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Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: 4hisglory on September 19, 2005, 10:07:47 AM
Well, today I begin my musical journey on the bass I decided to chronical it here.  I am a complete beginner so we will see how it goes. Maybe someone else will chronical their bass journey to the next level also.
Title: WOWZER!
Post by: uriahsmusic on September 19, 2005, 12:18:52 PM
...A DOCUMENTORY....THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING! :idea:
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: ladybass on September 19, 2005, 01:19:01 PM
hmmm very in-terrrr-esting    8)

Will this be text, video, audio, or pics?  Maybe a mix of all.
Title: Learning the fretboard.
Post by: 4hisglory on September 22, 2005, 03:35:27 PM
I was sick for 2 days so didnt get to do anything but now I am back.

Learinging the fretboard.

Even though I know I could start messing around with the bass off the bat, I'd rather familiarize myself witht the fretboard first.  I want to learn my A B C's before I learn to read. :D

This is what I noticed.

Since I am playing a 4 string bass, it should be easy to memorize the strings.  This is what I feel I need to memorize.

Horizontal (along the string)

A Bb B C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab

or

A A# B C C# D D# E F G G#


Vertical (from string to string, or up and down)
-each note is a perfect 4th apart

C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb B E A D G

or

C F A# D# G# C# F# B E A D G
Title: After 1 week.
Post by: 4hisglory on September 27, 2005, 09:01:48 AM
Here is what I have learned from studying the fret board.

Progressions for key of F#
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+


Two different major scales.

Major Scale
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - 6 - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- 3 - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: ladybass on September 27, 2005, 09:16:46 AM
Try the F# scale this way also:

(http://www.webmissionary.net/images/f-sharpscale.GIF)
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 27, 2005, 09:34:38 AM
Quote from: 4hisglory
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+



You might want to take a look at the scale concepts post I made. It'll show you all the notes for the Bb scale, but across all 4 strings. I was playing songs on two strings like this at first.

One thing to note is that the whole progression is 7-3-6-2-5-1-4. This means that if you're going across the strings and the fret you're playing is the 4th note in the scale then the next string below is a note that's not in the normal scale. The same goes if you're going up and the fret you're playing is the 7th note in the scale; the next string up will be a note that's not in the normal scale.

On a 7-string bass, you can go through the whole progression, just by crossing strings on 1 fret. If you look at that scale post, you'll see the pattern.


Here is another version of the major scale. I got this from the Adam Nitti site. It helps you with your stretch.

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+

I like this pattern the best. It goes through all the inversions, on my 8-string. Also, on a 5-string, you can cover two octaves, without moving your hand much.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 27, 2005, 09:37:10 AM
Quote from: ladybass
Try the F# scale this way also:

([url]http://www.webmissionary.net/images/f-sharpscale.GIF[/url])




Dern it! You beat me to it!

 :wink:
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 27, 2005, 11:41:47 AM
Quote from: B3Wannabe
Quote from: 4hisglory
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+



You might want to take a look at the scale concepts post I made. It'll show you all the notes for the Bb scale, but across all 4 strings. I was playing songs on two strings like this at first.

 


:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+

I actually see it this way.  It helps me keep up with the keyboard players (2).  Especially when things are moving real fast then suddenly that 7-3-6 pops in from nowhere.  I see both 7s (a-string) but this is the one that saves me every time.  It also helps my ear training.  Even when I am playing the stacked way (Adam Nitti), this is what I see and hear first.


Sometimes, in minor areas, I would find myself focused on some stupid dogmatic stuff like this...  


:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - - - -+

...instead of this:

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+

...or this:

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - 6 - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - 3 - -+


Fingerwise, the 2nd and 3rd is easier to play but my ear can keep up with the first (dumb) way better.  I play the other ways, but when things get hot and critical, the dumb ways bail me out.  What I did was found one way to play and one way only.  Then let the other stuff gradually move in.  It might not be the best way, not even a BETTER way, but it's how I am doing it.  Sorry for taking up so much space and time.

Tony
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: 4hisglory on September 27, 2005, 12:20:33 PM
Quote from: B3Wannabe


Here is another version of the major scale. I got this from the Adam Nitti site. It helps you with your stretch.

