Alternate Fingering Exercises for Bass Guitar

Part of the Video Series How to Play the Bass Guitar

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Play alternate fingering exercises on a bass guitar to practice finger placement; learn how with tips from our professional bass guitar instructor in this free music lesson video.

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Alternate Fingering Exercises for Bass Guitar
Hi! I am Carl Shepard with expertvillage.com talking about beginner bass techniques. Another exercise that you want to try out for alternate fingering is an exercise on the first four frets of each string. First fret, you are going to use your index. Second fret, you are going to use your middle. Third fret, your ring and fourth fret, your pinkie, okay so going up, looks like that, okay and with your right hand make sure you are always using your index and then your middle finger. So the alternate fingering exercise is definitely something that is important as a beginner bass player and something that you want to use often.

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Expert: Carl Shepard is a professional bass instructor working at Keller Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. Read More