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Master Finger Independence – Beginners
#BASSNATION Happy New Year to all!! First off, thanks for your dedication to me and to playing your instrument! I’m kicking off the first week of this year with a beginner level lesson that can be used at ANY level to not only strengthen and maintain your dexterity but also a great exercise to work on hand muscle and speed. I encourage you all to take a step back (or forward!) at the beginning of 2021 to this great exercise that will really increase your hand strength and your overall playing.
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How often should I practice on bass and how long.
Shabron, what are your goals on the bass? How much time do you have to play and how often can you play?
I apologize for spelling your name wrong also.
Hello my goal is to play bass for our church, and I’m very active in my church once played drums for years, but my goal and feel my calling is bass.
My goal is to play for our church, I have time during the day,I work nights,but I’m hungry for this.
At LEAST 30min a day, with productive exercises or theory study
Hello daric, I am a drummer from China. Now I am trying to learn how to play bass. The first time I met you was on youtube. The knowledge you shared is very attractive to me. However, there is an automatic subtitle generation function on YouTube. Yes, and it can be automatically translated into Chinese. After becoming your member, there is no subtitle function here, which makes my study difficult. Can you add subtitle function? I will also work hard to learn English, the above are also google translations^_^
Gm my goal is to learn to play bass and be productive at doing it,I know practice make perfect,and I want this so bad my goal is to play for our church.
ok, understood. Let’s dive a little deeper into this.
What’s a sing that your church sings, I’ll help you dissect and learn from the beginning
ok, understood. Let’s dive a little deeper into this.
What’s a song that your church sings, I’ll help you dissect and learn from the beginning
We sing a lot of Pentecostal song. Theres a storm over the ocean and it’s moving this Ol way. Where should I go. More fast tempo songs, it’s killing me that ,I’m not grasping it.
What would be a reasonable expectation as to how long it’s gonna take to get decent at finger independence? I’m 62 and have only been playing a few months. My bass instructor tells me repeatedly that if I can’t spread my fingers and have them move independently then I’ll never be a bass player. I’d really like to be a bass player. 🙁
https://player.vimeo.com/video/741144301
I don’t even know how to thank you for this video. The fact that you took the time to do this is mind boggling.
I am on day 3 of my finger exercises and already I’ve noticed a difference. I know that I need to just keep practicing every day and eventually it’ll come together. It might not be as quickly as my teacher would like but what the hell does he know; he’s a guitar player who knows how to play the bass. Jerk.
Thank you again, you completely made my day.
Pleasure was all mine and that’s what I’m here for! So Glad I could help you