right hand

Hey everyone! As a new bass player (started earlier this month) I'm trying to get started with proper technique. Having a little familiarity...

I've been learning bass (playing right handed) for a little while now and I like to think I've been steadily improving, but my right hand has...

For even tone you want to be plucking each string in the same place relative to its length. So the right hand needs to move forward towards the...

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I have available another lovely handmade bass from Opatik, a luthier here in Northern Michigan. Beautiful walnut with oil finish that really...

One of my main issues currently is string skipping. I almost only use 3 fingers, but I find it really hard to go one string to another when...

I'm a newish/novice player and never really thought much about or paid attention to my picking/plucking hand very much....until watching this...

Hello everyone, I'm at this point in my playing where I say I'm "intermediate" but I'm struggling with playing anything quick. I loose...

Tony has such a fluent right hand. he uses a kind of floating thumb. what's unique is that he doesn't rest the plucking finger on the next lower...

I'd like to hear how you practice to learn difficult technical stuff. I've been working on a phrase with two pretty fast hammer-ons. I have made...

Hi, I was watching Michael League at Reverb interview: [MEDIA], and I noticed that in 1:30, when he plays 16th notes, his right hand is doing...

I know there are similar threads out there, but I couldn't find one that specifically dealt with my problem- Last year while shopping for, and...

Hi all. I have been playing double bass for 5/6 years but have only properly dedicated myself to rockabilly playing since November 2018. I have...

I haven't found a thread on these boards that focuses on jazz pizz technique. If there is one, please point me in that direction. I'm just curious...

Not sure I've got the optimal right hand fingering going here. How do most play the the part of this tune (right after the intro) that starts on...

In the gallop of Harris , how goes the cycle is 2-1-2 2-1-2 or he does 1-2-1 1-2-1 (1= index 2 = middle )

In an earlier thread I stated that my right hand's I and M fingers seemed to correspond in my brain as right and left hands; I being a left-hand...

I've searched the forum, and there seems to be very little discussion of ABSIV's (Armistead Burwell Smith IV, aka Zach Smith) technique. He's...

I am 47 years old and started to music playing. Should I use my 4 string fretless like a DB and play like NHOP right hand technique for - using...

I started playing bass few weeks ago and I tried jaco right hand technic which placing thumb on jazz magnetic but my fingers are short and it...

Hello, I have a rather specific question. I even made an account just to ask this. But my question is based on the use of using your ring finger...

Hey everyone. I've joined a band a couple of weeks back and during one jam, I played a bit too hard and a bit too much. My wrist and back of my...

I found a deal on some highway one fender tuners but they are for a left hand neck ( they don’t look has though they can be taken apart and...

Anybody has tried to compare it?

Hi all I found a clip of Chris Kringel playing with Cynic in 2007, and his right hand technique is astonishing. I know he's studied the Willis...

this one finger thing seems to come more natural to me. anybody else prefer this? [MEDIA]

So I'm basically hit a junction in my playing where I can't really seem to make any further technical improvements, no matter how long I practice,...

How much playing does it take to get past finger fatigue? If I play a Billy Idol song or a song like the Door LA Woman my right fingers start...

When playing finger style, does the right hand action come mostly from bending fingers at the first joint (closest to wrist) or bending at the...

I usually play the bass with fingers. Recently I've been wondering how do I produce sharp muted notes like those one does with a pick and palm...

I typically use my 1st three fingers (+ pinky but rarely) and use my thumb as an 'anchor' to pluck. I ran across this vid and the 1st thing I...

For the most part, I am happy with my overall finger plucking technique. I'm a floating thumb player that does well with moving quickly from...

I'm new to bass, having played fairly casually for less than a year. I'm having some issues taming string noise. I'm not having issues with...

I'm primarily a guitarist/drummer who really likes playing bass. I'm sad to say that I never really practice it, but through playing in bands and...

I have been experimenting lately with using my ring finger of the right hand on my upright. I Already use it on my electric bass and classical...

I have been playing bass guitar for approx 4 years in a cover band typically performing a four hour gig per week plus practice sessions. I...

So I've been obsessed with Vulfpeck's "Dean Town" for a couple of weeks now and have been trying to learn to play it, but I can't sustain the...

I was hanging out over on Facebook in the "The Bass Guitar" group, and someone asked a question about high action or low action and why. In the...

I've been playing for about 3 years now, switched from guitar so I could start playing with people; was playing with a band within weeks of first...

I've played bass for a few years now and was in a band right from the start when I picked it up. Playing sort of melodic death metal. The guys I'm...