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Summary: Play bass guitar with a pick and hold the pick correctly; 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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Questions & AnswersHi! I am Carl Shepard, professional bass instructor and typically I don’t do this but some bass players like to use a pick. So if you want to do that, you want to hold it between your thumb and your index on your right hand and when you pick a string, go up a scale, you want the pick to be going down and then up on each note, so this is called alternate picking. And if you practice that you start a good habit early. Later on you will be able to play really fast.
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