Finger Independence Exercises for Bass - A Mathematical Approach

[@NateNavarro]

0:00 Hi! :) 0:18 Explanation 1:28 Exercise 1 6:53 Exercise 1 Faster 10:55 Intro to Exercise 2 11:53 Exercise 2 22:24 Exercise 2 Faster 29:39 Outro Tabs, Guitar Pro, and Backing Track: www.patreon.com/NathanNavarro Tip: If the exercises are too fast or too slow, the speed of this video can be adjusted under the bottom right of the video: Settings // Playback Speed. Also, the exercises are using quarter notes to play each note once. Feel free to each note twice or four times with 8th and 16th notes for a plucking-hand workout.

[@СашаИванов-р8с6ж]

there is a common issue about so called "flying fingers". I can't figure out, is than not a real problem or, in this case, you didn't focus on that...?

[@aidanmulligan9052]

I keep coming back to this video, great practice. Thanks Nate!

[@pillepalle3614]

After round ten, I was like: ‚Riddle, pinkex, stinky, fing.‘

[@georgyj111111]

:-)

[@gianrc2992]

Yeah ikr. Also my left wrist was like "Aw hell naw!" In the last 24 excercises. But it was a nice video and it helped me a lot.

[@sebastianbisurgi9970]

True story

[@richardbraxton3340]

Nathan: "Very good!" Me: *sighing, going to put away bass* Nathan: "Let's do that again, a little bit faster." Me: !!! Great exercise, man. I've played keyboard for years and recently picked up a bass. This and your other vid for beginners have helped a ton with the physical aspects of the instrument.

[@rogonz910]

same here... keyboardist to bass. sigh... so much fun though

[@greggonzalez2201]

Great video Nathan. Looks like your really having fun teaching. God Bless

[@gyuribuns]

thank you so much nathan, you’re a great teacher!! would be grateful for more lessons in the future 😭

[@kingcatmushroom530]

Thank you so much. I went back to learning bass and thanks to this video I am learning a lot. I am just a beginner cant play songs yet but I am doing this exercises everyday and I feel that my speed and precision are getting better. Thank you very much !

[@NateNavarro]

Great to hear!

[@michaelenegabriel]

I don't know why I only found out about your channel just right now. My life would have been easier when I picked up the Bass. You and your wife are great teachers! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@NateNavarro]

Rock on! Thanks, Michaelene. :D

[@lorenzotedeschi9073]

Thanks Nathan. I never EVER thought about the importance of finger indepedence. It's so meaningful you taught this for lesson 2. You rock SCARY hard. I'd say i can't wait for the next one, if i didnt need some time to become fluent with this exercise.

[@JBirdBobbyJ]

Solid stuff, Nathan. My right hand likes to give me problems with consistency, speed, placement, and playing ghost notes when I shouldn't haha. I'm excited for what you're cooking up as this video leaves no excuse for not getting better. Thanks a lot, Nathan. It's really kind of you to publicly post a video this thorough and detailed.

[@ethanlancaster76]

I was very fortunate to have a great guitar player for a father and this is very similar to the exercises he showed me when I first picked up the bass over 30 years ago and I still use it to warm up and get my fingers under me so to speak. I also use string changes and skipping to get my fingers on my fretting hand a little more stretched out while warming up my right hand. Great video as usual bro!

[@willrouse2351]

Again, thanks for going over these kinds of details. This is good learn material, especially with the added tracks.

[@ahorseinahospital]

Couldn't have imagined actually going through the entire exercise, but playing along makes it way more fun, so thanks for the vid!

[@arceom07]

These digitations seem to double as great concentration exercises, every time I try to do something like this on my guitar I have to focus very hard to not let my thoughts drift from the task. Great video Nathan!

[@ethanlancaster76]

arceom07 I can definitely relate to what you’re saying, when I really get in a groove and I feel like I’m playing well I find myself in a zone where I don’t even remember what I was thinking about other than the music. Music and especially music theory are often compared to math, but for me it’s more like a language that shares ideas that are spoken and when heard your hands seem to follow your ears automatically without having to think about it somehow. I see shapes and patterns or blocks of notes and intervals. Other than the intervalic relationship of the notes on the fretboard I’m not consciously doing any math. For me when it comes down to really playing my best and getting in a groove and improvising with a band or other players I’m mostly playing by feel and really try to be all ears and hear what everyone else is playing and that’s the majority of my focus. The rest is probably about expressing the ideas and what I have to say musically.

[@outshimed]

I was just wanting to look for something like this and one of my favorite youtube bassists uploads a high quality 30 minute exercise. Niiiice.

[@rancidraldur4342]

Guess ill dream today of your voice „middle, index, pinky, ring“😂

[@jeremiecourtois1659]

Wow! So good to have a lesson video from you! And the quality is amazing, thanks! I dream of you making videos to show us how to practice to be able to do your incredible techniques (from the video 40 techniques in one bass solo). Thank you to be such an inspiration for bass playrers all around the world!

[@barondavis5692]

Thanks so much for post. Will definitely add this to my warm up exercises.

[@TheStp77]

Thanks!

[@NateNavarro]

😁🙏

[@TheStp77]

@@NateNavarro dude I did this till my finger wouldn’t function properly, the next day when I picked up the bass i swear my fingers all had brains of their own, I saw a huge improvement, im doing this every night.

[@bobbyt2788]

Wow that is a thorough lesson, thanks!

[@AluinKali]

Hey thanks for the video. My bass teacher gave me this exercise before but I gotta say it’s much more motivating doing it along with a bass player that I look up to. One fun side affect. I’m not a native English speaker and after playing along to the video I‘ll never get the names for the fingers mixed up again 🤣

[@felixkahlmann5827]

Such a great video and exercice, even for me as a beginner to train my left hand while building finger independance ! Thanks Nathan !

