My left hand isn't reallly slow but it could definately be faster is there any excercises or things I could do to speed it up. My fingers move independently pretty welll but moving along the fretboard my hand is slow.
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Slow Left hand
- Thread starter thesilence
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Buy one of the good 'Bass Grooves' books out there and work through it. By the time you reach the end, your left (and right) hand will be in a different class.
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Different arpeggios have really helped me to build up strength in the left hand. And then of course learning different scales and modes both vertically and horizontally. But make sure you start slowly! Trying to go as fast as you can right away will probably do more harm than good. I strongly suggest using a metronome and getting a cool feel with a mode (I like doing a triplet thing), and then speed the metronome up 10 BPMs whenever you feel like you're comfortable with the speed you're at. Your hand will feel like it's on fire, but that's a good thing (unless you take it TOO far).
