Technique Buster! (Finger independence for bass players) (L
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A few weeks ago I released a lesson covering what I refer to as my “Flying Fingers Exercise”. In a nut shell, it’s a great exercise that’s retrains and refines your fretting hand technique. Which is a must for all bass players!
It went down a storm and was watched over 50,000 times in the first few weeks so I thought it was about time to give you another great exercise I use with my students.
This exercise is focusing on the fretting hand, with a focus on finger independence and controlled movement. As always when working on anything that will be changing your technique you must start slow and work up the speed of time. When changing your technique you're literally reprogramming your brain to alter the signals it's been sending automatically without thought - so the brain needs time to adjust and relearn the correct movements. To find out more about how your brain literally has a mind of it's own in many ways, particularly when changing your technique, check out this video here.
As always, see you in the shed…
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I think i nearly had a stroke doing that second exercise. FYI, yelling at your ring(3rd) finger will not make it move.
😂😂😂
I just don't understand why it won't do what I tell it. It's so damn stubborn.
That first exercise is THE granddaddy exercise that improved my playing outta sight. Now I do this up and down the fretboard and concentrate working between the 1st and 5th frets to really stretch the left hand. Helped heaps. The second one is also v helpful
I like some of the progress from the comments promising to practice this. To hold myself accountable, I'll try this exercise every other day and will update in a month! Happy practice everyone!
(I know nobody is reading this but somebody might will, in the future)
Ok it's been a week since I started doing this every other day, for at least 15 minutes each time. Somedays I also do it outside of practice time, usually when I'm watching TV and just idly repeat the exercise with the bass unplugged. Today I noticed that my pinkie finger is starting to be less stretched out. But I still need to go slow.
As for the 2nd practice, my ring finger has started to obey my command and can move down easier but won't hit the note cleanly. Progress is progress.
@@AbsurdistAsian we got a 1 week update but not 2 3 and the month. Did your fingers fall off?
Hey Scott, I recently signed up for your paid lessons. I took a long hiatus from bass playing. I have to tell you (and everyone else) that in a few hours I went back to basics and my playing ramped up so quickly, I am unlearning the bad habits that frustrated me in the first place. This is the best money I have spent on my bass education. I love what you do and thank you for being such an incredible teacher!
after hours and hours and hours of practice I was finally able to play the first 2 notes of this correctly
Hey Scott, my parents recently purchased bass lessons for me and I’m starting entirely fresh and without experience whatsoever. These additional exercises and lessons help a ton, and I’d like to thank you for this. This is the first video I’ve seen but it’s already earned you a sub from me. I’m here smiling like a maniac because how well the first one alone is working. Thanks Scott!
I have played previously for almost 10 years and now I am wanting to get back in the bass scene after about 15 years! Thanks Scott for putting these videos up! I am so used to using my index and middle fingers, but since watching videos of my fav group, Blues Traveler and watching their bass players, I want to learn how to use the 4 fingers all together! This is going to be an experience but my mind is set that I am going to do it!
Thanks for my sore fingertips! I've only discovered your vids two days ago and I've played my fingers raw. I may have said it before but I quit bass to be a motorbike enthusiast about eight years ago but epilepsy put paid to that. At my last hospital visit the nurse told me I shouldn't cycle either. I came off antidepressants as they may have been lowering my seizure threshold and awaited a deep depression. Then I remembered, my bass at my parents' house! I got it out and the last few days I've learned more and unlearned lots of bad habits. It's a tricky one too. Tuned BEAD and fretless so I'm really enjoying having to be precise. A fun learning curve. I've been given my life back and I owe you thanks for putting it so simply I can progress easier now. Yorkshire represent!
My brain does not want to let my 3rd finger move on it's own haha >.>
Ahhhh hahaa same
what's the name of this technic that dont use 3rd finger?
@@poveda01 It’s called bad technique. It’s important to practice, work on it, and fix it. And this is coming from someone with awful third and fourth finger issues at present moment who’s working on it
This is one of the most valuable lesson I've gotten thus far.Been obsessing with this difficult exercise for a few days and I've killed the beast! Technic is such on obstacle to seamless playing. Thank you sooo much Scott
Top Top bass lessons. I've been playing on and off for 20 years and have now decided to start again. Your the best by far thanks for sharing your talent.
This was just the exercise i needed for my ringfinger!
Awesome! Great to know the lesson is helping you on your journey :)
Scott: teaches two different exercises.
Me: combines them into one exercise.
*EFFICIENCY UP*
You always give me positive emotions and great lessons;)
Thank you Scott.
