Help needed - fingering

CrazyArcher · #1 12-21-2007, 03:35 AM

Hello TB!

Here's a riff in a song my band plays, and although I can play it, and played it on gigs before, I'm still not sure what would be the best fingering.

The song is pretty fast, 190-195 BPM.

My main trouble (not only in this song, pretty much everywhere) is playing a fourth. I tried to play it with the same finger, but the problem is muting the note that comes first. This way, I have to use 2 fingers, which sounds good, but makes it harder to move around the neck.
What advice can I utilize here?

murph.vienna · #2 12-21-2007, 04:24 AM

the lower string, when playing fourths, is best dampened by the fingers of the right hand, not the left because of fret buzzing issues.
means: if you play the root with the index finger, play the next string with the middle finger and dampen the root-string by laying your index finger on it. on double-bass this is a standard (although fretless players don't have that much issues about fret buzzing

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gary willis has a video on youtube.. i think its "progressive bass lesson" where he shows off the problem of muting strings, the missing note-length when switching strings and so on. i think it will help you a lot

Stay Gold 1337 · #3 12-21-2007, 04:41 AM

that's what she said

CrazyArcher · #4 12-23-2007, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murph.vienna

i think it will help you a lot

Yeah it did. Thanks a lot!

fenderhutz · #5 12-23-2007, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stay Gold 1337

that's what she said

I thought this was a bassist4life follow up post.

Back on track.

Watch the video above, PRACTICE.