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Posted at November 26, 2015, 1:35 pm:

does every pro or semi pro half decent bass player who uses a pick neccessarily have to be able to do alternate picking in order to hold their own in a band, or can you just build up good enuff endurance to do all downstrokes?

reason i ask is because im finding it a little difficult, for some reason...i can get up a good speed with the picking, but then the pick like, trips up on the string (if that makes sense) and its really annoying! ive tried different picks but it happens to different degrees with all of em and its affecting the timing and smoothness of my basslines really badly. It especially happens when i switch between strings, especially on the E and the A

At the moment im assuming its just a case of practicing, like it was when i started to play guitar. I can strum pretty darn fast no problem on guitar, but bass really throws me off because the "strumming" has to be so precise, being as it is only on one string at a time (i never learned to shred).

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Keep your hand and arm loose cause if you tense up you'll make mistake...

pick close to the bridge.

And sounds awful--nasal and pinched.

then pick a little further away, but it really does help, as the strin...

Don't play directly at the bridge or it will sound nasal.

Go read Joz's picking lesson.

Alternate picking is much better and way more efficient than just down...

I have been playing on and off for about 1 year, i usually use my fing...

Make sure your doing it more from the wrist than the elbow/shoulder an...

develop a high level of dexterity.

Jason Newsted used mostly downpicks if I remember right, and he did it...

For me alternate picking came natural.

jason newsted does / did just downstroke, he played insansly quick son...

and try to practice in the dark too.

Just practice alternate picking, it's a lot more efficient for your ar...

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