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jrklmx(Andrew)
05-03-2009, 09:09 PM
Whats the best way to do a strum (downstroke and upstroke) using my hand?

Do you use your fingernail on the upstroke?
(I dont want to do a double thumb.)

thanks

synterx
05-03-2009, 09:26 PM
find a video of twisted sister's bassist, mark Mendoza. He waisl on the bass like he's got a pick, but he doesn't.

All_Ľour_Bass
05-03-2009, 09:34 PM
When I strum on bass without a pick, I hold my right hand in a kind of loose fist, with the end of mt thumb and then end of my index finger held together, and I downstrum with my index fingernail and upstrum with my thumbnail.

Zako
05-04-2009, 01:43 AM
Yeah sometimes i mess around with strumming without a pick, its pretty fun :D

I downstroke with both my middle and ring finger.
its like a mix of strumming and slapping the strings with my fingernails.

Like when i slap sometimes i pluck, or i downstroke with those 2 fingers ;)