Trouble with Jaco Exercise (left hand problems)

[le-gasp]

hi,

for those that have watched jaco pastorius's dvd modern electric bass he showed a lot of exercises, im working on where he descends the c maj from the high G without moving his hand, it seemed like a good exercise so i was working on it in all 12 major scales

when i try to fret the A and E strings i find my wrist bending awkwardly and sometimes hurting, so ive just stopped

normally my left hand position is good, no pain whatsoever

it seems like a good exercise for finger strength and independency, so how do i fix this to make me do this correctly

thanks,
jake

[Linkert]

It might be becouse of a unergonomic bass. So what bass do you play?

[le-gasp]

an Ibanez GSR 200

[Koki]

try not to bend wrist so much...

[zazz]

thats an amazing vid by the way...but im sure that whatever it is that you are trying to acheive comes with hand strength developed over time. but i would say that jaco didnt seem to be one for convoluted unatural hand positioning...but more the technique that comes from playing the bass everyday based on a natural approach...give it time.