What a great video! Those exercises were great, I even shared them with my guitarist friends who benefited! Thanks!
AAAHHH been slacking off in practicing and this is helping me well after weeks of not playing the bass! Thanks again for helpful videos like this Scott!
I can't belive you make this videos free, you are amazing, many thanks for you work.
Piece a cake Yela! Great to know you're enjoying them :)
@@devinebass I'm playing the bass for like 40 years now. Did not use my ring finger once. Shame on me. Finally getting somewhere due to this. Thank bro!
I simply love your lessons! *.*
I really like these exercises, thank you very much, Scott !!!
The pinky solute? I love it! I always do this when I'm learning a new complex song (once I get it down slowly I add in my pinky to get full speed) but I've never had a good name for it. Also thanks for sharing this exercise, you can never know too much about your instrument.
Hi Scott, really love your videos, great source of info and techniques, they've helped me a lot and I've recommender lots of them to some fellow bassists friends, keep up the good work and good luck with the channel from your fans in Portugal ;).
hey, it's exactly comming next throught the previous one !
Good exercice for pinky... maybe the best i ever done. thanks scott
beautiful thank you scott
I like these kind of finger exercises, it is very helpfull for me... Thank you Scott!
Great video!! thank you for uploading these technique busters, they are extremely useful.
Man, that last exercise is actually "trickier" than I thought! Thanks for this Scott!
Thanks Scott, very usefull lesson!!
Scott...I've been playing for years but those 8 notes are a punisher!
Definitely going to stay tuned. Thanks!
Excellent exercise! Thanks, Scott!
Cheers Maris! :)
finally i know what the glove is for. I am a guitarrist but i love these lessons! I bow to Scott! you da real mvp! XD
Thanks for this lesson Scott. I enjoy the exercises even though they so hard.
I'm a beginning jazz guitarist learning bass and your videos have really helped me!
Ahhh that 2nd exercise though! #jackedupwrist lol! :D
Lol... yeah it's a tough one ;)
@@devinebass tough indeed haha
instaBlaster...
your lessons are always easy to comprehend though..thanks scott :)
Thank you very much Scott!
thanks for the lesson
Wow... thank you! Very cool!
great stuff like always ... love your bass bro
Hi Scott, I'm playing bass guitar since 30 years and you just change my life.., I discover how to boost my game.. Your are the best Scott, thank you so much..
I do not understand very well english but I understand Scott talking !!
Ahhhh thanks so much for the lovely comment! Loads more lessons are on the way for you :)
AHH! AT 3:30! NAILED IT! OMG THATS BEEN ME FOR THE PAST LIKE 7 YEARS! While only playing for 4 months, I got a 5 string bass cuz I thought I had to, to be a better bassist and I didn't develop the proper tech! Oh man.. I've never seen anyone call that little thing out. I'm going to learn so much from this video.
Again,... Brilliant !
Cheers man! :)
cheers Scott!
Thanks Scott, Another great lesson, I'm going to start using this as one of my warm up exercises...would have really liked somebody to have shown me this when I first started playing...
Awesome Michael! More lessons are on the way :)
Thanks Scott, just what I was after!
great lesson
wow i have been running away from that second exercise for a couple times jajaa but well its time to accept the challenge!
Thanks a lot Dr Scott!!
Thanks for these, I have only partially conquered my flying pinkie problem, I'm going to use these plus the ones on the flying fingers lesson to try and finally get it under control.
And that last one, -that- looks like a killer. Gonna have fun learning it.
This is great. Thanks a lot, Scott!
As ridiculous as it sounds, with just having watched this video I already feel my technique has improved :-)
Thank you so much..... This video really helps😊
thank you much!
Muchthanx 4 Knowledge ....verY good exercice
cool cool cool indeed. cheers!
Extremely helpful! I’m using my pinky lots more than before, I still need to practice abit more but it’s definitely helping
6:56 I felt that, that’s exactly what i’m trynna get rid off rn.
Great video btw!
Hey, great videos. I gave up playing a few years back because of my arthritis. But I can't stay away from playing altogether, just can't play for long. This exercise (especially #2) has really helped me get some dexterity back (after some time) I can actually, almost play it without messing it up. Still my hands ache if I try to do it faster on the E and even the A (it really make me stretch my thumb joint up there - basal arthritis) but I'm OK on the D & G. This is kinda fun, too, because I can't play what I used to and this gives my brain something to do instead of getting pissed that I can no longer play what I want.
