Bass Tabs

Exercises

1. Begin with chromatics at a tempo of 120 BPM, one note per beat. Do this for a minute or two, using one finger per fret on your fretting hand, and using at least two fingers on your plucking hand, alternating each one.
2. After the chromatics, do whole-steps on each string, four notes per string, one finger per note per string, to help with the stretching and warming up. Do this at 120 BPM, one note per beat. Do this for one or two minutes.
3. Go to the 12th fret of your highest pitched string and begin doing 8 full bends with each finger on that string, alternating after every four. Do this with every string. After that re-tune your instrument, if needed.
4. Begin playing chromatics again at 160 BPM, one note per beat, one finger per fret.
5. Begin playing scales, in one key, at 120 beats per minute, one note per beat. Any real scale (any scale besides the chromatic) will do. After playing each mode in succession move it up or down half a step and proceed doing it in the next key. Keep doing this until you have done every mode of every key you know, this will not only physically warm up your muscles and stretch your muscles, joints, and tendons out, but it will also give your ears and brain a good warm-up.
6. Begin playing different scales in one key and different positions at 120 BPM without skipping a beat. This will warm you up and help you get used to different scales.
7. Take a scale you know all modes of, and choose a key. Play this scale using the hopscotch method.
8. Find the fastest tempo you can play in time and chose and scale and play every mode of it. Do this for a minute or two.

Plucking, Muting and String Crossing Exercises.

Play the following notes with open strings, playing each note succession repeating each note once using the index finger, then twice using the index and middle fingers, then thrice using the index, middle and ring fingers.

12 notes = only one octave, do the same but with all notes in the bass range

12^1 = 12
12^2 = 144
12^3 = 1728
12^4 = 20736
12^5 = 248832

notes = ['Do','Do #','Re','Re #','Mi','Fa','Fa #','Sol','Sol #','La','La #','Si']

E    | Mi
A    | La
D    | Re
G    | Sol

EE   | Mi Mi
AA   | La La
DD   | Re Re
GG   | Sol Sol

EEE  | Mi Mi Mi
AAA  | La La La
DDD  | Re Re Re
GGG  | Sol Sol Sol

EEEE | Mi Mi Mi Mi
AAAA | La La La La
DDDD | Re Re Re Re
GGGG | Sol Sol Sol Sol

Two-note variations of the four open string notes.

From the E string to the others:

EA | Mi La
ED | Mi Re
EG | Mi Sol

From the A string to the others:

AE | La Mi
AD | La Re
AG | La Sol

From the D string to the others:

DE | Re Mi
DA | Re La
DG | Re Sol

From the G string (oh yeah!) to the others:

GE | Sol Mi
GA | Sol La
GD | Sol Re

Adjacent (all strings played are adjacent)

EAD | Mi La Re
ADG | La Re Sol
DAE | Re La Mi
GDA | Sol Re La

Ascending (strings are skipped but all notes are ascending)

EAG | Mi La Sol
EDG | Mi Re Sol

Descending (strings are be skipped but all notes are descending)

GAE | Sol La Mi
GDE | Sol Re Mi

Skipping (strings are skipped and notes go up and down)

First up then down

EDA | Mi Re La
EGA | Mi Sol La
EGD | Mi Sol Re
ADE | La Re Mi
AGE | La Sol Mi
AGD | La Sol Re
DGE | Re Sol Mi
DGA | Re Sol La

First down then up

AED | La Mi Re
AEG | La Mi Sol
DEA | Re Mi La
DEG | Re Mi Sol
DAG | Re La Sol
GEA | Sol Mi La
GED | Sol Mi Re
GAD | Sol La Re

• Adjacent (all strings played are adjacent)
• Ascending (strings are skipped but all notes are ascending)
• Descending (strings are be skipped but all notes are descending)
• Skipping (strings are skipped and notes go up and down)
• First up then down
• First down then up

