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Bass runs in a jam — how much is too much?

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  1. Wes Pittman

    ♥ 7

    Not a lesson question exactly, more of a how-do-you-approach-it question.

  2. Gene Sowell

    ♥ 1

    Take the capo off and play it in open G a few times, then put it back. Helped me hear it.

  3. Junior Pace

    ♥ 1

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  4. Katie Clark Support

    ♥ 7

    Glad it clicked! That timing is the whole point of this lesson, so if that landed you got what you came for.

  5. Curtis Rhodes

    ♥ 6

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  6. Rita Alvarez

    ♥ 5

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

  7. Bill Threadgill

    ♥ 8

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  8. FifthStringFred

    ♥ 4

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  9. Gary Feldman

    ♥ 8

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

  10. Deb Carrigan

    ♥ 10

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  11. Lou Ann Prater

    ♥ 8

    Welcome aboard — you picked a good one to start on.

  12. Gene Sowell

    ♥ 2

    Try it without the pick for a few passes. Sounds silly but it told me my right hand was doing too much.

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