Your lessons are invaluable to me. This lesson is the root to learning finger control but even more, it teaches us how to be conscious of the connection between our awareness (brain?) and our fingers.
Playing and practicing for years taught my hands how to play. I'm still recovering from carpal tunnel and compressed ulnar nerve surgery on the left hand, and found another level of control even when the fingers have no feeling, and don't do what you ask them to do.
I continued gigging 2 weeks after the cast came off, and wear a glove when I play, as it somehow helps me be aware of the fingers. Thank you, Mister.Scott, for all you do.
Hey Tony great to hear you enjoyed the lesson man! Good luck with the recovery :)
Thanks this actually works, it took some time, but it was worth it.
Your're funny Scott! Thanks for the awesome videos, I appreciate it and will eventually join your site.
thank you for explanation of glove i thought it was a secret to muting. also thank you for playing real well at the same time talking off the cuff with much substance and teaching.... multitasking bad ass you are! :)
Scott just awesome way of practice :) I love All your vídeos
Thanks Daniel! More lessons on the way :)
This exercises are very helpfull if you suffer from focal dystonia.practise them as slow as possible.practicing them really slow will help to remap your brain.ill go and practice right now ;-) thanks scotty..
This lesson came at the perfect time.. I was studying technique this week.. And look what pops up.. A technique video.. Great one Scott!!
Piece a cake! :)
Really cool stuff here. The first one reminds me of an exercise from John Pattittucci's Bass Workshop.
This is awesome, it also helps if you play the upright bass too.
Thank You so much Sir...
I want to SHARE some good benefits of these Exercises ,,especially 2nd one...
1''It corrects your Sitting position
sometimes we are practicing, and we create a good bass line or riffs as per our level of bass.
and feel yaaa.. its good and play again and again for a long time during practice, but we FORGET our position. haha thats fun,
anyways, if you want to practice this Exercise you must have to sit proper postion, either bass are up middle or downward..
But Sitting Proper..
2"" It Shap's you mind
no matter either you are in timing or not, Metronome , Drum track or something else.
But if you practice with timing , that's awesome..
Thanks Everyone..
Thanks for the Lessons
@Scottsbasslessons..
Thank you! This will likely keep me busy for months. I think you do an amazing job clearly pointing out what is definitely bad technique by explaining why is is bad, vs individual styles of playing. For instance, flying fingers are poor economy of movement so bad, but using your right hand pinky and ring to mute, which I do, is ok. Even Jaco does it. I thought that was maybe bad technique, but it is natural for me and I feel more confident doing it now. Anyway, great work!
Just what I needed!! And funny; I sort of did the second one off the top of my head as a first left-hand independence exercise!
really perfect exercices thank you , happy to joined you in SBL :-)
Scott, a good exercise would be Joe Satriani's 'Mointain Song'. You can see the fingering on this video on the electric (disclaimer: this is not me), this may equally work on the base. It exercises fingers through all four strings. It's a great warm-up exercise.
It HUUUUURTS but I'm getting faster. Been playing with ONLY TWO fingers my whole bass career, first and third. Developed a lot of workarounds, but now I want to play some Haken. Two fingers won't cut it.
This is awesome and will probably start a new chapter in my bass playing life. Thanks, Scott.
That last one reminds me of a Steve Bailey exercise (I think he called it The Hazard) that came out in Guitar Player Magazine over 20 years ago, however, it was for 6-string bass, and the idea was that you started with your index finger, anywhere on the B and do half-step, jump to the next string, half-step, jump, etc. all the way across the neck, then leave the index anchored on the C, and go back the other way across the neck with middle and ring, anchor the middle finger and try to get back across the neck with ring and pinky. Then, slide up a fret, and start from the C with index and middle and work back across to the B, anchor the index on the B, and work back across with middle and ring, an so on. You get as far as you can without strain or pain, and when it hurts, or you've done the whole neck, you have completed the exercise. It's not so bad on a 4-string, but it helps with independence. On a 6-string with a wide neck, and extended scale, it is a BEAST of an exercise, but if you want to really be able to get the most out of your instrument, your hands have to be strong, supple, flexible and responsive. And it takes time, it wasn't supposed to be something you could do overnight.
thanks from Argentina!
Cheers Juan! :)
You are very symphatic person :D, very good teacher too! Thank U for lessons :)
Always thought I’ve been good at using my pinky but now I see I live been just using it in as a replacement for the third finger when I didn’t feel like using it. This is good I’ll practice thanks
Love your videos. I will be signing up at scotts bass lessons.com very soon. You are a fantastic teacher.
this is a great exercise and I am looking forward to trying it tonight.
that second exercise....it's great but what a battle for my brain!
