Speed and Accuracy: 5 Exercises to Build Your Bass Guitar Chops

These five bass guitar exercises will help you to improve your speed, accuracy, and general bass chops!

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5 Bass Guitar Exercises


Bass Technique Resources

I have a technique exercise book and another on developing all the techniques you need to play bass well.

  1.  Creative Bass Technique Exercises
  2.  Complete Fingerstyle Bass Technique


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  • The last exercise sounds like the bassline from Ian Drury and The Blockheads song Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

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