Building speed as intermediate/advanced bassist

[mikeylikesit89]

Hey everyone. Been playin about 20 years now. Piano foundation before jumping to bass. I am well versed, have a good enough ear to play something I hear in under 5 minutes. Good fundamental understanding of music theory.

I’m looking for training/practice methods for building speed. Not dean town opening speed, but quick licks with awkward finger patterns. I don’t think I’m slow by any means. I mostly play funk and can play just about anything I want. I guess I just want to break into that nutty mohini speed (maybe not quite that fast)

 

[Wannabebass]

There’s a great little video lesson that Ariane Cap does on sweet emotion. She talks about a bunch of approaches to attack/understand/get really solid on a fast lick. A yt or google search and you’ll probably find it. It’s great knowledge to have. Here it is:

 

[tonym]

Also some excellent information here by Dr. Molly Gebrian, musician and neuroscientist. Her book on the neuroscience of practice is very helpful. But the content related to developing speed is here in a series of videos she recorded during the pandemic.

How To Practice to Increase Speed: Part I

 

[mikeylikesit89]

Also some excellent information here by Dr. Molly Gebrian, musician and neuroscientist. Her book on the neuroscience of practice is very helpful. But the content related to developing speed is here in a series of videos she recorded during the pandemic.

How To Practice to Increase Speed: Part I

Wow! Incredible resource, thank you!