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+

I like this pattern the best. It goes through all the inversions, on my 8-string. Also, on a 5-string, you can cover two octaves, without moving your hand much.


B3,
    How ould you finger this??  1...shift to 2 thing use the 4th finger??

@Tony.  Nice explaination.  I love to hear how different people view the fretboard since that are alot of different ways u can see it.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 27, 2005, 05:17:42 PM
Quote from: 4hisglory
Quote from: B3Wannabe


Here is another version of the major scale. I got this from the Adam Nitti site. It helps you with your stretch.

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+

I like this pattern the best. It goes through all the inversions, on my 8-string. Also, on a 5-string, you can cover two octaves, without moving your hand much.


B3,
    How ould you finger this??  1...shift to 2 thing use the 4th finger??

@Tony.  Nice explaination.  I love to hear how different people view the fretboard since that are alot of different ways u can see it.


Yea. It's 1-2-4. If you can't reach it, you'll have to shift, but you should try to stretch your fingers. At first, I couldn't reach it, but with stretching, it's gotten easier.

When I'm not playing, I constantly stretch my fingers, so my reach will increase. For finger stretching, I just lay my hand on something flat and go between each finger and my thumb pushing down until the angle between the two is flat. I also stretch my fingers apart from each other horizontally, up and down, and by pushing my fingers backwards on a flat surface. My left hand is stretched the most already though, from playing keyboard. I just realized that a month ago.


@tondee: Your last tab is off slightly.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 28, 2005, 06:12:12 AM
Thanks, B3
It would be more appropriate if I stated it like this:


:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+
:- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - 4 - -+

It's the minor fingering pattern I was trying to refer to.  The previous one didn't reflect that the 3, 6 and the 7 are flat.  Sorry, I usually don't communicate with others about this stuff.  Nobody talks to me.  I have to listen and catch on the best way I can.  So, when I DO get a chance, it comes out unedit...as-is.  

That last tab REALLY shows how I think.  I shouldn't had posted it.  It can get weird.  Let's say I'm playing minor from the 3rd position and someone asked for the 7th of that (chord) position I would automatically give a flat 7 even though he didn't say 'flat.'  If I was in the 2nd spot, I would give a natural 7.  It's almost like reading music.  After the key signature, the music sheet won't tell you that the B is flat anymore.  Once the music's key position has been established, you're suppose to know what's flat.  

So, in my mind, that post wasn't wrong, it's the way I think, especially on-the-fly.  I told you, it gets weird.  


Tony
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 28, 2005, 07:25:26 AM
That's right. You posted the aeolian mode. For some reason, I was thinking major, even though you had said minor. Sorry about that. I see what you're saying now. It's not weird. I wasn't paying attention.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: djgroovin on September 28, 2005, 07:59:58 AM
All that TAB gives me a headache.  Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't like TAB, but it looks like you're on the right track with your fingering.

Check out that Steve Bailey Hazzard exercise on cyberfrettbass.com.  Man I thought it was impossible at first but I finally got it after 2 days.  My hand muscles were sore after the first night.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 28, 2005, 08:29:51 AM
Yea. I saw those.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 28, 2005, 08:38:59 AM
Quote from: djgroovin
All that TAB gives me a headache.  Maybe I'm the only one that doesn't like TAB, but it looks like you're on the right track with your fingering.


A lot of people treat tabs as substandard but how else would you relay your thoughts to us considering the fact that most of us probably can't read music?  A lot of us don't even know our fingerboard notes...

Tony
Title: I agree
Post by: 4hisglory on September 28, 2005, 08:43:11 AM
I understand what djgroovin is saying but I have to agree with Tondee on this one.  For me as a beginner, the tabs really help me spend more time practicing rather than figuring stuff out.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: djgroovin on September 28, 2005, 10:05:21 AM
Yeah, I understand.  I kinda enjoy figuring things out.  I do most of my study through books and videos so there are a lot of diagrams for fingering.  I think that that diagrams helped me to understand the patterns.  I guess that is just as efficient as tabs.

