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Kane Knight
03-25-2006, 08:50 PM
I've been playing bass for about 3 months now, and would like to see some improvement in my finger-picking. I play faster with a thumb or a pick, but would rather have a more hands-on approach than a pick and more versatility than just relying on my thumb.

Any tips or techniques to up the speed of your fingers?
el fregadero
03-25-2006, 10:41 PM
That title is so hilarious.
Kane Knight
03-25-2006, 10:47 PM
Oh? Is there some sort of double entendre there?
el fregadero
03-25-2006, 10:52 PM
I don't even know anymore. I just get the desire to laugh when I hear "fingering".
Nervous Ferret
03-26-2006, 01:23 AM
yeah ROFL dont even know what you want, but I lold from the main page when I saw this title.
DaveWadding
03-26-2006, 01:53 AM
Make sure her vagina is wet??
Impact!
03-26-2006, 04:16 AM
lol
samichna
03-26-2006, 04:16 AM
rofl dunno
Kane Knight
03-26-2006, 11:12 AM
Make sure her vagina is wet??

Wrong hand (I write, and play guitar right handed, but almost everything else I do lefty. :p)
Kane Knight
03-26-2006, 11:13 AM
And what would Wadding know about vagina?
RoXer
03-26-2006, 11:44 AM
And what would Wadding know about vagina?
Pot, are you calling the kettle black?
Disturbed316
03-26-2006, 02:51 PM
Play computer games.
Kane Knight
03-26-2006, 03:08 PM
Pot, are you calling the kettle black?

OH SNAP. Sure showed me there. :roll:
Requiem
03-26-2006, 03:24 PM
Pot, are you calling the kettle black?

Pretty stupid saying really. Just think of how much is stainless steel now. :roll:
Kane Knight
03-26-2006, 03:25 PM
Pretty stupid saying really. Just think of how much is stainless steel now. :roll:

Wanna see my sterling silver?
mitchables
03-26-2006, 10:19 PM
I don't know if there are any techniques, specifically, but slowly incrementing your speed tends to work. Once you can hold a steady rhythm at one speed, pick it up another few bpm and try and maintain a steady rhythm at that speed. As you do it more often, the easier it will be to maintain (and reach) a faster speed. :-\ That's all I could really suggest. I didn't really ever learn any techniques, I just got faster as I got better.
road doggy dogg
03-28-2006, 03:54 AM
LOL Wadding
redoneja
03-29-2006, 04:17 PM
Don't worry about speed, man. Instead of the normal techniques, switch to making a 'come here' motion with your index finger. And don't forget to slip a thumb in her ass before she starts clinching(if she starts clinching).
RoXer
03-29-2006, 05:41 PM
OH I GET IT. You were referring to sexual techniques, redoneja. I didn't get at first, but now I get it. Clever. Clever. Very clever.
redoneja
03-29-2006, 11:33 PM
Your sarcasm cuts me like a serrated knife. :'(
Indifferent Clox
03-29-2006, 11:41 PM
honestly, just play up and down the strings a lot...

and by strings i mean labia and clitoris
DaveWadding
03-30-2006, 02:51 AM
honestly, just play up and down the strings a lot...

and by strings i mean labia and clitoris

do me a big favor and kill yourself.

Please.
Requiem
03-30-2006, 07:18 PM
STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST PUT YOUR PENIS IN HER.
Requiem
03-30-2006, 07:18 PM
I felt left out.
Kane Knight
03-30-2006, 09:15 PM
honestly, just play up and down the strings a lot...

and by strings i mean labia and clitoris

Playing up and down the strings/frets has definitely improved my fingering skills...On the other hand...
weather vane
03-31-2006, 05:02 AM
Fingering
weather vane
03-31-2006, 05:02 AM
That used to be the shit back in grade 8.
Kane Knight
03-31-2006, 09:35 AM
That used to be funny back in grade 8.
Skippord
04-01-2006, 12:07 AM
ASK YOUR MOM HOW I IMPROVED MY FINGERING WOOOOOO!!!!111111
Kane Knight
04-03-2006, 09:28 AM
She said by masturbating all over her windows.

The restraining order's coming Wednesday, BTW.