EEA |
EED |
EEG |
EAE |
EAA |
EDE |
EDD |
EGE |
EGG |
AEE |
AEA |
AAE |
AAD |
AAG |
ADA |
ADD |
AGA |
AGG |
DEE |
DED |
DAA |
DAD |
DDE |
DDA |
DDG |
DGD |
DGG |
GEE |
GEG |
GAA |
GAG |
GDD |
GDG |
GGE |
GGA |
GGD |

EADG |
EAGD |
EDAG |
EDGA |
EGAD |
EGDA |
AEDG |
AEGD |
ADEG |
ADGE |
AGED |
AGDE |
DEAG |
DEGA |
DAEG |
DAGE |
DGEA |
DGAE |
GEAD |
GEDA |
GAED |
GADE |
GDEA |
GDAE |

EEEA |
EEED |
EEEG |
EEAE |
EEAA |
EEAD |
EEAG |
EEDE |
EEDA |
EEDD |
EEDG |
EEGE |
EEGA |
EEGD |
EEGG |
EAEE |
EAEA |
EAED |
EAEG |
EAAE |
EAAA |
EAAD |
EAAG |
EADE |
EADA |
EADD |
EAGE |
EAGA |
EAGG |
EDEE |
EDEA |
EDED |
EDEG |
EDAE |
EDAA |
EDAD |
EDDE |
EDDA |
EDDD |
EDDG |
EDGE |
EDGD |
EDGG |
EGEE |
EGEA |
EGED |
EGEG |
EGAE |
EGAA |
EGAG |
EGDE |
EGDD |
EGDG |
EGGE |
EGGA |
EGGD |
EGGG |
AEEE |
AEEA |
AEED |
AEEG |
AEAE |
AEAA |
AEAD |
AEAG |
AEDE |
AEDA |
AEDD |
AEGE |
AEGA |
AEGG |
AAEE |
AAEA |
AAED |
AAEG |
AAAE |
AAAD |
AAAG |
AADE |
AADA |
AADD |
AADG |
AAGE |
AAGA |
AAGD |
AAGG |
ADEE |
ADEA |
ADED |
ADAE |
ADAA |
ADAD |
ADAG |
ADDE |
ADDA |
ADDD |
ADDG |
ADGA |
ADGD |
ADGG |
AGEE |
AGEA |
AGEG |
AGAE |
AGAA |
AGAD |
AGAG |
AGDA |
AGDD |
AGDG |
AGGE |
AGGA |
AGGD |
AGGG |
DEEE |
DEEA |
DEED |
DEEG |
DEAE |
DEAA |
DEAD |
DEDE |
DEDA |
DEDD |
DEDG |
DEGE |
DEGD |
DEGG |
DAEE |
DAEA |
DAED |
DAAE |
DAAA |
DAAD |
DAAG |
DADE |
DADA |
DADD |
DADG |
DAGA |
DAGD |
DAGG |
DDEE |
DDEA |
DDED |
DDEG |
DDAE |
DDAA |
DDAD |
DDAG |
DDDE |
DDDA |
DDDG |
DDGE |
DDGA |
DDGD |
DDGG |
DGEE |
DGED |
DGEG |
DGAA |
DGAD |
DGAG |
DGDE |
DGDA |
DGDD |
DGDG |
DGGE |
DGGA |
DGGD |
DGGG |
GEEE |
GEEA |
GEED |
GEEG |
GEAE |
GEAA |
GEAG |
GEDE |
GEDD |
GEDG |
GEGE |
GEGA |
GEGD |
GEGG |
GAEE |
GAEA |
GAEG |
GAAE |
GAAA |
GAAD |
GAAG |
GADA |
GADD |
GADG |
GAGE |
GAGA |
GAGD |
GAGG |
GDEE |
GDED |
GDEG |
GDAA |
GDAD |
GDAG |
GDDE |
GDDA |
GDDD |
GDDG |
GDGE |
GDGA |
GDGD |
GDGG |
GGEE |
GGEA |
GGED |
GGEG |
GGAE |
GGAA |
GGAD |
GGAG |
GGDE |
GGDA |
GGDD |
GGDG |
GGGE |
GGGA |
GGGD |