5 Blues Riffs To Master The Fretboard

[@NP_Haiti]

Great content !

[@ebassguitar]

Thanks man!

[@mikestrong4946]

Great Lessons, I'm copying everything down in my blank tab notebook! My biggest challenge with learning the fretboard, is playing scales (horizontally?) from the low end of the neck, on up higher, ascending the neck... Or from high to low. These might be called "extended scales" or something like that???. Like, for when the root note is on the D string, and I run out of strings to complete one of the patterns, -- is there a formulae for grabbing the notes I need by going up the neck? I know I'm not being clear, -- basically, how do I go up or down the neck, playing over one chord?

[@patrickhorner8270]

One exercise that might be helpful is to learn the scales or arpeggios on one sting going up and down the neck - keep it going past the 12th fret.

[@mikestrong4946]

@@patrickhorner8270 Yeah, -- I can "half ass" that by ear, but if I were to memorize the way the scale or arpeggio is spelled I would really be getting somewhere. Thanks for the tip!

[@ebassguitar]

It’s about analysing position changes which my technique course talks about Mike. Also why don’t you down the pdf rather than noting everything down manually?

[@mikestrong4946]

@@ebassguitar Thanks, -- I'll check out the Technique Course when I can... I like to write stuff down so I can step away from my laptop, and work on things outside, unplugged, sitting under a tree.

[@noranewton2558]

Hi James thanks for the lesson! My biggest frustration with the fretboard is that I struggle to reach the higher frets - my wrist is at an impossibly bent angle, so I avoid them. Also find it difficult stretching my fingers to one fret per finger, so I just slide as I need to - still using the correct fingers.

[@ebassguitar]

That might be something to do with strap height or thumb angle on the back of the neck….

[@hpark72]

Where would you use these kind of riffs? Slow blues?

[@ndichia8602]

excellent job sir....please where can I get your music theory book

[@ebassguitar]

You can get it via the products page on the ebassguitar.com website

[@danzick5694]

I have a Fender Jazz but can’t get the tone you get in your videos. I purchase Labella’s their new so require a breakin of a month. I playing through a fender BXR 100 and the tone sucks in my opinion. Don’t have the pop James has in the videos on you tube. Time for a Markbass or?

[@richardrhoades8279]

Hey James, I seem to struggle from the 12th fret up to the 19th or so in terms of dexterity! those frets are a little too close together! LOL!!

[@ebassguitar]

I know what you mean…

[@firemedic105ns]

Hello James, my single biggest problem with learning the fretboard is that of my memory. I have a history of not being able to recall information very quickly so I tend to rely heavily on the core positions of the Fingerboard. That coupled with my family history of Alzheimer's and severe memory loss has me Really "excited" for my future.

[@jowesh732]

This is also my frustration too

[@ebassguitar]

learning shapes and improving musical ear will help…

[@juliezaugg]

I have tried to download several of these "free" pdf's and they never appear in my email. Do I have to join something or pay a fee? Is anyone else having this issue? I love these videos, but the pdf's would really help.

[@ebassguitar]

Sorry about that Julie! We really want to share with you our resources. Reach out to us at [e-mail] and we'll directly send you the PDFs. :-)

[@jowesh732]

I also struggle with with keeping my fingers flat when using the fingerstyle technique I always find my hands curled when picking

[@ebassguitar]

Which hand?

[@jowesh732]

@@ebassguitar the right hand the picking hand

[@jowesh732]

My biggest challenge is shifting from using single root notes to actually utilizing arpeggios in the progression of a song in order to cover the whole fingerboard and to make the groove more interesting because I'm tired of only using single notes it makes me sound like a kindergarten bassist

[@ebassguitar]

I can help you with one in the BLP if you’d like Joshua?

[@abbyalvarez2371]

I play left handed bass everything is backwards or the opposite of right handed bass players. I have a floating thumb on plucking hand.

[@ebassguitar]

Great!

[@pondlogic3041]

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