5 “Levels” Of 3-Finger Plucking Hand Technique On Bass

►► FREE: Get the tabs, notation and practice tracks for all the 3-finger plucking technique exercises and bass lines in this bass lesson → https://becomeabassist.com/3-finger-plucking-technique-on-bass

I remember the very first time I was gobsmacked by someone’s bass playing. I was still a skinny teenager and somehow got my hands on the G3: Live In Tokyo DVD. (Yes, I had the physical DVD - does that make me old? Lol)

During Steve Vai’s set, the absolute MONSTER of a bass player - Billy Sheehan - takes an absolutely ripping bass solo, full of huge bends, technical acrobatics and blistering speed.

My jaw was *glued* to the floor.

I’d been playing bass for a while, but I’d never seen anyone play like him before. Just ridiculously fast, dripping with attitude and all done in skin tight shiny red pants. What a freakin’ rockstar.

I must have played that DVD hundreds of times, and it never got old. But the closer I looked, I noticed that he wasn’t just using 2 fingers in his plucking hand like a ‘normal’ bassist.

He was playing with *three* plucking fingers.

That was part of the reason he was able to play those scorching solo lines. So, wanting to emulate my new hero, I decided to try and learn how to do it for myself.

I imagined it would be months or even years before I could even begin to get comfortable using my ‘ring’ finger on my plucking hand.

► *But I was wrong…*

To get started was relatively easy. That first day, I found myself using 3 plucking fingers, just like Billy (although nowhere near the level he was at). Sure - learning to cross strings and actually play something musical took a bit longer, but I was amazed at how natural it felt once I got the hang of it.

So today, I want to show you how you can get started using this technique. I’ve got 5 Levels of Exercises for you (plus a sneaky song that you can learn with this technique).

In the ‘lower’ levels, it’s relatively easy to build up some super impressive speed, although if you want to get serious with this technique, then the higher levels will definitely give you a challenge.

Is this 3-finger technique something you’ll need to use in your day-to-day playing? Unless you’re Billy Sheehan, probably not, but it’s brilliant fun to work this technique up to speed and really master that gallop.

And when you can do it with real songs, like I show in the video, then that’s even better!

If you want all the backing tracks, plus the tabs and notation for everything you see in the video, I’m giving it all away for free. Just go to this page:

https://becomeabassist.com/3-finger-plucking-technique-on-bass

Fill out the form on that page and I’ll send it your way so you can actually practice this stuff and work it into your playing.

Good luck with the lesson and happy playing!

Cheers,

Luke

P.S. To the get tabs, tracks and notation for *free*, just head to the site:

https://becomeabassist.com/3-finger-plucking-technique-on-bass

P.P.S. If you want to check out the song that dropped my jaw, you can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKhcVXuuq98

It’s definitely not for everyone, but for teenaged Luke, I couldn’t get enough.

[Chapters]
0:00 Intro
0:57 How Three Finger Picking Technique Works For Bass Guitar
3:08 Three Finger Bass Technique - Level 1
5:31 Three Finger Bass Technique - Level 2
7:51 Three Finger Bass Technique - Level 3
10:37 Three Finger Bass Technique - Level 4
13:41 Three Finger Bass Technique - Level 5

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