new to finger pikkin

[thethunderthief]

I hav been using a pick now for about 2 years and i want to learn to finger pick. ANy pointers??

[BullHorn]

Put your thumb on a pickup and practice playing scales with at least two fingers, alternating each pluck.

Start slow.


That's pretty much all the help you can get, you must do the rest yourself.

[Chili]

try and play with your fingertips aswell, once you get used to it youll feel alot more gracefull and can play smooth and fast, well for me anyway

[BassMan250]

Make sure that your fingers pluck the strings in a direction that's parallel to the body of the bass, not plucking downward. It'll help get rid of some fret noise.

[JanusZarate]

Keep your nails clipped short, at least until you get better at fingerstyle playing.

Otherwise, you might find your nails hitting the strings too often.

[Deacon_Blues]

How to get even plucks?

Check out the exercise I described in this thread...

[Otso]

http://www.adamnitti.com/bass_player_02.shtml

[Linkert]

Learn how to right/left-hand-mute.

[IAmTheDood]

think about learning the "floating thumb" technique .. it will greatly help muting when moving to higher strings.