trilling

[bassuser35]

how do you trill on bass? If I try a tapping method ( using my m finger on the right hand while I hold down the fret with my m or i on the left) it never registers loud enough. What do you guys think?

[Vorago]

Could you explain a little more, because I don't know what you mean, a harmonic? a vibrato?

[JMX]

A trill is a plucked (or picked etc.) note, followed by rapid hammer-ons and pull-offs, usually a half or whole-step up and back.
Usually you do the trill with the fretting hand, unless you do a tapped trill a la Sheehan or sth. similar.

[bassuser35]

yeah I'm talking about a tapped trill like:

9-12-9-12-10-13-10-13-

so if im holding down 9 with my left m finger and tapping 12 with my right m finger I really can't get a sound that registers like if I was straight tapping (12-0-9-12-0-9). sorry I was unclear about that. so what do you guys think is best to do?

[Adam Barkley]

Practice makes perfect.

[country_boy]

I don't know if this means I have ape like hands, but I can do 9 to 12 with my left index and left pinky pretty easily.

[Agmundr]

I usually pick with my right hand for the first note of each triplet (or however many notes together you wish) and hammer on a little harder than usual for the next few. All the notes seem to register fine. Or I use a trem. technique simlar to playing 6-string guitar if you want trills that are played in the middle of a riff very very fast. I've tried to tap with my right hand with bass but it doesn't seem to work. I think it works better if you were playing a regular 6-string guitar. That Van Halen guy plays them well (excuse me while I scoff though :P) My apologies to the cock rock fans.