As far as relaying your thoughts, I have information that might be useful on hand positions and scales.  I make a seperate post on that when I get home tonight.  Stay tuned!
Title: Thanks...
Post by: 4hisglory on September 28, 2005, 10:17:07 AM
Thanks djgroovin.  Do you have any videos that u recommend???
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: djgroovin on September 28, 2005, 10:32:16 AM
Sure, I highly recommend Norm Stockton's stuff.  I posted a detailed list of his videos in an earlier post about videos.  I don't remember what the post subject was but I assume that you can do a search on this site.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: ladybass on September 28, 2005, 11:26:45 AM
Quote from: djgroovin
Sure, I highly recommend Norm Stockton's stuff.  I posted a detailed list of his videos in an earlier post about videos.  I don't remember what the post subject was but I assume that you can do a search on this site.


ahhhhhhhh i can't get Norm's name outta my head.   :lol:    :lol:   DJ .. you should get paid for promoting him  :-)
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: djgroovin on September 28, 2005, 12:52:11 PM
LOL!  Sorry.  Guess I should get paid.  Those are the only bass video's that I own.  I'm pretty picky about not buying non-useful stuff.  I hear that the video's on videoprogression.com are pretty good too.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 29, 2005, 11:57:58 AM
4hisglory,

This is a follow-up to what I was saying earlier about how I see the fretboard.  I agree with B3 about playing in a way to keep the fretting hand from much movement but at this moment I am placing more emphasis on seeing the music quickly and keeping up with everyone else quickly.  Looking at the notes this way allows me to keep everything in sequence.  So, regardless of where I place the 7 (a-string, b-string before the 1), this, again, is the pattern in my head:
 

:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+- - x - -+- - - - -+
:- - - - -+- - 4 - -+- - - - -+- - 5 - -+- - - - -+- - 6 - -+- - - - -+- - 7 - -+
:- - - - -+- - 1 - -+- - - - -+- - 2 - -+- - - - -+- - 3 - -+- - - - -+

Listen to the Larry Trotter's Next Dimension.  This song moves slowly thru the progression.  Other than the passing notes, this is the gist of that song placing the 1 on C sharp (2nd fret B-string).  Starting at "Go with me, to a place..."

1-2-3-----4-5-6-----6s----7-3-6

5-4-3-----2-3-4-5---1

Theoretically, I would place my 2nd finger on 2, 4th finger on 3.  Stretch for the 1, shift for the 7, or play a-string 7. (really, my hand is all over the place, even when I play 'stack-pattern')
 
For me, it moves in a circle.  Of course, I have to move my hand for the 7 but, at this moment of my learning, I don't mind.  It would be a whole lot easier to play this the stacked way which, eventually I would do.  But, right now, this odd 7 allows me to handle the 7-3-6 package fast.  Like I said, it's not the right way but it helps me.

Tony
Title: Thanks...
Post by: 4hisglory on September 29, 2005, 12:37:08 PM
T-D,
    I hear exactly what you are saying and understand completely.  IMO, the way you think about it allows someone to really just jump into the music to figure it out really fast.  Visualizing the fret board like that is really easy.
    But ZI have been taking a look at B3 way, and I can see if someone had a 5+ string bass it would be good to do also.  Thanks fellas (and fella-ette LB :D )
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 29, 2005, 12:44:05 PM
Yep, once I incorporate the songs into my head I'd allow the other stuff (B3) to gradually come in.  I'm on a 5-string, as well.

Tony
Title: B3 4 Dummies
Post by: 4hisglory on September 29, 2005, 12:52:06 PM
In order to help me visualize what B3 is saying, I had to write his tabs out in a what I came better internally see it.  Here is what I made for myself.



Key of Bb

||(1)-------------(5)---------(8 )------------(12)-------- 

||---+-7-+-1-+---+-2-+---+-3-+-4-+---+-5-+---+-6-+---+-7-+ 
||-4-+---+-5-+---+-6-+---+-7-+-1-+---+-2-+---+-3-+-4-+---+ 
||-1-+---+-2-+---+-3-+-4-+---+-5-+---+-6-+---+-7-+-1-+---+ 
||-5-+---+-6-+---+-7-+-1-+---+-2-+---+-3-+-4-+---+-5-+---+




1-4-5: 
        
----------      
----------      
---6--8---      
-6--------      
(Bb, Db, F) 


||(1)-------------(5)---------(8 )------------(12)--------
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
||---+---+---+---+---+-4-+---+-5-+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
||---+---+---+---+---+-1-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+





2-5-1: 
        
