Easy 10-Minute Warmup for 4-String Bass | Major Scale Patterns Using Open Strings

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Need a fantastic 10-minute bass warmup that both builds your skills and gets you ready to play? I’ve got you covered! This 4-string bass routine focuses on a variety of major scale patterns using open strings. It will help you develop reach, strength, and dexterity in the left hand while building basic rhythm and timing in the right hand. We are using 6 major scales, 4 patterns, 5 rhythms, and 3 different tempos. This is designed to go really slow and easy, so if your technique is a little stiff at the moment, this should smooth things out a bit!

🎧LESSON INDEX

0:00 Lesson Intro
2:15 The Scales
4:54 5 Sets of Parameters
9:20 Set 1
11:22 Set 2
12:52 Set 3
14:07 Set 4
16:39 Set 5

💡 LESSON TOPICS

♪ Left Hand Focus: Reach, Strength, Dexterity, Open String Patterns
♪ Right Hand Focus: Speed, Rhythm, Timing
♪ Adjust the routine as needed! Do what you can do WELL, and build from there.

♪ Set 1
60 bpm | Quarter Notes | Ascending First
Goals for this Set:
- Get warm
- Focus on technique

♪ Set 2
90 bpm | 8th Notes (2 at a time) | Descending First
Goals for this Set:
- Increase speed
- Maintain steady rhythm

♪ Set 3
60 bpm | 8th Notes | Ascending First
Goals for this Set:
- Speed up left hand
- Rest right hand

♪ Set 4
75 bpm | Triplets (3 at a time) | Descending First
Goals for this Set:
- Triplets in the
right hand
- Relax left hand; focus on technique!

♪ Set 5
60 bpm | 16ths (2 at a time) | Ascending First
Goals for this Set:
- Speed up both hands
- 16th note timing

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🧑 ABOUT ME

My name is Alex, and my passion is teaching music online. I’m a bass player and composer by training and trade, but what I really love to do is teach. I make my living teaching private lessons on Bass, Guitar, Piano, and Ukulele. My favorite thing to teach is theory - helping the students understand the “why” behind the music and empowering them to make better and more informed musical choices. I’m very adamant about teaching technique. This is how you gain power and control over your instrument and ultimately raise the ceiling on where your limits are and where they will be in the future.

I appreciate you participating in learning music with me, either for free through my videos or in private lessons in my virtual studio. Players of all abilities and backgrounds are welcome! There’s no music lesson I don’t love.

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