New to bass but decades of guitar experience. There are some things that involve multiple strings in succession (e.g., the basic riff for "Good times bad times" or even "Hotel California") that are very easy for me to play with a pick, but when using fingers they kind of "stumble". Are there any basic exercises I can work on that will help improve this technique? It seems like the finger I start the riff with plays a role, but not sure how to approach practicing this.
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Exercise/practice for moving across strings
- Thread starter rpt50
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It may just be a case of slowing it down until your technique develops. Can you play it at 50%?
Ari Cap has a couple of decent vids on RH technique that may help:
Ari Cap has a couple of decent vids on RH technique that may help:
Extremely common problem early on. It's a completely new skill. You need to go back to square one again.
Slow it down, go over & over & over it until it's note perfect and you can play it on autopilot.
Learn how to play the same passage with several different types of fingering patterns. You'll have your favourite methods now but new finger patterns take ages to become proficient at. Totally worth the time & effort - You'll be glad you did it.
Slow it down, go over & over & over it until it's note perfect and you can play it on autopilot.
Learn how to play the same passage with several different types of fingering patterns. You'll have your favourite methods now but new finger patterns take ages to become proficient at. Totally worth the time & effort - You'll be glad you did it.
There's nothing wrong with you.
It's just a new skill. I'll check out some links in this thread when I get a moment. If none of them cover what I use I'll come back and describe it for you.
Here's one recording and exercise that I think works pretty well when getting started. It covers both alternate plucking and raking.
