bass exercises

[shortdawg161]

does anyone know a website or a few bass exercises i could use to increase my speed, develop better accuracy and all that good stuff?

[Benbass]

Yeah, there are tons of them. This particular one gets you to supposedly play every concievable finger pattern so you'll never be surprised. Each # represents a finger 4=pinky. Play it with a metronome and go for accuracy and smoothness b4 speed. Play each combination as written on each string from E (or B) to G (or C) then back down, but just play as written, for instance 1234 should not be 4321 on the way back down. Do group 1 then 2 ... without stopping.


group 1


1234 play on E then A then d, g, d, a, e
1243
1324
1342
1423
1432

group 2

2134
2143
2314
2341
2413
2431

group 3

3124
3142
3214
3241
3412
3421

group 4

4123
4132
4213
4231
4312
4321




Do this at the 2nd, 5th, and 8th fret daily until it becomes very natural then you can cut back to 2-3 times a week. Well, you asked for it Hope it makes sense.

[Wrong Robot]

And if you ever feel like you don't know the notes of the fretboard, while doing bethany's excersises(which are great excercises...I've been doing them for years) call out the name of the note out loud, as you hit each fret

[lil_bass_boy]

...and this also doesn't belong is off-topic.

-Max