Essential Bass Skills, Lesson 004

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EBS Lesson Four Developing rhythm for rock grooves

Lesson Objectives

Develop our rhythmic understanding by mixing quarter notes and eighth notes.
Develop control of string crossing by playing quarter notes and eighth notes.
Develop reading simple notation using subdivisions.
Develop left hand fingering technique.

Exercise 1. Bass Reading Study 1

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Exercise 2. Bass Reading Study 2

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Exercise 3. Using the 3rd finger

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Video 1. Developing finger technique

Exercise 4. Playing A

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Exercise 5. Playing G

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Exercise 6. Playing C

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Exercise 7. Playing D

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