Finger Busting Exercise For Bass! Is Your Left Hand Tough Enough?

Last week I posted an arrangement of Bach’s Prelude #2 from The Well Tempered Clavier for two bass guitars played by myself and Ariane Cap. This week I’m breaking down the process of arranging the piece and giving some tips on learning this or any classical music on bass. Click To Download Tab

In this week’s lesson I’ve got a kickass major scale exercise for you that will help to develop both your technique and your muscle memory when playing sequential scalar lines. Position Shift Workout This workout is a variation of the C major scale that includes a position shift to extend it past the octave. Try…

This week we’re looking at a cool riff you can use for working on your 16th note articulation and your ghost notes. There are also a few tricky octave patterns in there. So buckle up and get ready for a workout!! Let’s Get To Work! This riff is a typical 16th note funk line making…

Some great exercises and tips on alternate fingerpicking for bass guitar. The lesson covers odd accent groupings, odd time signatures and advanced string crossing. What Is Alternate Picking? When we play fingerstyle on the bass, it makes sense to use our fingers in the most efficient and logical way. Most people use two fingers and…

Here’s a quick exercise you can use for developing your speed when crossing strings on Bass. Take it slow and gradually build up speed. It’s a circular exercise in that it ends back at the start so you can keep going round and round and round. There’s also a few tips on technique and how…