Bass Exercises, Bass Exercises Guitar Video Lesson

Do these exercises a couple times before jamming it helps alot more than you think. You need to practice them ascending and descending. This is a very important point and it applies to each of the examples. If some of the notes are uneven or rhythmically choppy then slow down the exercise until you find a tempo that is comfortable for you....

Exercise 1:


G|-------------------------1-2-3-4--1-2-3-4-----------------------------
D|-----------------1-2-3-4------------------1-2-3-4---------------------
A|---------1-2-3-4----------------------------------1-2-3-4-------------
E|-1-2-3-4--------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4-----

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Exercise 2:


G|-------------------------1-3-2-4--1-3-2-4-----------------------------
D|-----------------1-3-2-4------------------1-3-2-4---------------------
A|---------1-3-2-4----------------------------------1-3-2-4-------------
E|-1-3-2-4--------------------------------------------------1-3-2-4-----

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Exercise 3:


G|-------------------------1-4-2-3--1-4-2-3-----------------------------
D|-----------------1-4-2-3------------------1-4-2-3---------------------
A|---------1-4-2-3----------------------------------1-4-2-3-------------
E|-1-4-2-3--------------------------------------------------1-4-2-3-----

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Exercise 4:


G|-------------------------2-3-4-1--2-3-4-1-----------------------------
D|-----------------2-3-4-1------------------2-3-4-1---------------------
A|---------2-3-4-1----------------------------------2-3-4-1-------------
E|-2-3-4-1--------------------------------------------------2-3-4-1-----

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Exercise 5:


G|-------------------------3-4-1-2--3-4-1-2-----------------------------
D|-----------------3-4-1-2------------------3-4-1-2---------------------
A|---------3-4-1-2----------------------------------3-4-1-2-------------
E|-3-4-1-2--------------------------------------------------3-4-1-2-----

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Exercise 6:


G|-------------------------4-1-2-3--4-1-2-3-----------------------------
D|-----------------4-1-2-3------------------4-1-2-3---------------------
A|---------4-1-2-3----------------------------------4-1-2-3-------------
E|-4-1-2-3--------------------------------------------------4-1-2-3-----

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Exercise 7:


G|-------------------------2-1-3-4--2-1-3-4-----------------------------
D|-----------------2-1-3-4------------------2-1-3-4---------------------
A|---------2-1-3-4----------------------------------2-1-3-4-------------
E|-2-1-3-4--------------------------------------------------2-1-3-4-----

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Exercise 8:


G|-------------------------3-2-4-1--3-2-4-1-----------------------------
D|-----------------3-2-4-1------------------3-2-4-1---------------------
A|---------3-2-4-1----------------------------------3-2-4-1-------------
E|-3-2-4-1--------------------------------------------------3-2-4-1-----

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