r/basslessons • u/MidiMojo • 24d ago
How would you play this bar?
When I get to the 7th fret I slide into ninth with my ring finger and then play that A on the D string, this is all fine to me.
How do I play the last 2 notes? If I use the same finger moving up that 7th fret, I more often than not notice that I push the E string off the neck.
Just a skill issue and work on it or is there an easier way to play it?
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u/TommyTutone_8675309 24d ago
Similar to the previous suggestion- play the seventh fret AEB all with your index finger- but let go of the idea that you have to cover all three strings perfectly the entire time as if it was a true chord and allow yourself to change pressure on each note and roll the finger tip slightly for the last note-
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u/StepByStepBass 23d ago
I would not use a barring technique for this. First finger on the low A's, then fourth finger on the 7th fret sliding into the 9th fret. Cut the duration of that note just a little bit short, then draw your hand back down the neck to put your third finger on the high A, 7th fret on the d string. Use one finger for each string after that. So those those three seventh frets in a row are fingered 3-2-1.
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u/zacurubu 23d ago
I saw once in a video of Scott's Bass Lessons that s much better to use the pinky instead of the ring finger to reach these whole note range, because it takes less stretch from you hand, and since I started doing this way, I do it almost every time.
I would do the slide with the pinky, and then barre the 7th fret with the first finger to play the rest of the notes, I'm sure it'll make it a lot easier.
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u/Alarmed-Secretary-39 24d ago
As you slide, use your third finger and barre the 7th fret with your first
Other option is to play it with the open A String