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Summary: Finger pick on bass guitar by plucking the strings; learn how with tips from our professional bass guitar instructor in this free music lesson video.

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Carl Shepard Carl Shepard is a professional bass instructor that works at Keller Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he is not busy teaching his students he spends time making... read more

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by TBC

These lessons are very nice for beginning players. Keep up the good work. I've been playing for 35 years. My comment is on using 3 fingers to pick. I find it is not necessary for very fast playing. Personally I can play just as fast with 2 as I can or anyone I've heard using 3. I prefer using 2 as it allows me to use the other 2 for muting.

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Advanced Finger Picking on Bass Guitar

I am Carl Shepard and I am a professional bass instructor and further along with finger picking and the A pentatonic scale, we will be using both of these fingers and then if you need it to get a little faster you could add the ring finger and use all three fingers to get a little bit faster on your soloing and stuff like that. A popular technique among guitar players is alternate picking as well and this can mimic that with your fingers.

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