How to Play the Bass Guitar : Fourth Fret Exercise for Bass Guitar

Play a four fret exercise when practicing on a bass guitar; learn how with tips from our professional bass guitar instructor in this free music lesson video.

Expert: Carl Shepard
Contact: www.entheosmusic.com
Bio: Carl Shepard is a professional bass instructor working at Keller Music in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Filmmaker: Jason Sager

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[makabarett]

good excersise but dave marks says its not good for beginers to start 1234 exercsise on 1st or bottom end frets-start somewhere about 8th fret and biuld strenghth from there to avoid injury

[BigMacFury]

fuck this i cant play with my pinky lol

[fraghunter67]

Me *hmm lets find some nice bass tutorials*

me *oh it's expert village*

me *loud yelling and swearing about how stupid this expert village really is*

me *thumb down*

me *find another bass tutorial*

[Zip2461996]

Hahahahahahah a bass teacher that can t play bass rofl

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[lmcluver]

damn it!! my fingers are too short! xD

[EqualityRevolt]

@Igastopheles - Absolutely right. Carol Kaye also has some great articles online about this issue. Also, if you ever move on to playing fretless, you will NEVER play in tune using a 1-finger-per-"fret" method. Beginners should know that a majority of books and "instructional" materials out there are often misguided and just plain wrong.

[steveexplodes]

um.. again. nothing i didn't know from guitar.

[Igastopheles]

Makabarett is right. Seriously everybody with any interest in bass, go watch Dave Marks' Bad Habits for Bass. He'll show you why starting on the first four frets with this exercise is a bad idea.