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Originally Posted by maxy Thanx but isnt the 1.2.4 shift too painfull. |
No. If it's painful, find another way. Ask a teacher or another player if you have to.
I shift my entire hand. I do not splay out or stretch out my hand. I put the first finger down on the first fret, and the other fingers are close to the strings but where they want to be in a relaxed manner, then I shift my entire hand without rotating it to put my second finger on the third fret while the other fingers are close to the strings but where they want to be in a relaxed manner, then I shift my entire hand without rotating it to put my fourth finger on the fifth fret while the other fingers are close to the strings but where they want to be in a relaxed manner. Then to go back to the first finger first fret, shift your entire hand back again. This is not classical guitar. The bass neck is longer and the frets are further apart up there.
Many here would disagree with me, but during this process my fingers are not parallel to the frets. Mine point toward my left ear. My fingers become more parallel to the frets as they get closer to the seventh to ninth fret, which again is basically under my left ear.
But, I am always working toward stretching out my fingers to cover the fret positions, and working on making my fingers parallel to the frets. I just can't do it way down there. I tried to while working out "Cumbersome". I found that keeping my fingers parallel to the frets caused my hand to need to shift more and slowed me down.
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Originally Posted by maxy The rt. hand alt. thing was that i do raking when i change strings which i play on. Will this affect my speed in any way? |
Hmmm...yes. If I understand what you are doing, raking should be faster. A wonder if a teacher would recommend that you also work on good standard alternate plucking with the first and second fingers of your plucking hand. Don't be afraid to stutter to start a measure with your first finger or play a higher string with your second finger. I find that good standard alternate plucking helps my sight reading, even if I would work out a better and faster plucking later if I have time to practice a line.
For every person who tells you to play one way you will find another who plays another way. We do not all play bass in the same way, like the violins in a symphony bowing all together.
A few more things. Welcome to talkbass. Please fill out your profile so we know more about you and where you are from. And when you post a question, try to form the question in the title of the post like a newspaper headline, and you will get more answers. This thread did not get the responses that it would have gotten if "pain" or "fingering" were somewhere in the title. We are pretty big on helping people not play with pain.
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