Do this bass exercise EVERY DAY 💪!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2022
- In this quick lesson, Jonathan Herrera talks about one of his 'go-to' bass exercises to build strength and independence.
You can check out Jonathan's SBL lessons and live streams at the SBL website.
See you in the shed!!
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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.
I suddenly feel like a beginner again
Same...supper hard
Dude my fingers won't spread to 4. They move to 3
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
Do you go up and down the neck?
@@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).
@@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.
@@ericfellner2689 Thanks.
@@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. 😄
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
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👍
Harder than you think! 🤯
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 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.
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This is the best excercise that I’ve never stopped doing, this really does help with left hand technique and independence
Been doin this exercise for 10+ yrs, it’s a rudiment! Also, LOVE that cat bass mmmMM
Oh yeah, I used to do this before shows and dexterity absolutely improved, not as much muscle cramps.
Love the Cat bass. I bought one and it's my favorite. I practice more because of its easy playability. Thanks for the exercise.
I just bought one!
I love mine, it has so many cool tones.
I started doing this the first time Jonathan did the video and have done it every day since. Totally helped me.
cannot get my fingers in that position..maybe neck is to wide
This is a lot harder than I expected
Already started doing something quite similar myself, good to know I should keep it up
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I've been teaching this for decades, it is one of the best for finger control
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
Oh this actually helped loads. Helps for guitar too
The biggest problem with my technique is this exact thing
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.
What does it "work" for?
@@carpediemarts705coordination, dexterity, accuracy, speed, stamina, muscle memory…
This is a great practice tool. Thanks alot!!!! Gonna use the crap outta this exercise!!!
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Good tone there too!
That whole "don't lift a finger until you need it" is incredibly difficult, and entirely the right way to practice.
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Oh my I can't even do this with my hand.
Try it lower on the neck where the frets are closer!
@@AJSweat-iu6kj higher not lower!
The Nordstrand Cat bass used for a noble cause ❤
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
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
It gets easier as your skill, coordination and hand strength increases! You got this!
@@devinebassyep! I’m already seeing a small difference, I’ll make sure to do this everyday!
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?
Same question
i try to use the tip of the pinky, and it wont mute. thats hw i do it.
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
Awesome!
Great presentation and educational tool!!! 👍
I'll try!!
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.
Ooh, gonna start doing this. Thanks!
Been doing this for a few months...I use it when I'm warming up.
This is fun if you use any drums loop as a metronome
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 🍀
Thank you, I did it once or twice, but it should be done daily as a beginner.
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...
My fingers aren't long enough to do this on my fretless.
Do it higher up
Hell yeah thank you for this.
He’s right. Been doing this on guitar for years
Great exercise. Thanks for the exercise!
Thanks 🙏
Simple and brilliant
Thank you!!!!!
Nice! I'll start this today
Thank you
Got it! I'll start to practice it
Thank you!
Thank you buddy
That was the very first thing my bass teacher told me until we started the first song.
yeah, I did this shit in the first 4 frets and with different patterns. It helps I guess, but is painful at the beginning.
Acynonix has a badass tone for a short scale!
Ah, the old Steve Vai spider walk, should have thought of this going from guitar to bass 😅
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.
Works great on guitar too
Thanks..
My ring and little fingers went wild 😂
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!
Nice bass
My teacher calls this one the spider exercise!
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#.
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.
We’re you trying to spell tedious?
I agree though , I just thought that was a funny way to spell it if that's what you were going for
@@buckemptier yeah not my first language😅
@@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
Lol
My hand and my brain is not cooperating 😂wah too hard
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.
Just get a tiny bass if you have tiny hands
I realy need a short scale, as a guitarist i suffer on bass. Too big of a neck. And i got small hands
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
Now do this on a Stingray/Precision Bass's thick fretboard and your fingers are already dead.
Nice
Can you please demonstrate this on a full scale five string starting with the low C?
sneaky
sneaky hard to do
YOOOO this is a great practice technique!! have you heard of the spider scale?
I can't do it. My fingers locks up after i moved the first finger down
thanks zubin sedghi
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.
holy fuck did this help
Let's just remember he is playing short-scale bass, but yeah still the most famous exercise ever
Thank you for this, my pinky finger needs help.
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Maybe I suck but this isn't easy, great exercise!
You don't suck, if you've never worked on these before they are tricky!
Which string will it start from
Since I’m guitar player, will it be easier for me to learn bass?
Is this called the spider walk? It's been years but I'm gonna go practice this again?
my hands not big enough for this 😭
I feel like my hands are way too small for this 🥲
What bass is that?
This is so hard, I can’t move my ring finger without that pinky coming off the fret 🤦🏻♂️ will keep trying
Well, my left hand hates you. But thank you! This hurts, but I can see how it will help me in time!
I still can’t do this ‼️
Day 1: I just tried this and my wrist and hand feel destroyed. It’s so hard when you just start.
Learned this from a Jaco video
My pinky is too short!!! Lol
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.
How can I adapt with my small hands
Nick Kroll is a bass boss
The spider? I saw someone teach that on guitar but never tried it out I guess now its time.
I have always struggled with this since my pinky finger is not long enough to do this properly. what do you recommend?
have you experimented with neck angle and bass positioning to give your pinky more reach?