Parts of the Bass Fiddle

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On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Steve Anthony here in New York City, today we're going to talk a little bit about Country Bass Fiddle techniques for beginners. One of the things that you're going to notice as you begin to practice the Bass Fiddle is that your fingers are going to hurt. Now, there's no way around this. You're going to build up a nice, thick callous on this pad of your finger. And, you're left hand you're going to have little hard spots all over your fingertips as they get tougher because these strings are big and heavy. The only way to develop those callouses is to keep practicing and sometimes you have to fight through the pain. But, trust me, the more you do it the more your fingers get use to it, the callouses get stronger and stronger, and come a time when you won't even feel it. But, it's getting through that first, that first, it almost becomes a blister. If it does start to blister, you want to back off and take a little time off because you don't want the blister to break then you won't be able to play at all. You'll definitely have to work through that. As you practice more and more, you'll get more comfortable with it, your callous will become tough and you'll never know it's there.

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