Three 60-Second Bass Exercises For SUPREMELY Coordinated Hands [No More ‘Fumble Fingers']
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Ever had a case of the ‘fretboard finger fumbles’?
Or come up against a bass line that threw your hands into total disarray?
Or maybe a lick that moved around a bit and your fingers simply couldn’t handle it?
The fretboard finger fumbles are very real, but it’s also something you can deal with - and that’s what I want to help you with in this video today.
I’ve got 3 very short, but ultra-effective exercises designed to do one thing
*Get your hands coordinated and ‘in-sync’*
In the lesson, you’ll learn:
► The ‘String-Skipper’ exercise, a ‘3-Note-Gallop’ exercise and a kind of ‘Meditation’ exercise - all specifically made to get your hands in sync
► The biggest mistakes to avoid when you’re trying to coordinate your hands
► How to ‘stack’ these short exercises to make a full-blown hand workout
If you want the tabs, tracks and notation for everything you see in this lesson, just head here:
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Fill out the form on that page and I’ll send it all to you for free.
Now like I mention in the third exercise, you can use just about anything to improve your coordination.
You could use the scale exercises from the lesson, you could modify them to suit your needs - you can create your own exercises and technique workouts.
You can even do the same thing with existing bass lines that you already know and love. The important thing is to follow the process that I lay out in that third exercise.
If you can do that, your hands will have no choice but to get on the same page.
Good luck with the lesson and happy playing!
Cheers,
Luke
P.S. If you want to get your own hands on the same page, give yourself the BEST chance by downloading the tabs, tracks and notation from this video.
It’s 100% free:
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[Chapters]
0:00 Fretboard Finger Fumbles
0:18 Exercise #1 - The String Skipper
1:32 Exercise #2 - Groups Of Three ‘Gallop’
2:39 Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes
4:03 How Stack These Exercises For A Full Coordination Workout
6:00 Exercise #3 - The Meditating Monk Exercise
7:56 Extra Pro Tip
8:13 Level Up Your Hands With A Killer Bass Workout
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Thank you Luke, FINALLY someone who gets it. Most beginning players, regardless of age, can't follow most of the lessons on YT. Plus you add in old age, arthritis, multiple decades of physical impairments, and although everyone on YT means well, you are one of the few who truly understand. Thank you.
@BecomeABassist
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That's very kind of you to say @Boosted Twin Cams - I'm glad you get something out of these lessons!
@MsRouder
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Хорошо сказано!
Best lesson so far. Really appreciate it 🙏🏼
you are such a good teacher; I am learning so much from you and hope I can apply a fraction of it to my playing (I am a brand new player)
Thanks a lot! This lesson is very useful!
I've always slowed down to practice but I've never thought of it as a meditation exercise before. I like that perspective a lot, getting in touch with the whole of the hand and process, I'm going to keep this in mind when I'm practicing next. Thank you for the great lessons!
As always, excellent material and well presented. thanks again, Luke.
@BecomeABassist
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You're very welcome Jerry! Glad you are enjoying it all!
I appreciate this tutorial and that you included the names of the scales. Im teaching myself bass and its only been a few days and bc of how you play it, it led me to music theory obviously but I'm picking up alot of knowledge already that I didnt learn teaching myself to play a little bit of guitar, im a singer and drummer though. I knew the Aeolian scale (or mode I think..noob lol) because Simon Gallup of The Cure likes that one and he's the reason I decided I wanted to learn bass as well. Thank you for putting this out there for all of us! 🤘
Another great lesson thanks bro keep them coming!
@BecomeABassist
Жыл бұрын
Definitely will do @Tommy Massey!
You are a saint on Earth my friend. I'm slowly digging into the music theory part of bass and these videos help quite a bit. Not to mention tracks and guides. I will keep a place in my mind to remember the generosity and hopefully repay it in some way down the road. Thank you.
@BecomeABassist
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Psyched you're finding the videos helpful @AbsoluteAl!
Great stuff as usual. It adds a layer of thought but trying different finger-fretting choices helps figure out more efficient ways to travel around the fretboard. I have a natural tendency to start every scale with the index finger. I see you start the Cmaj scale with the middle finger, which makes so much more sense so you can hit the major 3rd (E) with the index finger.
@BecomeABassist
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100% @Rob Geller! Being able to start on any finger at any point on the fretboard makes a HUGE difference. Yes, it's an extra thing to think about, but well worth it.
This technique is very essential ......... helped me alot .....
@BecomeABassist
Жыл бұрын
Awesome to hear @Sanjay! Glad it helped.
Hi Luke , 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 great , this is what I need ❤ just this days..... thanks again
@BecomeABassist
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Happy to hear it @G Major!
1:58 my sax tutor had me doing exercises like this one. Happy memories!
@BecomeABassist
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You must have had a good sax tutor then! Haha! Glad I could put you on that nostalgia train for a hot second @Old Uncle Mick!
Someone has been hitting the gym, nice form :D
@BecomeABassist
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Gotta get huge, gotta stay huge!
Like the last one. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast!
@davedave8608
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so slow is fast? 🤔
@BecomeABassist
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Absolutely @Joe Wehner! Can't go wrong with it.
Do you have any tips for increasing finger strength as well? I can barely use my left hand since it's not my dominant, it's much weaker than my right.
@BecomeABassist
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely @Sir this is a Wendy's. Check out this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eaF6ldexhrqpisY.html It's specifically about strengthening your pinky, but the exercises I talk about in that video can strengthen whichever finger becomes the 'anchor'. Hope it helps!
Want the FREE tabs, notation, plus all the tracks from this video (as well as the slowed down practice tracks)? Get it all right here: becomeabassist.com/3-bass-coordination-exercises
Hi Luke, I've started giving bass lessons to a few friends and I don't know what to teach when. I thought my friend some muting techniques and gave him a left hand exercise (it's just doing 6-7-8-9 on the E string.). Any tips on what should I teach next? I've already thought him two finger alternate picking too
Круто! 👍 Благодарю Люк! 🎸!
@BecomeABassist
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Пожалуйста @Mr Rowder!
Luke, what kind of wood is that on your ripe banana bass? Very cool!
Could you maybe in future do a video on two handed tapping.
@BecomeABassist
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I do have a video about a very specific Billy-Sheehan-style tapping technique that you might like @Ana. Here's the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqZ9mcV7hL3SmZM.html
2:00 Not me freaking out not realizing I kept my videos playing on 1.5x
@nopeacewithoutjustice6133
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(It sounds amazing btw)
@BecomeABassist
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Haha! Thanks so much @no peace without justice
ur some handsome
@BecomeABassist
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I do my best