Finger Replacement for Beginners by Geoff Chalmers

In this preview lesson, DDB founder Geoff Chalmers teaches a simple exercise to practice playing with finger replacements to help with fingerboard navigation, intonation and shifting.

What are Finger Replacements?

When you have two consecutive notes, there is the option to play them using different fingers instead of keeping your hand in the same position. Using different fingers allows you to reposition your hand so that you're better prepared to play the notes that follow. This can improve your intonation and help you to navigate the fingerboard with ease. In this lesson, Geoff teaches a simple bass pattern using finger replacements. As you will see, it's a lot easier to play it in tune using them.

This lesson is a preview from Geoff’s course, Beginner's Double Bass, which has just been updated with 15 new lessons. More details of this update are below the video.

Course Updates out now!

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Beginner's Double Bass by Geoff Chalmers

In January 2024, we added 15 new videos to our Beginner's Double Bass course, making it 100 lessons and 7 hours long. This step-by-step course is aimed at bassists looking to learn the fundamentals of double bass technique. It’s perfect for jazz, blues, pop and contemporary double bassists looking to get started the right way.

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Jason Heath’s DDb courses

We are also updating the 3 hugely popular courses by classical expert Jason Heath; Beginner's Classical Bass course, Intermediate to Advanced Classical Bass course, and The Classical Bass Bundle. We are bringing you 4 new lessons to each course, meaning 8 new lessons in the bundle, with topics such as standing posture and finger strength in the beginner’s course, and thumb position, choosing fingerings and practice routines in the intermediate course. These updates will enrich your bass playing whether you’re already enrolled on Jason’s courses or are thinking of joining.

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