Bass Lessons - Bass Warmups (great Before Gigs) bass tab

by: Ben Gibson

i do these fingerwarm ups every time i pick up a bass. they really get your hands warm so

you can do quick riffs well and accurately. there is a normal plucking version and a slap

version

FINGER WARM-UPS - for fingering use your 1 and 4 then change when your hand is getting

to big for the frets depending on your hand size.

G----------1-3---|-2-4------------|----------3-5---|-4-6------------|

D-------1-3------|----2-4---------|-------3-5------|----4-6---------|

A----1-3---------|-------2-4------|----3-5---------|-------4-6------|

E-1-3------------|----------2-4---|-3-5------------|----------4-6---|

youve probably seen the pattern by now. keep shifting up a fret eachtime until you get

to the octave or wherever you want to stop. then turn around and go backwards to the start.

eg

G----------------|----12-14--11-13|----------------|

D------------12--|-14-------------|11-13-----------|

A-------12-14----|----------------|-----11-13------|

E--12-14---------|----------------|----------11-13-|

do the repitition (up and down) at least twice to warm your hands up.

NOW to slap...

SLAP WARM-UP -

G--------------3-|--4-------------|--------------5-|-6--------------|

D----3-----------|----------4-----|-----5----------|---------6------|

A---------1------|------2---------|---------3------|------4---------|

E-1--------------|--------------2-|-3--------------|--------------4-|

G-------------7--|--8-------------|--------------9-|--10------------|

D-----7----------|----------8-----|------9---------|-----------10---|

A--------5-------|------6---------|---------7------|--------8-------|

E-5--------------|--------------6-|-7--------------|--------------8-|

again a big pattern. keep going up as much as you want then come down again. repeat twice

so you can slap like Larry Graham.

happy slapping