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11-12-2007, 04:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | Slowwwww Fingerss
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I can play pretty quick right now but I want to get a lot faster. I play right handed bass and my right hand is unbelievably slow right now. do you guys know any tricks to getting some more speed on my right hand? the obvious answer is practice, the not-so-obvious answer is practice with a metronome. Am I right on or any other tricks?? Thanks guys |
11-12-2007, 05:22 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | that's about it. practice more and more frequently. use a metronome, and build it up. Work into maybe a half hour of metronome work.
ALSO, make sure you not only practice fast tempos, but also medium, slow, and Really slow. I've found that working on slower tempos actually helps me to play faster.
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11-12-2007, 05:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | does anybody else have any tips??
Last edited by jackall237 : 11-12-2007 at 09:13 PM.
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11-12-2007, 09:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Medford OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jackall237  does anybody else have any tips?? |
If your middle finger is much longer than your first finger, angle your hand a bit so that they are hitting the strings more evenly. |
11-12-2007, 11:04 PM
| | | | When you're playing something hard, fast, concentrate on the music, not the movement of your hand. I practiced this a lot playing stuff like funk the dumb stuff and it really helped me speed-wise. |
11-13-2007, 12:34 AM
| | | | be carefule with digging in. Grazing the strings helps to increase speed a lot.
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11-13-2007, 08:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | i think I got up to about 164 with the 'nome' last night before i started to give out. How do I match up?? I've played bass for like 2 1/2 or 3 years, I'm a vocalist by trade. |
11-13-2007, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Evergreen Park, IL | | | 164@? |
11-13-2007, 09:00 AM
| | | | 164 playing what? |
11-13-2007, 09:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | Sorry, I needed to be more detailed. the quarter not was at 164 and I was playing eighth note rhythms. I'm going to start making this more of my daily routine, I'm playing open strings at the rhythm of the metronome and then doubling it up after that. I guess pretty soon I'll start throwing some scales in there.. |
11-14-2007, 07:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | If you want to count the quarter note, I got up to 320.. |
11-14-2007, 01:05 PM
| | | | Well, if you want to paly one song fast, start practicing slowly. And when you got it slowly, increase the tempo. Do thsi until you are at full tempo. It takes time but it also allows you to think your hands position, so you dont have to think it when your palying. |
11-14-2007, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jackall237 Sorry, I needed to be more detailed. the quarter not was at 164 and I was playing eighth note rhythms. I'm going to start making this more of my daily routine, I'm playing open strings at the rhythm of the metronome and then doubling it up after that. I guess pretty soon I'll start throwing some scales in there.. | Keep at it |
11-15-2007, 01:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | Practice slow! Really slow. You maybe helping your right hand technique by playing open strings but you're not learning to use your left hand at the same time. Its not very productive. You should always try to make your practice musical. Pick a fast song you want to learn but cannot play at speed. Practice it SLOW. I'm talking 40 - 60 bpm. I know you'll probably be able to play complex patterns with ease at 80 up to maybe 120 bpm, but that doesn't mean you should. You'll notice when you practice a song as slow as possible that you can really start to notice where your technique is lacking. Its harder to play with perfect time at slower tempos. Really listen to yourself at these slow tempos and focus on making everything PERFECT. Are you letting strings squeak or ring out when they shouldn't? Is your timing perfect? Are you keeping your pinkie and ring figure hovering right above the strings, ready to attack again; or are you flinging them out away from the fingerboard creating more distance for them to travel back? These maybe things that never crossed your mind. Are you hitting each string with consistent and even pressure? You have to refine these types of fine motor skills at slow tempos. Don't be in a hurry to speed up. If you practice the way I'm telling you to I promise your speed will improve even though you haven't been playing fast.
That ends my rant about playing slow but I'm not completely done. Another thing you have to ask yourself is why are you trying to play faster and in what style. If you want to play super fast metal stuff you not only need to practice a lot but you have to set up your instrument the right way for that style. You're also going to have to start using a three finger plucking technique rather than two. That or get a pick. It all depends on what your goals are. I found my playing started getting a lot better when I started playing in bands and I was improving my technique to play actual music rather than trying to see how fast I could play a scale.
I hope that helps. BTW, practice slow! Practice does not make perfect but perfect practice does.
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