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Five/Six String Bass Exercises

Malice · 2010-01-24 15:06:26

For the 5/6 string bass players here on Boards, what exercises do you find useful? Probably the most useful (and fun) one that I know is a simple arpeggio pattern based on the major scale e.g. here it is for D major on a six string bass: [PHP]C||2||| G||22||| D||44||| A||55||| E||2--55--2||| B||--33|||[/PHP] And for E:…

24-01-2010 04:06PM

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For the 5/6 string bass players here on Boards, what exercises do you find useful? Probably the most useful (and fun) one that I know is a simple arpeggio pattern based on the major scale e.g. here it is for D major on a six string bass:

[PHP]C||
2
|
||
G||
2
2
|
||
D||
4
4
|
||
A||
5
5
|
||
E||
2--5
5--2
|
||
B||--3
3
|
||[/PHP]

And for E:

[PHP]
4
||
4
4
||
6
6
||
7
7
||
4--7
7--4
||
--5
5
||
[/PHP]

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