Recent content by hamburglar

I think some people are dumb and confuse technical ability with songwriting ability. Plenty of bands have the ability to play through songs like Something, Martha My Dear, A Day in the Life, etc. but how many bands have the ability to write music on that level?

thanks for the reponses guys. I know i'm not good at bass-talk. because some methods are easier than others. technically i guess you could become the **** at only using your ring and pinky but there are probably other more practical ways. I think I'll check out those billy sheehan videos

wow that is an interesting solution, sounds like a pretty intense approach though.

sorry I didn't really mean like a tremolo effect. I was just talking about using 3 fingers to play melodies. what I meant to say is that it's sometimes difficult to keep the 3 finger pattern going when switching strings. Like if I'm playing 3 notes on the A string then 3 on the D it's easy...

hello. on bass i often use my ring, index, and middle fingers so i can play through scales and melodies quickly, sort of like a tremolo effect on guitar. i'm not sure how common a technique this is on bass, but i was wondering if there was maybe a traditional way of doing it. the thing that...