quite hard To play if your hands are small, still a really useful vid

I’m a newbie to playing bass, and when I play my pinkie finger go’s up, and I can’t bring it down…ever. Any suggestions ?

The 9 people that didn’t like this must be bass legends. Obviously.

I found it very helpful, though. Thanks

eadg (guitar string notes) – eat all day G

@sliverhandsonbasses No, but go ahead and waste time following this lesson, rather than playing music and learning how to play.

@voncoolio Are you a bass legend??? Great!!!!

@sliverhandsonbasses the legends of bass would disagree.

@voncoolio I disagree. It’s obviously helpful learning difficult lines, but you need to do this kind of exercise because you can have some kind of lack in your knowledge of the instrument that can be way harder to fulfill.

@geez5557 is that sarcasme?

you dont need to know your notes to be good

Danke / Thanks

My fingers are to small to play bass guitar (

I figured it was always best to have your thumb behind your second finger, that way you don’t stretch tendons, like when you close your hand like a mouth < like an accent, your thumb should be about on your second finger. A relaxed position

Can anyone tell me why i play left handed guitar better than right handed when i am right handed?

I’ve been reading other places that it is bad to have your wrists bent because it leads to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Now THAT was good info. A little late for me but better late than never! Thanks

I thought it was bad to have the wrist bent? With the thumb real low like that, my wrist bends at an extreme angle.

thanks for your help

Don’t interpret this wrong, but this lesson is useless. The best way to learn bass is to learn progeressively harder lines, until you are able to play Jaco’s grooves, which test your attack, co-ordination and feel to the max. Always use a metronome and practice slowly before going fast. that’s all there is to it.

@bradh716 … he does not have the time to link lol

Where is right hand technique? :[

I have watched three videos of this guy and he didn’t blink once.

Questions for anyone: 6 years ago I crushed my pinkie (left hand) and it was pinned. I had no phys therapy. I still have good range of movement (75%). Now I am playing bass. Can I get away with using 3 fingers on my left hand? Or should i just stop whinning and do it with four?

the end was so hard core

i have been looking for this type of teaching for hours. FINALLY! thanks so much for posting.