How to Play Bass Guitar Scales : Bass Guitar Finger Exercises
Here are some advanced finger exercises designed to loosen up your fingers and help you be a better bass player in this free video clip.
Expert: Michael Torres
Bio: Michael Torres has a BA with Berklee College of Music w/ scholarships. Has being playing bass professionally for 8 years and won several awards. He is a member of the Roads To You Orchestra.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
Duration : 0:3:3
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i see what you’re …
i see what you’re doin it’s like a tongue twister for your left hand so u dont keep to the same old shapes and patterns
im gonna give it a …
im gonna give it a try. good technique
i still have no …
i still have no clue what ur talkin about man…. i just got into bass a couple months ago and never practiced or anythin but i dont understand nothin, i can only read tabs
hehe good luck …
hehe good luck everyone
cool lesson…check …
cool lesson…check out my approach. Its designed to get you moving up-down the fretboard musically, lessons posted on my page… Cheers.
I am trying to …
I am trying to understand the order that he has numbered. I wish the video showed a closer view of his fingers, I should see if I can connect my laptop to my 50″ plasma.
that’s cool, thank …
that’s cool, thank you !!
you don’t you use …
you don’t you use the 4 fingers everywhere, like you can be up at the 17′s and do the 2134 cuz it isn’t telling you wwhere, but which finger order u use for the 4 frets ur onlike it could be on any frets like 16 15 17 18 or 3 2 4 5 and you can mix anything up like string order and stuff
I have a 5 string …
I have a 5 string Ibanez and I don’t read music. I’m trying to understand what you are doing. I know that the number tells you what finger to use but how do you know what sting and what fret?
lol? i dont get it …
lol? i dont get it now…
ur name is true!
ur name is true!
I cant even …
I cant even remember what I said it must have been funny and involved laughing at finger style / tapping fanboys.
Hey, just wanna …
Hey, just wanna make u come to this video and see what wonderful responses u got on ur joke – i had a hard laugh, so i hope ull have it too
another perfect …
another perfect video
I enjoy this, It is …
I enjoy this, It is an exercise I never thought of but I will surely try it out. And btw don’t listen to these idiots, they obviously just had their parents buy them a first act bass so they think they know everything
why do you have to …
why do you have to bash beginners just because the need to do finger exercises. it doesn’t mean he’s against tapping he’s just a teacher.
Take it Easy man !
Take it Easy man !
Yeah, the bass …
Yeah, the bass player for the Foo Fighters is laughing at you all the way to the proverbial bank. As well as a great number of other famous bass players. I think I’ll keep my mind open to ALL options. Since both generate music….and cash. But you can stick with your “there’s only one way to play a bass” mentality. What about guys like Victor Wooten who do a lot of tapping?…..Oh, I forgot, that must be out too? Good luck to ya.
I didn’t know Dean …
I didn’t know Dean Cain, aka superman, played bass !
Just kidding!!!
Just kidding!!!
A real bass player …
A real bass player uses both
This is awesome
This is awesome
“TAKING the piss”
…
“TAKING the piss”
And your right, its basically used as a way to stop people taking what your saying too seriously.
Good guess. And I am not being sarcastic this time round.
Talking the piss? I …
Talking the piss? I don’t know what that means but it sound like the fastest way to make people stop listening to you.
Yeah there are many …
Yeah there are many videos on YouTube, I am sure you will find what you are looking for here.