{"id":2594,"date":"2009-12-31T17:23:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T17:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2009-12-31T17:25:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T17:25:44","slug":"new-category-bass-guitar-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=2594","title":{"rendered":"New Category &#8211; Bass \/ Guitar Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"New%20Category%20-%20Bass%20%2F%20Guitar%20Techniques\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2595\" title=\"redbass\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/redbass.jpg\" alt=\"redbass\" width=\"290\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/redbass.jpg 290w, https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/redbass-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/redbass-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though I&#8217;ve been playing for 23 + years, I don&#8217;t consider myself an &#8220;expert&#8221; bass player. I&#8217;m always learning new things. But I like to give advise when asked. I spend some time over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkbass.com\/forum\/\">Talk Bass<\/a>, a bass guitar players forum. A young player asked this question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Middle finger attacking much harder than index<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is there anything I can do to work on this? Its only really apparent when playing the usual groups of 8 or so root notes. The problem I guess is that my middle finger seems to hit the string a bit harder than my index finger, causing the beat to &#8220;pulse&#8221; a bit. I&#8217;ve been playing for about a year, and this has only started happening recently. When I was starting out both fingers were pretty much even, but now theyre out of whack.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I was a younger play, I also had struggled with this problem. Here are a couple of solutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two possible tricks or work-arounds.<\/p>\n<p>What level is your bass strap set at? A low \/ hang-dog setting, because of the angle you hold the bass in your fret hand, will create a natural angle where the two fingers hit the strings in a more even fashion. I don&#8217;t play with the bass that low. One drawback is that you can&#8217;t easily use the other two fingers on your hand to pick notes.<\/p>\n<p>Another solution is to learn to use your fourth finger to alternate notes. Those two fingers are closer in length and will naturally create a more even tone between the two. It also frees you to use your middle finger to either deaden another string&#8230; or, better yet, flip some jerk off while you&#8217;re playing , as he commented earlier that you suck because you&#8217;re not playing any Rush songs in your set!!! <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Smilie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talkbass.com\/forum\/images\/smilies\/colors\/smile.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Very soon, I will have yet another new category. New Music!   I&#8217;m finally ready to record some of my own songs. Yeah, I know &#8211; promises, promises&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"New%20Category%20-%20Bass%20%2F%20Guitar%20Techniques\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Even though I&#8217;ve been playing for 23 + years, I don&#8217;t consider myself an &#8220;expert&#8221; bass player. I&#8217;m always learning new things. But I like to give advise when asked. I spend some time over at Talk Bass, a bass guitar players forum. A young player asked this question: Middle finger attacking much harder than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}