-----------       
-----------       
---8-------       
-8---6----      
(C, F, Bb) 

||(1)-------------(5)---------(8 )------------(12)--------
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+---+-1-+---+-5-+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-2-+---+---+---+---+---+---+





7-3-6: 
        
-----------       
------5----       
---5------       
-5--------      
(A, D, G) 

||(1)-------------(5)---------(8 )-----------(12)--------
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+-6-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+-3-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+-7-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+




3-6-2: 
        
-----------       
----5------       
-5--------       
------8---      
(D, G, C) 

||(1)-------------(5)---------(8 )-----------(12)--------
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+-6-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+-3-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-2-+---+---+---+---+---+---+




5-1-4: 
       
-----------     
-----------     
-8---6----     
---6-------     
(F, Bb, Db)


||(1)-------------(5)---------(8 )------------(12)--------
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
||---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
||---+---+---+---+---+-4-+---+-5-+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 
||---+---+---+---+---+-1-+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: ladybass on September 29, 2005, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: djgroovin
LOL!  Sorry.  Guess I should get paid.  Those are the only bass video's that I own.  I'm pretty picky about not buying non-useful stuff.  I hear that the video's on videoprogression.com are pretty good too.


Don't be sorry brothaman ... it's good to pass on good info/resources.  I would hate to buy something, bring it home with excitement and find out it's no good at all.  That's really a waste of $$.  I find myself surfing to Norm's website often.  Next month I may either buy one of his products or sign-up for his groove class on music dojo.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 29, 2005, 01:43:00 PM
Yep, that's the B3 stuff!!

Tony
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: B3Wannabe on September 29, 2005, 04:56:47 PM
Wow! That's a BIG gap in them thar strings! Yoozin have to squeeze 'em together!


 :wink:  :lol:
Title: The Blues
Post by: 4hisglory on September 30, 2005, 09:09:00 AM
Last night, I listen to the blues channel for like an hour (if u have digital cable, u have tons of music channels on the tv).

Why the the blues??

1.  Trying to train my ears to listen to the song keys and figure it out
2.  The blues pattern is "fairly" simple.  The chords are typically, 1, 4, or 5.


I reallize that I have a looooooooooooong way to go, but I'm not giving up.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: ladybass on September 30, 2005, 10:09:11 AM
(http://www.wheatdesign.com/bassbook/images2/aminor.bluesscale.jpg)
Title: wow..
Post by: 4hisglory on September 30, 2005, 10:13:33 AM
Wow..LB....u want me to play a blues scale when I can parely play roots and 5th's. :)
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: tondee on September 30, 2005, 11:30:10 AM
Hey, aren't you a keyboard player?


Tony
Title: Who me??
Post by: 4hisglory on September 30, 2005, 12:52:53 PM
Who me??  Keyboardplayer in a light sense of the word.  Just a beginner there also, been playing sense the beginning of the year.
Title: Journey on the Bass - 4hisglory
Post by: ladybass on September 30, 2005, 01:03:15 PM
Just adding to your journey .. you'll refer to it later, i'm sure.   :)
Title: Re: Who me??
Post by: tondee on September 30, 2005, 01:37:47 PM
Quote from: 4hisglory
Who me??  Keyboardplayer in a light sense of the word.  Just a beginner there also, been playing sense the beginning of the year.


I think you're pulling my leg, Clark Kent...
(Superman question mark)


Correction:  I was confusing you with ddw4e.  Sorry about that.

Tony
Title: Well....
Post by: 4hisglory on October 04, 2005, 11:36:55 AM
Well, it has been about 2 weeks and I am really enjoying the bass.   Right now, I am mainly listen to the blues in order to help develop my ear to what key the song it is.  Right now, I find the blues alot more easier to detect this than gospel, or even jazz.  Probably because the blues us bassed off of the 1, 4 or 5 chord.
Title: Warm Up Exercise For 4 Fingers
Post by: ladybass on November 15, 2005, 09:04:00 AM
http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&l=15235&p=1

If the set tempo is too fast, slow it down.  As you get comfy, speed it up and practice more.  You're using all 4 fingers for this exercise.  In each measure, start with your index finger and end with your pinky.
Title: Ok...
Post by: 4hisglory on November 15, 2005, 12:14:57 PM
Ok-doe-kay.  Got it. :)