4 finger technique right hand

[mechas8]

Hello, I'm new at this forum as well at this technique. My 4 finger technique consists in Thumb , Index, Middle and ring finger. I think that it isn't very hard to put the fingers going. What I mean is that the hitting the note and do T,I,M,R... I can do. It's the mechanical side of it. I can't reach the musical side of this tecjnique. I saw some bass players sweeping using this technique without sounding too mechanical(Damian Erskine, Hadrien Feraud,etc...). Does anyone knows any kind of exercises to apply to this technique?That combines the left hand with the right? How to break the scales,etc...? I can't find a lot information/exercises about this.

Thank you.

(sorry for my english...)

[Rimshot]

I bet Adam Nitti would be an excellent resource for that.

[chadhargis]

Adam's fingers seemingly never move. He's all about economy of motion. I took a few lessons with him and even with him trying to deliberately show me what he was doing I could barely percieve his hand movements sitting 3 feet away from him.

Amazing player.

[Skitch it!]

Are you referring to string crossing with 4 finger? That is the difficult part, single string stuff is straightforward, string crossing with this technique is difficult. The bass lines you already play, use 4 finger to play them instead of your usual 2 finger technique. Practise this quite slowly to begin with, it is the most difficult aspect of this technique, each finger has to think individually, now instead of 2, you've got 4, it's the tricky part, take it easy ; )

[Turock]

I believe that your time would be better spent working on something more useful.

[kb9wyz]

Originally Posted by Turock

I believe that your time would be better spent working on something more useful.

+1

Everyone's muscles are a little different, so a technique that works for someone else might not work as well for you. It might not work at all. So unless you really think that your technique is deficient in some measurable way, then concentrate on perfecting your own movements. IMO.

[Tmoney865]

Once I had the action set on my basses, something happened.

Light striking now being all that was required the thumb started getting into the mix like I was Mark Knopfler or someone like that.

Since I already played with 3 fingers and nails, the pinky started to get into it on the upper 3 on the 6 string when I hit chords.

I have not studied anyone, but people dig it.

[Eyesee7]

It's ironic that I started on classical guitar before picking up the bass, and I play the classical effortlessly with those four fingers. I tried adopting that technique to the bass and couldn't do it.

[251]

Originally Posted by mechas8

Hello, I'm new at this forum as well at this technique. My 4 finger technique consists in Thumb , Index, Middle and ring finger. I think that it isn't very hard to put the fingers going. What I mean is that the hitting the note and do T,I,M,R... I can do. It's the mechanical side of it. I can't reach the musical side of this tecjnique. I saw some bass players sweeping using this technique without sounding too mechanical(Damian Erskine, Hadrien Feraud,etc...). Does anyone knows any kind of exercises to apply to this technique?That combines the left hand with the right? How to break the scales,etc...? I can't find a lot information/exercises about this.

Thank you.

(sorry for my english...)

Have you read this thread?
A (Somewhat) Definitive Guide To The Matthew Garrison Technique And Playing Ramps

I think you will find some interesting information there even if you do not use a ramp.