Next Level Bassist Left Hand

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Tonic Harmony: minor seven/major six fingerings. Maintain the
structure of hand setting trough the friction of shifting.
3
minor triad
+
1
3
1
Major triad
+
3
+
2
4-3 triad
3
2
4-2 triad
+
Variation V: Shift: + replaces 3 ascending, 3 replaces + descending. Match pitch on the same string with a new finger.
+
1
+
3
+
1
+
3 + 2
+
3 + 2
I II I II I II I II I
I II I
Variation VI: Shift: + replaces 3 ascending, 3 replaces + descending. Match pitch on a different string with a new finger.
+
3 3 + 2 II
+
2
3 +
+
3
+
1
II
+
I
3
+
1
II
+
I
1
+
3
+
1
+
3
+
2
+
3 + 2
II I II I II I II I
I
Variation VII: Shift: + replaces 3 ascending, 3 replaces + descending. New pitch (with +) after shift.
+
3
+
1
+
3
+
1
+
3
+
2
+
3 + + 3 + 2 II
+
3
+ 2
+
+ 2 + 3
+ 2
3 + 2 +
II
I
+
3
+
3
+
Variation VIII: Shift: + replaces 3 ascending, 3 replaces + descending. New pitch (with 2 ascending and with 2 or 1 descending) after shift.
1
+
1
II
+
I
3
+
3
1
+
+
1
II
3
3
I
+
1
II
+
I
3
+
1
II
+
I
3
+ 2
II
+
3 + 2 + 2 +
I II I II I
3 + 2
II
+
+
3 + 1
I II I
3
+
1
II
+
I
3
+
Dominant to Tonic Harmony: diminished seven symetrical fingerings resolve to tonic hand setings. Remember to prepare the new hand-setting
arrival finger on/in the string within the current hand-setting before the shift to the new hand-setting. Note this is the same diminished arpeggio
as that on the previous page, though here requires a different spelling.
dim triad
2
+
1
Listen for this scale
minor triad
3
+
1
dim triad
2
+
1
Major triad
3
+
1
dim triad
2
+ 1
4-3 triad
3
+
2
dim triad
Variation IX: Shifting dominant to tonic hand-settings - LMHL (low mid high low). The lowest note of each triad forms the scale).
Also play these variations LMHM, HMLH, HMLM, MHML, MLMH, etc. and experiment with mixing them together in one variation.
dim triad
1 + 2 1 1 +
II I II I
dim triad
minor triad
3
minor triad
1 + 2 1 1 +
II I II I
4-2 triad
dim triad
3 + 2 3 2
+ 1
II
I
3 +
II
II
+
II
dim triad
1
etc.
+
I
dim triad
1
+
I
I
4-3 triad
3
Major triad
dim triad
2 1 1 + 3 1 1 +
I II I
+ 2 1
+ 2
II
II
+
I
I
II
I
2 1
II
4-3 triad
2
Major triad Major triad dim triad
1 + 3 1 3
+ 1 3 2
+ 1
dim triad
2
Major triad
I
+
I
dim triad
3
2
II
2
+ 1
dim triad
1
1 + 2 3
+ 1 + 2
+ 1
II I
II I II
II
I
+ 2 1
I
minor triad
II
4-2 triad
3
+
2
4-2 triad
2
+
I
3 2
2 3 + 1 3 2 + 1
+
I
minor triad
3
+ 1
II
+
I
I
2
dim triad
dim triad
+ 1
II
II
+
I
II
2
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