Finger technique drills

[MCBTunes]

Do you have any drills to help the fingers become more independent, faster, beable to stretch to the frest more. Just basic drills for either hand to help meimprove generally. My fingers could use some drills, especially using the 3rd finger on the right hand and using the pinky/ring finger on the fretting hand.

Any drills or placesto find any drills for just getting better hands in general. That way i will beable to be "practicing" instead of just playing.

[Jace The Bass]

Ever heard of a book called Bass Fitness by J du Pres I suggest checkin it out and if possible have a notebook handy and copy a few exercises just don't let the person in the store spot ya I know its the cheap way but hey if you havent got the money

[hateater]

I reccomend chromatic exercises.

[MingusBass]

Play 3rds, 4ths, 5ths and 6ths in 1 or 2 octaves. That will do the trick.

Andrew

[hateater]

Originally Posted by MingusBass

Play 3rds, 4ths, 5ths and 6ths in 1 or 2 octaves. That will do the trick.

Andrew

What is the reson for those exact notes?

[MCBTunes]

well i found one...

place both hands on the table palm down....
lift the pointer finger(right) and pinky(left) at once
then lift the middle finger(right) and ring finger(left)
and work your way across the hands and back.

apparently helps coordinate your fingures. ya know, make your hnds work seperatly i guess.

cool drill i think

[werbo1]

^, dude, thats hard...and i can playa ll the scales on piano

[l0calh05t]

Originally Posted by werbo1

^, dude, thats hard...and i can playa ll the scales on piano

I don't find it hard at all... and I cant play piano (yet, im currently trying to learn it by myself)

[Jace The Bass]

Originally Posted by MCBTunes

well i found one...

place both hands on the table palm down....
lift the pointer finger(right) and pinky(left) at once
then lift the middle finger(right) and ring finger(left)
and work your way across the hands and back.

apparently helps coordinate your fingures. ya know, make your hnds work seperatly i guess.

cool drill i think

Yeah that exercise reminds me of the stu hamn slap tap pop video I think he got that from Carol Kaye if I'm wrong please correct me
Never the less a good exercise for independence

[DaveBeny]

I have an old instructional video by Michael Manring called 'Bass Essentials' (IIRC) which is dedicated largely to useful exercises to warm up the fingers, improve finger flexibility and independence etc. Worth looking out for.

Here's a basic description of one of the exericises. Using a one-finger-per-fret playing position, play all the possible permutations of 1 to 4...

1234
1243
1324
1342
1423
1432
2134
2143
2314
2341
2413
2431
3124
3142
3214
3241
3412
3421
4123
4132
4213
4231
4312
4321

[Perfect-Tommy]

Originally Posted by MCBTunes

well i found one...

place both hands on the table palm down....
lift the pointer finger(right) and pinky(left) at once
then lift the middle finger(right) and ring finger(left)
and work your way across the hands and back.

apparently helps coordinate your fingures. ya know, make your hnds work seperatly i guess.

cool drill i think

That is cool. A nice little thing to do when you're some place that you can't play and such. It actually seemed to loosen up my fingers and joints a bit (afraid I'm getting pre-mature old man hands... ).

[hateater]

Originally Posted by David Benyahia

I have an old instructional video by Michael Manring called 'Bass Essentials' (IIRC) which is dedicated largely to useful exercises to warm up the fingers, improve finger flexibility and independence etc. Worth looking out for.

Here's a basic description of one of the exericises. Using a one-finger-per-fret playing position, play all the possible permutations of 1 to 4...

1234
1243
1324
1342
1423
1432
2134
2143
2314
2341
2413
2431
3124
3142
3214
3241
3412
3421
4123
4132
4213
4231
4312
4321

Man, I remember going over than the same time I was studying for a math test about probability.... math and music!

[jadesmar]

I put wrote some right hand two finger style stuff and put it here:
http://www.yearofthegone.com/bass/rh4s.txt

Comments and/or questions are welcome.

[The Artist]

Originally Posted by jadesmar

I put wrote some right hand two finger style stuff and put it here:
http://www.yearofthegone.com/bass/rh4s.txt

Comments and/or questions are welcome.

...yay, drum rudiments...

[LARUMBLE]

cyber school for bass has good lessons google it or bunny brunnel it's his site!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eric Grossman]

Here is an exercise that I learned from Bunny Brunel, probably 20 years ago. I think I once saw it in print by Michael Manring, as well. I still use it in my warm-up. It helps develop finger independance in your left hand. It also obviously exercises right hand finger technique. Every 2-note, left hand combination is used.

Key: 1-index finger, 2-middle, 3-ring, 4-pinkie
Move from the E string to the A, to the D, to the G, and back, each time.

EtoG:12 GtoE:12 EtoG:21 GtoE:21
12 12 21 21
12 12 21 21
12 12 21 21
EtoG:23etc... GtoE:23etc... EtoG:32etc... GtoE:32etc...
EtoG:34etc... GtoE:34etc... EtoG:43etc... GtoE:43etc...
EtoG:13etc... GtoE:13etc... EtoG:31etc... GtoE:31etc...
EtoG:24etc... GtoE:24etc... EtoG:42etc... GtoE:42etc...
EtoG:14etc... GtoE:14etc... EtoG:41etc... GtoE:41etc...

Feel the burn, people!