The One Bad Habit Killing Your Bass Speed & Stamina!

So, one of the biggest game-changers for your bass playing costs you absolutely nothing — you're just playing too hard. In this lesson I'll show you how easing off in BOTH hands instantly improves your speed, stamina, tone, dynamics and sustain, plus a simple fretting-hand exercise that reveals exactly how light you can actually go.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro — you're playing too hard
0:40 The fretting hand exercise (find your minimum pressure)
3:31 The plucking/picking hand
3:45 Speed
4:38 Stamina
4:56 Dynamics & accents
5:42 Tone
6:12 String rattle & fret buzz
6:34 Lighter picking for more sustain

Give it a week of conscious practice — pay attention to how hard you're playing and I promise you'll feel the difference. If it helped, drop a thumbs up and I'll see you in the next one. Take care, and keep it light. Receive SMS online on sms24.me

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