"Simple" things that give you a technique headache.

[Harper]

I don't know what it is, but that bouncy root-fifth-octave Jamerson, (or in a rock context) Rob DeLeo thing is pretty good about tripping me up.

How about you?

 

[michael_t]

Playing shuffles with just the right feel and groove. And fast triplets.

 

[BlueP]

Along the lines of Carl Yung, simplicity is very important but not easy to attain…

 

[mambo4]

NOT physically tensing up when the music intensifies is a perennial issue.
It's a mental awareness thing

 

[Groove Doctor]

Strict alternating of index & middle fingers on plucking hand, esp octaves galloping pattern.

I play 3 & 4 finger plucking technique (thumb index middle ring). I gallop ( 1/8th note Root & 2 1/16th notes 8 8 ) using thumb then Middle Index). So much easier.

 

[RBellavance]

I don't know what it is, but that bouncy root-fifth-octave Jamerson, (or in a rock context) Rob DeLeo thing is pretty good about tripping me up.

How about you?

Same. Especially if there is more than one such sequence to play in succession.

 

[FRoss6788]

I don't know what it is, but that bouncy root-fifth-octave Jamerson, (or in a rock context) Rob DeLeo thing is pretty good about tripping me up.

How about you?

Agreed.

Rob DeLeo has some very tasty surprisingly difficult lines he makes look easy. They're not.

 

[bmb73]

Im going to sound like a fool, but ghost notes. Using them in bass lines (Baby Love) always trips me up.

Using the transposition from Standing in the Shadows, in case anyone was curious.

Stacato as well will sometimes mess me up. Just needs to sound clearer, and it always trips me up.

Love playing Bass! So much stuff to learn and incorporate!!

 

[andare]

I can't get rid of the hammer on slapping sound when I fret a note on the string above, especially with the ring finger. I need to mute the string behind the fret to reduce string travel.
I suppose I have a bad case of floating fingers I never corrected.

 

[Pacman]

NOT physically tensing up when the music intensifies is a perennial issue.
It's a mental awareness thing

This. So much this.

I've oddly stumbled on something recently in this department. I always have assumed it's my left hand driving the tensions bus (and fully understand how hard it is to change things on only one side). But I recently *lowered* my bass on the strap and my right hand has far less tension, so my left hand came along for the ride. I feel like it was counterintuitive, but I've definitely had positive results!

 

[mambo4]

Was it a change in wrist angle that helped? That would be my guess...

 

[Pacman]

Was it a change in wrist angle that helped? That would be my guess...

That's my assumption, but after so many decades of playing one way, it was a bit of a shock to noticed that kind of improvement so quickly