A warm-up is important for any musician on any instrument. Of all the bass lessons I ever learned, this is probably the one I still use every day.

We will start playing on the A string.

Note the illustrations below:

Right hand plucking (no picks please) alternating between the fore finger and the middle finger.

Left hand plays one note per beat, if you have a metronome set it to 100 beats per minute:

- 1 is fore finger
- 2 is middle finger
- 3 is ring finger
- 4 is pinky finger

G_________________________________________________

D|______|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____

A|___1__|___2__|___3__|__4__|_____|_____|_____|____|____

E|______|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____



SHIFT !



G_________________________________________________

D|______|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____

A|______|___1__|___2__|__3__|__4__|_____|_____|____|____

E|______|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____



SHIFT !



G_________________________________________________

D|______|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____

A|______|______|___1__|__2__|__3__|__4__|_____|____|____

E|______|______|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____

What do you think of that warm up? Is it too easy?

Here is a more advanced lesson to warm up your fingers...

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