Okay thanks, I needed this reminder. Got this exercise from my teacher couple of years back but forgot about it

This is so much harder than I thought it would be.

@NC-cf7kl

5 ай бұрын

I suddenly feel like a beginner again

@luishernandez5392

5 ай бұрын

Same...supper hard

@Charles91994

Ай бұрын

Dude my fingers won't spread to 4. They move to 3

@legendary_azil1238

2 күн бұрын

My skills just depleted 😂

I can vouch for this as a teacher and player. It's the one exercise that you can start on Day 1 and it'll make you better on day 1 and day 1000

@bradh6185

Жыл бұрын

Do you go up and down the neck?

@ericfellner2689

Жыл бұрын

@@bradh6185 Usually the students I show this to are beginners who have a difficult time reaching with their pinky. I'll have them start around the 9th fret where there are fret markers for your pointer and pinky, the frets are close together, but they're not so close that your cramped. As they get the hang of it, I have them move down (toward the headstock).

@ericfellner2689

Жыл бұрын

@@bradh6185 When I do it for myself, I'll just pick different points and set a metronome. I don't worry too much about what fret it is.

@bradh6185

Жыл бұрын

@@ericfellner2689 Thanks.

@ericfellner2689

Жыл бұрын

@@bradh6185 Any time. Feel free to reach out if you ever have a question. Same user name on all social media.

Great way to help with the flying pinky.

Cool video. Good exercise to start wirh. I picked up my bass last night for the first time in over 10 yeaes. I forgot how bad it hurts when you don't have calluses. 😄

@reid.lawson

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing with my only teaching being the basic notes of the c major scale on the E and A string. Only up to the fifth fret. I can play a lot more now and still don’t have calluses, never thought once that it hurt. Maybe yours has flat wound strings on currently?

⭐️⭐️ YOU ARE SO RIGHT!! This ended up being virtually the ONLY thing technical I would tell my young students to practice, because they would actually do it if I let them off the hook for all the other stuff!!! Then the rest of their lessons would be me helping them learn to play the SONGS they liked. It ended up being THESE young students who progressed the farthest and the fastest!

I need this so bad I found it so hard the first time

Man I've been playing bass since I was 12, and trying this out felt like learning to play again. After so much time being able to technically provide for all my bands and projects, I really missed finding something challenging to set new goals

This man is right. I tried this exercise and within a month I could tell that my finger speed and playing had improved vastly. Would 100% recommend👍

This is the best excercise that I’ve never stopped doing, this really does help with left hand technique and independence

This is a great exercise for "economy of motion" but can cause a lot of pain if you do it in first position and have small hands.

@devinebass

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Harder than you think! 🤯

Been doin this exercise for 10+ yrs, it’s a rudiment! Also, LOVE that cat bass mmmMM

Love the Cat bass. I bought one and it's my favorite. I practice more because of its easy playability. Thanks for the exercise.

@ChristopherStoppiello

2 жыл бұрын

I just bought one!

@pablojimenez1423

2 жыл бұрын

I love mine, it has so many cool tones.

Oh yeah, I used to do this before shows and dexterity absolutely improved, not as much muscle cramps.

I started doing this the first time Jonathan did the video and have done it every day since. Totally helped me.

@tony4715

2 жыл бұрын

cannot get my fingers in that position..maybe neck is to wide

Oh this actually helped loads. Helps for guitar too

I've been teaching this for decades, it is one of the best for finger control

Already started doing something quite similar myself, good to know I should keep it up

@devinebass

10 ай бұрын

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

This is a great practice tool. Thanks alot!!!! Gonna use the crap outta this exercise!!!

This is a lot harder than I expected

I just started playing bass again after about 8 years of not playing this is the first thing I started doing im so glad i started playing again

The biggest problem with my technique is this exact thing

@DavidJohnson-pp4sy

Жыл бұрын

I picked the bass for the first time in 25 years a couple of months ago, and this was one of the first exercises I tried, along with scales. I couldn't get off the E-string to start with, and my third finger went on strike. Stick with it. Each day for 5 mins. It really works.

