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Bass Tips: Hand and tendon exercises
15Feb2008 Filed under: Bass talk Author: KrisA few stretches and words of advice concerning not getting Carpel tunnel syndrome and R.S.I.
Also, check my review out of these finger strengtheners:
Great tools to maintain tendon strength.
bekki
October 27th, 2008 at 3:15 am
wow i think you’re tutorials are awesome, ive inly just picked up bass and thought i would have a realy hard time but you just make it so simply for me. keep up the good work mate. cheers
bekki
Dmanlamius
October 27th, 2008 at 7:55 am
Hiya, Bekki! I’m really glad that these lessons have been a help for you. If you have any questions, then you know where I am. Oh, and don’t forget to sign up to the newsletter, so you know of all the lessons etc that I have made during the previous month…:)
itamar1661
November 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
there is a song of red hot chili peppers that you teach to play (funk). can you tell me how it call? so i can download it…
leventu viorel
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:59 am
Thank you for easy lessons my friend.
Alf
December 31st, 2010 at 8:40 am
Hi Kris, thanks for the great post. Just wanted to touch base: I’m 63yo and have an Ernie Ball Stingray that I bought new 8 years ago. It has sat idle all that time. The 1st string broke though no use.
I’ve just got the urge to learn to play and came across you on Youtube.
Thanks for this post on how to prevent injuries: it’s a great place to start.
I’ll now move to the next video in the series.
Keep up the good work: Alf
Kris
January 1st, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Hiya, Alf!
Well, I hope the bug sticks with you this time. It’s worth sticking with, and becomes a very rewarding thing. You just have to get past the learning curve for it to pay back
Jonathan
August 18th, 2011 at 1:09 am
Thanks for doing this. Not a lot of people who give of themselves for free. The exercises are very important, I know i’ve had hand surgery. I had carpal tunnel from my job.
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October 25th, 2011 at 6:15 am
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Pete
November 24th, 2011 at 12:35 am
Thank you Kris! I play drums and bass and have actually had to knock off the drums for a time because the numbness in my hands made it utterly impossible to like hold the sticks through 5 minutes of playing! Thanks very much for this!
Kris
November 25th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
No problem, Pete! I really hope they help you
Markus
November 25th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Hey Kris,
stumbled across some of your lessons on youtube there last week. I have just bought a bass again after not playing for more then 15 years so I’m back to square one and thanks to the internet and people like you it has become much easier to refresh and just start over again.
Thanks a lot for your efforts there mate and all the best for you!
-Markus from the Emerald Isle
Matheus Rocha
December 23rd, 2011 at 5:53 am
Thanks!
I’ve just start playing the bass (like last tuesday, December 20th) and this will be good to prevent carpal tunnel sydrome… I didn’t even knew playing bass could cause it, but thanks!
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February 25th, 2012 at 9:13 am
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Kal
March 6th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
I know I am a little late to this party, but wow. Thanks a lot for these amazing little stretching ideas. I have JUST recently began feeling the pain in my hands and wrists from playing video games, texting on my phone, and of course playing bass/guitar (and I am only 22 years old). I plan to do these before and after everything I do from here on out and I hope they make a difference. Thanks again!
GodsAnointed
April 24th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
I am awaiting my bass guitar, however am pleased with the hand exercises. I will use it because i am constantly on a keyboard typing. I will keep doing these exercises until i get my bass guitar and after.
Thanks for these exercises it has made a difference.!!!
Ken
April 25th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
hey Kris
when I do those finger excercises my finger-ankles crack pretty often and I heard, that this causes a kin of arthrosis over the years. true/false? problem or not?
regards Ken
Kris
April 26th, 2012 at 10:55 am
Hello, Ken!
Ok, I have heard that as well. But recently, I read that it’s not true. Also, I have been clicking my knuckles and fingers for years, and have seen nothing yet.
However, I’m not a doctor, Ken. I have absolutely no right, nor qualification to advise you on this. Everything I know about it comes through my personal experience.
If you DO ask a doctor about it, please come back here and tell me what they say!
All the best
trey_g
April 29th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
I try to warm up with a grip master device, should this be incorporated in my finger exercise sessions?
guy marsters
May 5th, 2012 at 9:02 am
I’be been playing bass for over thirty years now and have been concerned with the potential of CTS especially after playing fast tempo(170-200 bpm) stuff for hours on end. I have yet to experience any numbing(that I can feel….uh oh…) in my hands but I am grateful to have run across your site and exercises. The stretching regimen will become part of my daily practice ritual starting tomorrow! Thanks!
Jude Suguitan
May 8th, 2012 at 4:09 am
Hi, Kris. I am new to your site and Bass playing and I have a queston regarding your hands and Bass playing. Here it goes: Is it good to crack your knuckles for Bass playing?
Thank you (your lessons are good)
-Jude Suguitan, California, USA
Kris
May 9th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Hiya, Jude!
Well, I am no Doctor. Sometimes I hear it’s bad, and sometimes I hear it’s good? I’ve been clicking mine from an early age, and so far I’m ok.
But…that doesn’t mean it’s ok. My advice would be to seek professional advice about this.
Tell me how it goes!
Kris
May 9th, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Hiya, Guy.
My advice would be to seek professional advice concerning this. I’m not a doctor, and wouldn’t want to give you wrong advice that would do you damage.
However, the exercises hear were given to me to do by a physio, so they will be fine!
Kris
May 9th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Yes. Any warming up is good. Especially before gigs!