Bass Tutorial 3 Choosing Fingerings

Rebecca MacLeod University of North Carolina Multimedia by Dave Sebald Advanced Instructional Media © 2017 Rebecca Macleod,  v. 171107

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Title: Choosing Bass Fingerings

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Example 1

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GUIDE

Choose beginner fingerings.

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Use first position.

String: Position: Finger 1 note: Pattern:

 

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Pattern:

Finger:

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Tempo and style affect fingering choices.

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Near shifts are better than far shifts.

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Use landmark positions.

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Avoid awkward string crossings.

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Fingering Guidelines:

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Understanding Patterns, Positions, and Guidelines

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Avoid open strings.

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Maximize notes in a single position.

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How to do this tutorial

Guide: How to enter fingering parameters: 1. Click on any note to select it (or press left/right arrow keys to select sequentially). 2. Drag the hand by its dot to the correct string and position.     (If the hand doesn’t snap to the strings and positions at first, try dragging it fully to the   …..left and then down a few positions to reset it.)  3. Click on a pattern selection button (1 2 3 or 4) when you need to set it or change it. 4. Click on the finger tip that plays each selected note.  Click on the nut to play an …..open string. 5. Apply the guidelines:     1. Maximize the number of notes in a single position.     2. Shift on smaller intervals.     3. Use landmark positions.     4. Avoid awkward string crossings.     5. Avoid open strings.     6. Tempo and style affect fingering choices.

Guide: How to enter fingering parameters: 1. Click on any note to select it (or press left/right arrow keys to select sequentially). 2. Drag the hand by its dot to the correct string and position.     (If the hand doesn’t snap to strings and positions at first, try dragging it fully to the left …..and then down a few positions to reset it.)  3. Click on a pattern selection button (1 2 or 3) when you need to set it or change it. 4. Click on the finger tip that plays each selected note.  Click at the nut for open string.

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Example 2

Use Landmark Positions (I, III, IV, VII).

Use only the D string.

Example 3

Example 4

Use near shifts.

Example 5

Example 6