Playing Bass: The Left Hand | Jayme's Bass Academy

[@doczooc]

Hands down the best video on bass left hand technique I have seen so far, especially because you clearly say that there is not one right way, it always depends. Adam Neely says always keep a straight wrist, Scott Devine says leave a gap between palm and neck, Ariane Cap says drop the wrist. They all have a point, but as a beginner it can be very irritating that everybody is adament that one style is correct, and they contradict each other. I drop the wrist when I need a wide reach, but if I just play root for two bars, I even go to lobster claw to relax. I would love to hear your opinion on pinky technique, though. It is so short that it only reaches the E string when completely stretched, with a lot of strain to tendons and joints. For example the G minor pentatonics starting on the E string has the pinky on 6th fret E string. I keep hurting myself when I try to play that (stinging pain in the finger an hour or two later when I grab something) and I have not found any technique yet to avoid that.

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you, I'm honored! I'll answer this question in depth this week in a new article that'll go live on Wednesday at TheBassist.net, so stay tuned! Thanks for reaching out Doc!

[@doczooc]

That's great, thanks a lot! Really looking forward to it!

[@deadbeatstudios]

No prob - it'll go live here tomorrow at 8am PST thebassi.st/2nEkyAs

[@serenitynovak5705]

Thanks so much for putting together this series. I recently volunteered myself to play bass for my church so I needed some crash course skillzzz. I’m a classically trained pianist so was able to put that training to work, but I had very little idea of technique, so these videos have been super helpful!

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you Serenity, I'm honored! Anything else you need help with?

[@serenitynovak5705]

@@deadbeatstudios Thank you! I have yet to watch your playlist on playing in a worship band so I think that will probably answer some of my questions for now!

[@deadbeatstudios]

@@serenitynovak5705 That's awesome, glad I could help!

[@ramchawlabass8035]

Great lectures man! This is more of like beginners to badass course!

[@deadbeatstudios]

thank you!

[@josepharmenta7889]

I'm a Self taught bass guitarist and your videos have been a lot of confirmation on my approach

[@deadbeatstudios]

I'm glad to have been able to help Joseph!

[@francesco_savi]

Nice course!

[@popitn2nd]

Oh boy! I have a-lot to work on! I think I might developed a habit of sliding. Damn it

[@deadbeatstudios]

It's not a habit, but it can become one if you CAN'T stop doing it :)

[@MrVyrtuoso]

What was quite a revelation is Rabbath''s thumb pivot idea. Works just as well for bass guitar as for double bass...

[@peterbuilt2242]

The beginning intro groove is money yo

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you Peter!

[@AJbassist]

learning bass from punk guitar style i ended up flat knuckling which I been working on, this such a great lesson telling pro and cons not jjust dont do that it explains everything well od why this is useful and this isnt so much

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you AJ, I'm both honored and glad that I could help!

[@melissafischer3850]

Him in the beginning of the video: don‘t put too much pressure on the note. In the end: Avoid buzzing Me: tries to not strain my hands by losing some pressure -> result: buzzing 👍🏻 But I think it‘s simply because my hands are absolutly not used to touching a string

[@Trexdin.0]

am i the only one who finger just can't space out like that??

[@melissafischer3850]

Was about to comment the same. Like what am I doing wrong? I don‘t think they are too short, but I can‘t tell why I can’t spread them like he does in the video 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sk8terboi10003]

The way i play i dont fan my fingers across all the frets i just hover them above the fretboard and idk it works but sometimes feels really sloppy

[@franciscorufino4717]

Where is the complete 12 videos...?

[@deadbeatstudios]

thebassist.net/archive/the-bassics-2/

[@fourdaysdead]

make a video about yourself, many of us are eager to know where and how you learnt

[@deadbeatstudios]

Thank you! The closest thing I have at the moment was actually a spotlight that BassTheWorld did on my a few years ago. You can check that out here if you'd like :) thebassist.net/jayme-lewis-bass-player-basstheworld-com/

[@BluesGuitarMadeEasy]

404 page not found. 🤷‍♂️