Finger dexterity exercise (Kreutzer for bass)

[Otso]

I recently had the idea of using some of Kreutzer's violin etudes as a way of practicing bassplaying. An etude is a composition for practicing technique. So, here's Kreutzer's Violin etude no.2
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For violin, this etude has different bowing variations, but for bass you could come up with different combinations of hammer-ons and pull-offs or playing 1 note staccato and the following three as legato as possible and so on.

Tell me what you think of this idea.

[DarthEntity]

Man, that was pretty fun. Thanks for the post.

[BullHorn]

I can't read notes.

[trasser]

I played violin for 12 years before I picked up the bass, and I remember that I didn't find those etudes that helpful. And playing violin never helped my bass technique :S

[velvetkevorkian]

Thats pretty nifty, would be cool to see how you would treat the different articulations. Nice one!

[slybass3000]

I love Kreutzer's etudes for bass. I have Abner Rossi method for bass and it contains some of the Kreutzer etudes adapted for bass. Very good for technique.

SB