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Fretting Hand TechniquesMastering basic fretting
hand technique allows the beginning bassist to build his bass playing
proficiency by learning more complex and demanding songs - bad technique
will make learning these songs more difficult and frustrating. A good hand position is
vital to developing good fretting hand technique This simply means that
whichever part of the fingerboard you are playing at, your fretting
hand fingers should lay on the fingerboard so that each finger covers
a fret. The aim of digital independence is to develop fretting hand facility so that notes produced by fretting with each of your fingers sound the same and there are no 'weak' fretting hand fingers. If you spend 10-15 minutes
per day on the digital independence exercise (included with the Fretting
Hand Lesson PDF - see below) then you will rapidly develop fluency,
accuracy and strength in your fretting hand technique. Either left click to open the PDF in a new window or right click to download to your hard drive. Included with
the PDF are all the permutations of the digital independence exercise
- with reverse variation - for you to print out to help you get started
mastering your fretting hand technique! Return to How To Play Bass Homepage
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When your fret a note the fingers of the fretting hand should be curled
over slightly at the end so that you actually fret the note with the
fingertip.
The beginning bassist should definitely work at the one-finger-per-fret
system.


