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This lesson is given by a great bass player by the name of Victor Wooten, He will be showing you how to use the double thumb technique in conjunction with the other finger. Practise this technique on every string and also practice doing it while fretting notes. He will also give you some different ideas of how to use this technique in making music rather than just being a practise exercise. This bass lesson is in a series so make sure you check out the other lessons too.

In this video victor talks to us about harmonics on the bass guitar, and also tell us how he views certain shapes and patterns on the fret board.

In this bass lesson the instructor is going to teach you how to trickle how a pentatonic scale on bass, This scale is in the key of A and can be used with any song in the key of A. To tricky down you need to play 3 notes in a row, then do back and play the second, then the next 3 than the second. It’s like three steps forward and one step back. You do this until you reach the end of the scale. You can view more lessons in the Bass Section of the sitemap on this site or you can go to ExpertVillage.com

This bass exercise will give you great co-ordination and will help you incorporate all your fingers in playing bass. The exercise is as easy as playing the first string first fret with your pointer finger, Your 3rd fret with your 3rd finger, then 2nd with your index finger and 4th with your pinky and repeat this as fast as possible with all 4 strings.

This video is to talk to you about some beginner techniques including finger placement, Allot of people like to rest there thumb on there pickup which gives you a good resting spot for your index and middle finger on your right (or left) hand. You can buy a thumb rest and fit that onto your guitar instead of using the pickup but the pickup works just as well. Not resting your thumb can make your playing sloppy and awkward. It will help you feel more secure and comfortable.