TheGreek Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Just been practicing a little etude I found on YT - just some scales major up, minor down - so 1,3,5 in a major scale(A,Db,E), 5,3,1 (E,C,A) in a minor scale. The "natural" fingering in the major scale is 2nd, 1st, 4th finger but the fingering in the minor scale is 3rd, 4th, 1st. I hadn't played this before - requires you to swap the fingers that you start and finish the riff with. Much more difficult than you'd expect. Try it and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 (edited) A major comment: A C# E. A major has 3 sharps and they are F#, C#, G#. A major cannot have a D flat in it. D is the fourth note of the scale, not the third. Sometimes it is feasible to use a flat (or a sharp) in the middle of sharps (or flats), but legibility dictates that you should use only one or the other way with basic majors and minors. Edited December 11, 2023 by itu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfacefour Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Have you tried using finger 3 for the 5th? that frees up your 4th finger for the minor third on the way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeEvans Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I'd do that double bass style with a shift, either as Fishfacefour suggests, or 1 (shift) 4 - 1, 1 - 2 (shift) 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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