Useful resources for bass players...

[planethead]

Title edited to avoid labelling.

Here are three links to resources that have improved my playing and will hopefully do the same for you...

I started when I was 11 and at 44 .... the further you go the less you know!

I have no association with or connection to any of these sites. The views of the site owners and contributprs do not and should not be considered a reflection my own. Do not post me with reference to them I will not respond. If you choose to contact the individuals/site owners please do so with courtesy and respect.

I can tell you with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY they improved my playing - I used them in the following way:

For general left and right hand technique:
[url="http://www.adamnitti.com/lessons.shtml"]Adam Nitti[/url]

Dave Marks has a good vid re the one-finger-per-note mantra - exercises are just that how you play a piece of music may differ out of necessity don't feel bound to any one technique or method.

I learned double thumbing from this video ALONE - if you haven't seen it before - once you're over the initial shock of the first half - focus and use the second half of the vid:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAs0IBmBiOk&feature=channel"]MarloweDK[/url]

A superb resource for transcriptions - some of the pieces you want to be able to play are here - don't concern yourself with your own ability to read or not sometimes just being able to look at a piece of music and follow the notes as you listen even if your not sure what it all means can be a good starting point:
[url="http://www.lucaspickford.com/"]Lucus Pickford[/url]

This text file is based on Adam Nittis exercises and I use this as a general warm-up - [attachment=18620:fingerex.txt]
Please do READ accompanying notes.

With reference to the potential for damage to that most fexible of tools the human hand
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_nerve"]Ulnar-nerve[/url]

and...
[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portnoys-Complaint-Philip-Roth/dp/0099399016/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1231840977&sr=8-2"]for teenagers young and old[/url]


see what a difference the light makes ... hope this all helps

ttfn

Edited January 13, 2009 by planethead

[Snakey Lane]

[quote name='planethead' post='378691' date='Jan 13 2009, 10:07 AM']This text file is based on Adam Nittis exercises and I use this as a general warm-up - [attachment=18620:fingerex.txt]
Please do READ accompanying notes.[/quote]

Hi, does it matter if you play down each column or across each row in turn? Thanks.

[planethead]

[quote name='Snakey Lane' post='379802' date='Jan 13 2009, 10:50 PM']Hi, does it matter if you play down each column or across each row in turn? Thanks.[/quote]

doesn't matter alternate -

once you've got a feel for them turn it on its head and use the fingering to 'spider' across all strings

on E string start 1st finger on 5th fret (A) 2nd finger on A string 6th fret (D#), 3rd finger on D string 7th fret (A) 4th finger on G string 8th fret (D#)

flip it

1st finger on G string 5th fret © 2nd finger D string 6th fret (G#) and so on back to E string 4th finger ©

just don't screw up your hands you won't get another pair that work as well in this life time :-)

ttfn