[@bassguitar1919]

Not only is he an incredible player, it looks like he's a great teacher too! Awesome content!

[@mpxt1977]

Hi Nathan! Thanks for the great classes you publish on your channel! I'm starting to grow up my skills really fast and your hints are helping me a lot! By the way, before playing, do you stretch your fingers and hands to prevent muscle pain? Maybe could be an idea for another video... Sometimes I feel pain in my left hand, but I know that this can be normal, as I am at the beginning of my studies. Thank you!

[@carlosps9612]

Really nice, almost the ultimate chromatic exercise, lol. I think the last step would be changing frets with every string change. I realized many times I can't play songs even when I could theorically do it because I can play the exercise because of the fret movement. Being used to the movement of the arm through the fretboard is important too.

[@korkandghost1143]

Nice! Feels like I'm practicing with someone else instead of alone.

[@soopahsoopah]

Thanks for sharing this, I think it may be your best video!

[@vojtechhyanek1341]

Now THIS is what a great tutorial looks like. Thanks man

[@asterymolina2343]

I love this so much because it's so hard for me to learn anything, but also, how does one make this work for someone who struggles immensely with their pinky?

[@Whos_lalo]

Is the first time I listen to your voice and I absolutely love it :3

[@stephenthompson9956]

Thanks Nathan! Love the lessons!

[@LinuksPro]

Great vid to have something to sit through and play along with you ;) I would maybe consider taking out all the lics that are basically the same regardless the starting point :D

[@mallkubc627]

Very nice! im practice with it

[@partiturasgratis2470]

Good excercise👊🏽

[@CarbonTaxLOL]

Notice this guys technique is literally perfect btw Muting the strings with his right hand as he goes up and down. sexy stuff good for the recording studio :)

[@drewsmithbass]

I've had the idea to map something out like this but you actually did it! Thank you a lot, Very cool!

[@danieleocello39]

Thanks for these lessons, huge help! :)

[@INSTUDIO68]

thank you for very nice lesson for me

[@stevep6428]

Great exercise, and awesome Thanos

[@LazyEinstein]

Your content is amazing. Top-notch! I feel like I am stealing by watching your KZbin content without paying first.

[@すえっとぽかり]

I like your voice and bass’s sounds!

[@tolgahan8900]

すえっとぽかり bro why do you sweat so much

[@glennpamindanan4080]

Hi Nathan , great lesson! Could you please share what metronome you are using?.

[@stolpeman]

Thanks, great exercise =)

[@edithsantillan8317]

Nathan !!! Te sigo desde argentina!! Por favor ... Pone subtítulo a los videos..... Sos un genio!!!

[@mtmarcunha]

Wow, that was scary! It felt like was stuck on a bad dream that never ends 😱. But very good exercise, though

[@stephenngugi3647]

Nice exercises 👌👌 I also liked the backing track, how can I get it??

[@eugenechek7288]

Great exercises, thanks!

[@karansuryawanshipaontasahib]

All was very good thank you so much love you sir

[@leopegoraro.98]

Thank you for your videos. Did you use an app to make the drum beat?

[@azechu2]

I love it thank you just what the doctor ordered !!!

[@MrPurpleNess10]

Thank you

[@JamilAlexandre1]

Thank you!

[@giannipowers1724]

The depth of your voice makes my house shaking

[@arvee9129]

Big thanks! Can you please do in diatonically?

[@vukhanhhung3970]

thanks you so much!

[@tymonj435]

Nice video

[@tcotroneo]

Now do this with spider technique.. it’s extremely difficult for me to move my ring finger independently.. I have to retrain my brain..

[@LunatiqueRob]

These are the same exercises I do when I'm just sitting there watching something on the computer. It gets far more difficult once I cross strings with these patterns, so the four notes are not played on the same string each cycle. Your hand turns into a drunken spider at that point.

[@markbass354]

Nathan my middle plucking finger has nerve damage , it wont move , any suggestions. I'm devastated.

[@NateNavarro]

Hey, Mark! I'm sorry to hear about your plucking finger, man. I injured my fretting middle finger a few years back and couldn't play the same for six months - I was bummed. In that time, I drew encouragement from the stories and playing of Django Reinhardt, Tony Iommi, and Frederik Thordendal. You might also find James Jamerson's picking technique inspiring. It's amazing what he played with just his index finger.

[@markbass354]

@@NateNavarro thanks for the reply , Ive been using a pick for now also my index finger and thumb, maybe this will pass , I hope and pray.

[@hyperlock]

Beuh i didnt think that your voice would sound like this😳

[@musicofthetwo-burcayata1354]

It is way harder then it looks like. Which means I need to do this practice for a while.

[@felixguitar1108]

Your so good at base!

[@fedevega9829]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Isen_hart]

i mixed this exercice with the spinder finger one and i dont have flying finger anymore

[@MrPurpleNess10]

Is my pinky supposed to hurt?

[@andryblacksmith1230]

now i know how KoЯn writes songs

[@admacdo]

Unfortunately, I can't get the youtube playlists to work. They come up with a black screen with "Video unavailable" AND you have everything you've used listed, except that bass! What is it? Belay that. Kiesel THANOS!

[@denizcansevercevirileri]

Gitar yakıyor

[@tolgahan8900]

Bugs Bunny this is a bass. Not a guitar

[@순대-r9v]

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[@blakestanaker]

Windex, piddle, minky, finky got it

[@larsbouwmeester5022]

Damn this shit is hurting my fingers