Great lesson, getting back in the shed...
Great exercises!
You people might want to check out Steve Bailey’s exercices: Bailey's Bar and Grill Tutorial - Building an Efficient Left Hand and Bailey's Bar and Grill Tutorial - Hazard Exercise
I play Guitar since 30 Years and Bass since 20 but THIS gives me a braintwister! Thank you very much!!!
+IzzyOnGuitar My brain is fighting my ring finger…it's a civil war in my body
+andmer Which one? The first or the second one?
+IzzyOnGuitar the second exercise (leaving the fingers on the string) kills me
+andmer Like Scott said: practice as slow as possible. The Second one is known to me since mid90ies. In Germany it is called "Spinne" (Spider). It might takes a few weeks but as u go fluently by, your complete lefthand performance will enhance.
The first one is a braintwister to me. :D
thank you very much. will be spending some time on your site, for sure. thanks again.
P.S. loved the bass ball bat joke ;)
Nice Work Scott! First time I watch ur videos, this is such a great exercise ! Do you have any videos of fretless technique?
Good stuff.
Cheers Michael! :)
Thanks, should keep me busy for this month :-)
As always great video ! Thank you for your lesson Scott. The second exercise is quite difficult going from G to E string but it's almost impossible from E to G ! My pinky always mute the string below :s
Where I come from, My teachers call the second exercise "the spider exercise" :) I never tried the first one though, so thanks for that!
Nice! I know the second exercise as the "spider excercise"
Great Scott !!! I did not know about your hand condition. Was even looking at gloves because you wear one.
My new science tutor...Dr Scott, LOL. I actually didn't realize that about the fingers but it makes sense
thanks again for the free exercise Scott! yet another way to keep my pinky salute in check! cheers from the Philippines!
My pleasure John! :)
SUPER!
Cheers man :)
Hi Scott, first of all thanks so much for all this content, it's amazing and so helpful!
I have a question about the plucking hand in the first exercise (C-A-C#-A# etc), do you do index-middle-index-middle-index-middle-index-middle pattern or do you switch to the middle finger for the second part of that exercise? (index-middle-index-middle-middle-index-middle-index)?
Hope you can answer,
Thanks a lot.
Nice. This is why i keep and old crappy bass in my closet at work... Something new to work on when things are slow at the office. Something i can work on with no amp around. Thanks!
My pleasure! More lessons on the way so watch out ;)
I Loved your video! I like the way you explain and it shows that you like doing that. I wish to someday you make a lesson on how to play the bass in this song: Sumo - Mejor no hablar de ciertas cosas. That is one of the most referents of Argentine Rock bands. A huge hug from Argentina.
Roaming around the SBL lesson vids. Have subscribed to the mailing list. There is a ton of stuff there.
Great Exercise there Scott! I was wondering am working on my left hand technique is there a certain way or position our finger tips should press on the strings?
Scott: Always love these. The "Fly Out" was awesome becasue I am fighting that battle. This follow up was also great.
I actually have a very strong 4th finger, but a sometimes lazy or untrained 3rd finger. I think these will help but if you can think of any to target this case, I am ready to hear on that :)
I was also showed one where you move the outside of the 4 fingers over frets and then the inside alternately. Not playing any notes, just getting the brain to send the movement signals as you put it in your video.
Cheers!
Great to hear you're enjoying the lessons! Watch out... as there's lots more on the way :)
Great video as always. I've been doing exercises like you've showed for quite a long time (a guitar player showed me them the other day... yes guitar players can be helpfull ;-)). They really work.
Anyways, thanks for another great lesson :-)
PS All the best from Poland! ;-)
Great to hear you enjoyed it! Lots more on the way too :)
I totally need this right now. I got trapped in the slap bass void and focused on it for a long time. Now, I'm on a garage revival band, and we're covering a Stroke's song, Undercover of Darkness, and I'm having a hard time being precise with the finger independence. Thanks for this Scott! You're videos are helpful and fun as always.
"Slap bass void" Good one!
That term was coined by Scott himself, on "Slap Bass Lesson - Beginner/Intermediate - with Scott Devine (L#74)" I've watched it, but I still didn't listen to him. Now I'm paying the price :D
Knollan Tanteo Lol... Don't worry man... I still get stuck in the slap void sometimes too ;)
Good stuff! The first exercise is a slight variation on John Patitucci's Spider exercise. Excellent strength and control exercise.
thanks master!! that¨s funny