@carpediemarts705

5 ай бұрын

What does it "work" for?

@Gothgalactica

3 ай бұрын

@@carpediemarts705coordination, dexterity, accuracy, speed, stamina, muscle memory…

That whole "don't lift a finger until you need it" is incredibly difficult, and entirely the right way to practice.

@devinebass

9 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

Good tone there too!

Oh my I can't even do this with my hand.

@AJSweat-iu6kj

Жыл бұрын

Try it lower on the neck where the frets are closer!

@robertmudrow8034

8 ай бұрын

@@AJSweat-iu6kj higher not lower!

🧡

The Nordstrand Cat bass used for a noble cause ❤

@southernpaths2986

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I was scrolling the comments like a madman trying to see what kind of bass that is!!

i genuinely did not expect this to be so hard. but im gonna add this to my warm up reg. at first i wasnt sure if i could even do it tbh. i just had to take my time and focus and even position my fingers a little bit

Awesome!

I'll try!!

ive been learning for one day i was surprised with how hard this was to keep each finger in there own fret and pressing all of them down especially the pinkie

@devinebass

6 ай бұрын

It gets easier as your skill, coordination and hand strength increases! You got this!

@crystalwaters8581

6 ай бұрын

@@devinebassyep! I’m already seeing a small difference, I’ll make sure to do this everyday!

Great presentation and educational tool!!! 👍

This is a great exercise. I do this with scales too. Helps with my pathetic ring and pinky strength and to train exactly how much pressure needed to stop buzzing.

How do you prevent your pinky from muting the string when you go down half a step with your index. Is the action on my bass too high?

@grandegroove5485

9 ай бұрын

Same question

@luizfx8249

6 ай бұрын

i try to use the tip of the pinky, and it wont mute. thats hw i do it.

Ooh, gonna start doing this. Thanks!

Thank you, I did it once or twice, but it should be done daily as a beginner.

This is fun if you use any drums loop as a metronome

Been doing this for a few months...I use it when I'm warming up.

Thank you!!!!!

Hell yeah thank you for this.

I learned this exercise from a Paul Davids video, good reminder! And I kinda feel like a dummy bc I couldn't figure out how to ascend back while holding fingers in position...

Great exercise. Thanks for the exercise!

I don’t there’s a day that goes by where I don’t do this. I do it to warm up every time and it does help your dexterity and timing a lot. Once you get good enough at the concept is when I’d start worrying about the timing. Like after a week and you start to get a really good feel is when you should got with a metronome

Simple and brilliant

Thanks 🙏

Thank you!

My fingers aren't long enough to do this on my fretless.

@jahomiehiphop

9 ай бұрын

Do it higher up

Nice! I'll start this today

Got it! I'll start to practice it

My ring and little fingers went wild 😂

Thank you

Thank you buddy

Ah, the old Steve Vai spider walk, should have thought of this going from guitar to bass 😅

He’s right. Been doing this on guitar for years

Acynonix has a badass tone for a short scale!

That was the very first thing my bass teacher told me until we started the first song.

Thanks..

Works great on guitar too

Lovely

Thanks. I keep doing chromatic warm ups but I didn't think to do it that way. I'll stop typing and start fretting!

My hand and my brain is not cooperating 😂wah too hard

yeah, I did this shit in the first 4 frets and with different patterns. It helps I guess, but is painful at the beginning.

I play a LOT of chromatic scale on flute. I attribute this and a good ear to be why I can play almost anything by ear. My fingers have every pitch prigrammed into memory.

When doing the exercise If you see you ring and pinky fingers are the only your struggling with to get the most from your practicing only repeat the fingers that are struggling the go back to the whole exercise good luck 🍀

Nice bass

My teacher calls this one the spider exercise!

