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Gospel Instruments => Bass Guitar => Topic started by: drums2keys on December 27, 2006, 08:23:52 PM
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If you have a 5 string bass how can you use a book that teaches, using a 4 string bass
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the 5 string is setup just like a 4 string but it has an extra lower string. all you have to do is use the bottom 4 strings in conjunction with the book and once you realize that the lowest string is a 5th scale degree lower than the 4th string. then you incorporate that. a 4 string is strung, E A D G and a 5 string is strung B E A D G. you can easily see that they are the same, just one has more strings. I hope I don't sound confusing
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Leave your plucking hand thumb anchored on the B string (the fattest one), and ignore it while you are working out of a 4 string book.