derek boyers "upright bass" style
  75. Practising!
  76. Note Clarity
  77. Left (fretting) hand thumb on 6-string
  78. metronome fun...
  79. metronome efficiency
  80. Little Finger Strengthening Exercises?
  81. Beginner trying to get rid of fret click
  82. Little tip for you all...
  83. Wearing my bass lower...improved play
  84. triplettes and Zoot Suit Riot intro
  85. What kind of pick do you use?
  86. Fingering I-V
  87. Can You Trust Your Tone?
  88. teach me how to play a fretless bass
  89. Use of thumbs
  90. finger pain
  91. thumbing and popping?
  92. tony grey... wow
  93. Quicker across the fretboard?
  94. Extreme Slapping
  95. Give me something to practice!
  96. Can anyone suggest a video instruction program of Fretless technique?
  97. Drop D... the point?
  98. Right Wrist Angle
  99. The thinner the pick, the more zing. T/F?
  100. switching strings question
  101. Creating groovy slap lines! come share
  102. Help!!!
  103. Rockschool ?
  104. Speed-sters
  105. wrist problems
  106. Lefties: What do you gain?
  107. Non-Slapsters Out there?
  108. slapping without a thumb?
  109. Question about posting lessons
  110. Good Technique Lesson
  111. Fretting with Minimal Effort
  112. Good subdividing excercise
  113. Left Hand Balance
  114. A multitude of patterns for a given scale
  115. Developing A Really Bad Habbit
  116. Wanted: Instructional; "Bass guitar secrets" or "Fretboard Formula"
  117. Suggestions for the best way to learn note positions on the fretboard?
  118. Painful Blister on index finger, day before gig. Help?
  119. Is it me or the bass?
  120. Losing It?
  121. is this poor technique?
  122. Small hand, short fingers help..
  123. Specific ? on Minor Triads and Fingering
  124. Just some basic hand technique for a 1 year old (playing!) bassist : )
  125. Which way do you play?
  126. _____ I like the sound of a pick...
  127. Broken finger question.
  128. live show hand cramping???
  129. Great Youtube Technique
  130. Question about a book on technique
  131. Q on right hand positioning
  132. Which finger do you pop with?
  133. Aching hands in the palm
  134. Right Hand Finger Nails
  135. Methods and technique of famous bassists
  136. Double Thumping confusion
  137. crossing over strings
  138. To look or not to look
  139. Timing help?
  140. LEFT-hand nails on fretless?
  141. Critique my technique
  142. Practicing!
  143. 3-finger technique
  144. How much do you guys practice?
  145. Practice Times
  146. Critique my Technique #2, updated.
  147. ANOTHER metal technique question
  148. Is This An Average Technique?
  149. Bird in slo-mo
  150. Fretting...is it really that effortless?
  151. Will someone please clear up my Slapping confusion.
  152. OMG I CAN'T DO SLAP BASS!
  153. OMG I CAN'T SLAP BASS!!!
  154. How to add speed to 3-finger plucking
  155. Bass Chords
  156. technique truth or dare.
  157. Help w/Slapping the A String
  158. four finger technique on an ERB can it be done?
  159. Muting
  160. Plucking hand fingernail issue..
  161. Finger lockup?
  162. how does this look for an exercise?
  163. Technique fail?
  164. Please critique my solo technique
  165. bass squealy thing
  166. Right hand plucking
  167. I must learn this technique!!!
  168. Am i holding pick correctly?
  169. The Pocket?
  170. Playing with a strap
  171. Wrapping the thumb around?
  172. Cyclic training and bass?
  173. 4 string to 5 string
  174. pick practicing.
  175. Geddy Lee Bass Solo
  176. Need help!! beginner!!
  177. palm muting playing finger style?
  178. what is this technique called?
  179. Leon Wilkeson Travelin' Man intro?
  180. Playing with 3 fingers
  181. pick question
  182. Stuck on a playing Platou
  183. one finger per fret--epiphany
  184. I can't get my wrist straight
  185. Right hand technique critique!
  186. B-E-A-D slappin' question.
  187. Bass Progression
  188. 4-finger plucking sequence
  189. One finger per fret - manditory? (Handicap of pinky finger prevents pinky usage)
  190. Who Plays Punk Style Bass?
  191. Left hand thumb?
  192. Wondering... Having trouble creating original bass material
  193. Left hand little finger
  194. Intro to Tapping
  195. strumming?
  196. Why tune DGCF?
  197. Tearing my fingertip open -- what to do?
  198. Bass Sweeps
  199. Trouble reaching higher frets
  200. my back and upper right shoulder are soooo soar.
  201. Teach me how to slap!
  202. how do i avoid things like tendonitus,arthritus and carpul tunnell?
  203. Soloing and Runs
  204. How low does your bass sit on your strap?
  205. Finger exercises...W/o a bass :O
  206. Help me get tight
  207. Rockabilly Bass?
  208. Atonal/Dissonant Theory
  209. Fretting Technique
  210. Cleaning up your sound
  211. Number Method?
  212. Slap bass riffs
  213. building up finger strength
  214. At Home Learning
  215. Playing melodies?
  216. Annoying noise created by fingers sliding on string
  217. Tapping: Different Ways?
  218. Am I the only one who can't play sitting?
  219. Beware when building up strength in your hands...
  220. How do you feel about root style?
  221. Wrist and finger issues!!
  222. Worried about fretting hand
  223. What do I need to know to play jazz funk fusion?
  224. Too much practice = Backwards development
  225. Do I NEED a fretless for jazz or is it just my hang up?
  226. Which would you choose?
  227. Callouses?
  228. Letting the strings (tone) ring on high speed, fingerstyle
  229. No options left - It's surgery for my tendinitis
  230. Newbie. Stuck in 1st?
  231. Noob question
  232. Click Track for Live Use
  233. tips thread
  234. Fingers hitting the body of the bass
  235. I'm a mediocre bassist.. Help me be a good bassist!
  236. Double thumping/Slap confusion angle of attack..
  237. Fretless tips and hints
  238. REALLY annoying technique issue
  239. 3 finger bass: pain in right hand ring finger...
  240. I dont know what note I'm playing.
  241. More sustain
  242. Thinking about going to a Sterling but...
  243. Strings ring out while playing.
  244. Alternating Fingers question
  245. Playing 3 notes at once?
  246. bat country (Avenged Sevenfold) Blues
  247. Double thumbing like Victor..
  248. How much should action affect fretting speed?
  249. I took a vacation from playing (25 days, to be precise)...
  250. How would one do this?