Bass Guitar Finger Exercise
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
A bass guitar strings has a thick diameter. They are not as comfort as electric guitar strings, and may cause our fingers getting tired faster. So a musician who plays a bass guitar must concern about serious and frequently finger exercises. Just see the images below and start practicing now !!
Note that you should place previous fingers when you place the actual finger… For example, (see “pattern I” image below) when you reach the eight fret with your pinkie finger, another fingers (forefinger, middle finger, and ring finger) are still on position in fifth, sixth, and seventh fret.
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| 1 : forefinger
2 : middle finger 3 : ring finger 4 : pinkie finger |
V : fifth fret
VI : sixth fret VII : seventh fret VIII : eight fret |
E : E string
A : A string D : D string G : G sting |
| Bass GuitarFinger Exercise Pattern I :Start with fore finger |  |
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| Bass Guitar Exercise Pattern II :Start with middle finger |  |
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| Bass Guitar Exercise Pattern III :Start with ring finger |  |
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| Bass Guitar Exercise Pattern IV :Start from pinkie finger |  |
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| There are 24 overall patterns, but you could find it yourself by rearranging fingers position based on four pattern above, here are example taken from pattern I above : | |
| Finger Arrangement :1-2-4-3 |  |
| Finger Arrangement :1-3-2-4 |  |
| Finger Arrangement :1-3-4-2 |  |
| Finger Arrangement :1-4-2-3 |  |
| Finger Arrangement :1-4-3-2 |  |
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