- Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:23 am
#13495
Hi Bass-lovers,
I've posted before about my frustrations with the many errors in Yousician's fingering on all instruments; but I'm noticing a pattern on the Bass that's making me wonder if some of these fingerings are deliberate. The early video instruction on the Bass path talks about the One Finger Per Fret rule, which implies that if you're moving to a note on the same fret as the last note but a different string, you wouldn't move your hand and you'd use the same finger, like moving from a D on string 3 to A on string 4. But here's the fingering at the start of Lazy John, which changes fingers making this move:

It changes from finger 4 to finger 3. It makes more sense to me to play both the D and the A with finger 3, in accordance with the One Finger Per Fret Rule. But I notice this kind of thing a lot on the more complex songs which makes me wonder if a real bass player would actually do this? If so, it would be good to have a video explaining it!
Any comments from experienced bass players?
Cheers,
Graham
I've posted before about my frustrations with the many errors in Yousician's fingering on all instruments; but I'm noticing a pattern on the Bass that's making me wonder if some of these fingerings are deliberate. The early video instruction on the Bass path talks about the One Finger Per Fret rule, which implies that if you're moving to a note on the same fret as the last note but a different string, you wouldn't move your hand and you'd use the same finger, like moving from a D on string 3 to A on string 4. But here's the fingering at the start of Lazy John, which changes fingers making this move:

It changes from finger 4 to finger 3. It makes more sense to me to play both the D and the A with finger 3, in accordance with the One Finger Per Fret Rule. But I notice this kind of thing a lot on the more complex songs which makes me wonder if a real bass player would actually do this? If so, it would be good to have a video explaining it!
Any comments from experienced bass players?
Cheers,
Graham