Eliminate acute angles on your fret-hand wrist to avoid pain from carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and thoracic outlet syndrome!
Symptoms may include numbness and tingling of the fingers (thumb, pointer, middle, and sometimes the ring finger), a weak grip, and even pain while playing the bass.
This bass lesson teaches you how to avoid creating acute angles on the fret-hand wrist, allowing you to play comfortably while playing the bass.
Avoid injury such as carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and thoracic outlet syndrome!
Symptoms may include numbness and tingling of the fingers (thumb, pointer, middle, and sometimes the ring finger), a weak grip, and even pain while playing the bass.
Watch this video to learn my approach to The Floating/Hovering Thumb Technique and eliminate acute angles on your plucking hand wrist.
Although counting is an accurate method to approach playing in odd meter, it is too easy to become consumed with the task of counting.
This often results in a lack of internalizing and feeling the overall pulse of the groove itself.
This bass lesson is designed to simplify playing in odd meter by allowing you to think less and feel more!
This bass lesson lays down a simple framework for developing a powerful groove.
There are many methods for developing groove. This particular method can be applied to any musical situation and time-signature.
This is the Groove Clave Concept.
The If / Then approach to chords is a highly effective method for walking bass lines and bass solos.
When the notes are already taken care of for you, you can shift your focus on the aspects of music that really matter (rhythm, articulation, space, phrasing, etc…).
This chart outlines the scales and modes that work really well over these particular dominant 7 chord types: C 7, C 9, C 7 (b9), C 7 (#9), C 7 (#5), C 9 (#11), C 7 (#9, b9), C Altered 7, C Sus 7, C Diminished 7.
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