Can you please demonstrate this on a full scale five string starting with the low C?

sneaky sneaky hard to do

What you should do everyday (or at least evertime you practice) is to sing what you play. Scales licks melodies apreggios etc. Also the music you like, sing the bassline, the melodi, the guitarlicks eventually solos etc. at some point you will be able to sing and therefore play everything you hear. For some this comes naturally for others it takes time. But this is without doubt the single most important skill for any musician to learn. Technique comes as a secondary skill you will achieve while learning new stuff. Mindless and tidies technique exercises that you will never apply in real music is a waste of time IMO. If you insist, at least spent no more than 5-10% of your practice on it as a warm up.

@buckemptier

2 жыл бұрын

We’re you trying to spell tedious?

@buckemptier

2 жыл бұрын

I agree though , I just thought that was a funny way to spell it if that's what you were going for

@makafuniruni

2 жыл бұрын

@@buckemptier yeah not my first language😅

@buckemptier

2 жыл бұрын

@@makafuniruni I'm glad because I hate to be grammar police or whatever but I thought it was funny so I said something . at least this way we can laugh about it because it's understandable so nobody gets mad

@bongjovi4928

Жыл бұрын

Lol

holy fuck did this help

Spider walks on all strings violin guitar bass. Also working this with double stops really helps. So let’s say (1) Index right hand is on C and (3) ring finger on A . Place (2) middle finger on C# and the (4) pinky A#.

Nice

YOOOO this is a great practice technique!! have you heard of the spider scale?

I realy need a short scale, as a guitarist i suffer on bass. Too big of a neck. And i got small hands

@johnnytmcq

2 жыл бұрын

Just got to do it bud. I am a guitarist who's learning to play bass, and it definitely f****** hurts at first. But you keep at it, practice and practice and practice. And one day you'll realize that it doesn't hurt anymore, and that your fingers are f****** jacked, lol

thanks zubin sedghi

Now do this on a full scale bass on the first frets with smaller than average hands. Recipe for injury. I use the shift method.

@bongjovi4928

Жыл бұрын

Just get a tiny bass if you have tiny hands

Now do this on a Stingray/Precision Bass's thick fretboard and your fingers are already dead.

Let's just remember he is playing short-scale bass, but yeah still the most famous exercise ever

Is this called the spider walk? It's been years but I'm gonna go practice this again?

Thank you for this, my pinky finger needs help.

@herb2839

2 жыл бұрын

X2

@hecc5123

2 жыл бұрын

@@herb2839 X3

@arudee1219

2 жыл бұрын

@@hecc5123 X4

@IAMGODJA1

11 ай бұрын

X5

Which string will it start from

Maybe I suck but this isn't easy, great exercise!

@devinebass

Ай бұрын

You don't suck, if you've never worked on these before they are tricky!

Since I’m guitar player, will it be easier for me to learn bass?

I can't do it. My fingers locks up after i moved the first finger down

Maybe that will help me with this flying pinky problem? I’m currently working on that in SBL’s Technique Course and the dang pinky won’t behave.

What bass is that?

The problem I have with this exercise is going up the strings (in pitch). Most of us use our fingers to mute the strings below whichever string we're plucking/picking, so this seems a little unnecessary.

How can I adapt with my small hands

Well, my left hand hates you. But thank you! This hurts, but I can see how it will help me in time!

What bass model is that

does anyone know what brand this bass is?

This is so hard, I can’t move my ring finger without that pinky coming off the fret 🤦🏻‍♂️ will keep trying

I still can’t do this ‼️

The spider? I saw someone teach that on guitar but never tried it out I guess now its time.

Learned this from a Jaco video

I feel like my hands are way too small for this 🥲

I have always struggled with this since my pinky finger is not long enough to do this properly. what do you recommend?

@devinebass

21 күн бұрын

have you experimented with neck angle and bass positioning to give your pinky more reach?

Heyyy what's the make & model of that cool bass?

@pablojimenez1423

2 жыл бұрын

Nordstrand acynonix

Short scale ?