Animal inspires Position Shift on the Bass Fretboard

by Ari 12 Jul 2023 1 minute read

Position Shift: One-minute bass fretboard tip with Ari:

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Animal inspires Position Shift on the Bass Fretboard

An elegant and powerful position shift on the bass fretboard that works for countless scales, chords and tunes was inspired by an animal. It’s snappy and snippy!

Get the scoop about this position shift in the books and wall chart:

📙 The Pattern System for the Bass Player (book): https://amzn.to/3r8lbpG

🟧 Pattern System Wall Chart: https://amzn.to/3r3Sdri

 

Video Transcript

 

[ 🎵🎵🎵 Ari demonstrates the Crab 🎵🎵🎵 ]

Small hand stretch – small hand stretch… the other way:

[ 🎵🎵🎵 Ari demonstrates the Crab 🎵🎵🎵 ]

Small hand stretch – small hand stretch… play a major scale using the crab:

[ 🎵🎵🎵 Ari demonstrates the Crab over various scales 🎵🎵🎵 ]

In my Pattern System there are two patterns that have the crab in them – Pattern two:

[ 🎵🎵🎵 Ari plays Pattern 2 🎵🎵🎵 ] and Pattern Six: [ 🎵🎵🎵 Ari plays Pattern 6 🎵🎵🎵 ]

if you need to move position, Crab It!


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