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Help with octaves please, thank you


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3 hours ago, shoulderpet said:

Hi

Have always found it tricky playing fast bass lines that have octave jumps, just cant get the speed up to do this without getting sloppy, am after some tips, thank you

Hi, do you mean playing the octave pattern on two strings or jumping up to the octave higher on the same string? 

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Is the problem with your plucking hand or your fretting hand?

If its the plucking hand then I suggest doing exercises around string skipping. Put on a slow metronome and practice playing 8th notes in a variety of patterns. I'm a big fan of isolating the problems and working on them in isolation before integrating it into normal playing. 

So if it is just your plucking hand, put on a slow (gradually increasing) metronome and play 8th note patterns such as:

Moving top note: EAEDEGED

Moving bottom note: EGAGDGAG

Now there are a LOT of possible permutations, working in groups of 3 rather than 2, or eventually introducing the fretting hand (playing scales in 5ths or 6ths can be a great workout). The world is your oyster, but focus on what the problem is and isolate it to address it. 

Edited by DanOwens
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