Exploring the Fingerboard (4): Octaves and fourths

The last episode of my “Exploring the Fingerboard” series is about finding and naming notes within any single position. To this end, we have to make use of octaves and fourths, and the “next stop” rule. Contents: 0:50 – The “small window” problem 1:31 – Octaves 2:39 – Fourths 3:49 – Octaves again 4:29 – Exercise 8: Naming 2 notes on each string within a position 5:12 – Ex. 8A: Starting with the note D (A string, 3rd position) 6:09 – Ex. 8B: Starting with the note E (A string, 4th position) 7:04 – Summary & goodbye   topics: fingerboard…

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Fretboard Basics. Part 3: octaves and unisons

In this video lesson, I’m introducing 4 ways of playing octaves, and I’m showing how to play unisons. Unlike my first two “fretboard basics” videos, this video lesson was especially made for bass. (It can be modified for other string instruments, though.) This lesson contains exercises #7 and #8.   topics: fretboard, octaves, unisons Level: basic Instruments: bass Duration: 9 min   For a list of all my video lessons go here. You could also use the tag cloud (in the footer area of this website) in order to look for video lessons. All German-speaking viewers may have a look…

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