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Bass Fitness - An Exercising Handbook: Updated Edition!: Now Including Bonus 5-String Section! (Guitar School)

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(Guitar School). The purpose of this book is to provide the aspiring bass player with a wide variety of finger exercises for developing the techniques necessary to succeed in today's music scene. It can also play an important role in a bass player's daily practicing program. The 200 exercises are designed to help increase your speed, improve your dexterity, develop accuracy and promote finger independence. Recommended by world-acclaimed bass players, music schools and music magazines, this is th

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Discussed in Chop building exercises in the TalkBass community

Dean N

[attachment] I got this book long ago to build speed and endurance. I really like it. Looks like there is an updated version now. The exercises are very methodical and mechanical ... ... more

Discussed in Learning songs : a good way enough too make progress ? in the TalkBass community

hrodbert696

I think you can learn a lot by learning songs, especially if they're challenging and you take the time to learn what the original bassist was actually doing. That said, there's ... ... more

JForest

I had a long period of time when I played guitar that was only theory + exercises. I developped a huge technique and a lots of theory knowledge that was usefull to improvise on ... ... more