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06-22-2009, 04:12 PM
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I'm sure you've read the title a ton before but this I haven't seen discussed (I searched). I have this weird right hand muting thing going on, and I'm wondering if it's bad technique. For the E and A string, I mute them with my ring and pinkie fingers... Pics below, I'm horrible at describing stuff  |
06-23-2009, 04:02 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Ya, not good. You'll end up getting your fingers stuck in the strings at some point and trip yourself up. And even if you don't, it's going to slow you down. You should use your thumb to mute lower strings.
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06-23-2009, 04:03 AM
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Authorized fEARful bass cabinet builder | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | Actually, this is just a slight variation of what the guy at http://www.studybass.com/lessons/bas...ique/plucking/ advocates. From slide 9 and on (especially 14), he explains the reasoning and the technique. The technique he offers is to use the thumb for the E and the ring for the A, with D and G never (rarely) needing right-hand muting since it is more efficient to use the left hand or the alternate right-hand finger (the one not doing the plucking).
I'll have to leave the pros/cons to other players to answer...
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06-23-2009, 07:12 AM
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06-23-2009, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Dekker  Actually, this is just a slight variation of what the guy at http://www.studybass.com/lessons/bas...ique/plucking/ advocates. From slide 9 and on (especially 14), he explains the reasoning and the technique. The technique he offers is to use the thumb for the E and the ring for the A, with D and G never (rarely) needing right-hand muting since it is more efficient to use the left hand or the alternate right-hand finger (the one not doing the plucking). | This is true, but the OP is sticking his fingers in between strings, not laying them on top as Studybass advocates. The sticking the fingers in between strings thing is what will trip you up.
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06-24-2009, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM This is true, but the OP is sticking his fingers in between strings, not laying them on top as Studybass advocates. The sticking the fingers in between strings thing is what will trip you up. | Actually, I saw that but thought that was just because he was holding his hand up (palm off the bass) so that he could get a picture of his position... |
06-25-2009, 12:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Boston | | | Nope. Thats just how I rollED. Thanks for givin me an answer again, I'm workin on the floatin thumb thing. |
06-28-2009, 12:49 PM
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06-29-2009, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Rock-Bassman Nope. Thats just how I rollED. Thanks for givin me an answer again, I'm workin on the floatin thumb thing. | Floating thumb vs. rink-and-pinky is just a matter of preference, so do what feels best to you. Floating thumb came pretty naturally to me, so that's what I use, but you don't need to use floating thumb. Just make sure you don't stick your fingers in between the strings.  |
06-29-2009, 02:40 AM
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08-24-2009, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Ocin Floating thumb vs. rink-and-pinky is just a matter of preference, so do what feels best to you. Floating thumb came pretty naturally to me, so that's what I use, but you don't need to use floating thumb. Just make sure you don't stick your fingers in between the strings. | I have recently started working with a new instructor (TB'er bassandbeyond, who also teaches at LA Music Academy in Pasadena), and he has re-vamped my right-hand technique to include muting with the ring and pinky fingers. My previously un-schooled playing style didn't include any muting with my right hand, and I subsequently was always challenged by rumbling E and A strings. I'm a thumb-anchored-on-the-pup player, and bringing my smaller fingers into the game has improved things dramatically. After 2 weeks of working with the new technique, it's not 100% automatic, but it's getting there.
(Yes, I know this in an older thread.) |
08-26-2009, 01:15 PM
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