How many fingers should I use?

[Bassic83]

Bah. Jamerson only needed ONE!













You knew SOMEONE was going to eventually throw that one out there, right?

Long live "The Hook"!!!

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Bah. Jamerson only needed ONE!

You knew SOMEONE was going to eventually throw that one out there, right?

Long live "The Hook"!!!

You mean like how I did 12 posts before yours?

 

[Bassic83]

Doh! Missed that one...

 

[Rakie]

you should use all 8 fingers and at least 1 thumb.

 

[Suckbird]

If ur asking about speed, then as many as you can, but speed is the gayest thing that exists, fast bassplaying is annoying.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

If ur asking about speed, then as many as you can, but speed is the gayest thing that exists, fast bassplaying is annoying.

Hmmm.....

i practice 6-8hours a day and when i'm not practicing then i'm tapping my fingers... i can do faster than +200bpm but dont really know if i can play that fast for 5min...

I can play faster than 16th at 200bpm using 3fingers... another guy (kiwi kid) on this board does 16th at 260bpm uising 2fingers... that's fast..

Is there any famous bass player who actually did something like this? Would you be able to play faster?
It's not like i'm unhappy about my 3fingered speed(16ths over 200bpm) but if a operation like that would make me a better player then i wouldn't mind considering it...

I can play scales up and down at the speed of 150-160bpm and i wonder if 3fingers really would make me that much faster to justify the time spending on learning it.

How did 3fingers increase your speed?

By the way, my goal is to do atleast 180bpm, so i can do fast 16th triplets...

What was that you were saying?

 

[Suckbird]

Hmmm.....










What was that you were saying?

now when u bring these posts up i feel a little bit patethic.
My arms are damaged, perhaps from overpracticing even though i never play if it hurts, i haven't practiced for 2months.

During these two months i have finally realized what a waste of time i have become, how much the music i listened to suck, and how much i hate the technical aspect of music..

 

[dirtgroove]

There's really no rule. As many or as few as it takes to feel comfortable playing what you're playing. the fewer fingers you have to think about the more braincells you can use to focus upon the "feel" of the music.

 

[Bassic83]

you should use all 8 fingers and at least 1 thumb.

Is that on the right, or left, hand?

 

[jsbass]

Whatever gets the job done.

 

[Sir Edward V]

i vary from 1 to 3

1 is good for even pulsating tone

2 is natural for me

3 is for fast stuff

...and then there is the thumb, but thats not a finger!

haha