How To Learn The Notes On A 5 String Bass

This lesson is aimed specifically at those of you that might have now purchased a 5 string bass after years of playing a 4. You might be someone that will know the notes on the 4 string fretboard really well but then when adding a low B string into the mix, everything gets super confusing because you don’t know where you are.

This is a problem for most bass players that try moving from 4 to 5 strings after developing years of skills on the four and because of this, loads of players end up anchoring the thumb on that B string and treating it as a glorified thumb rest with the occasional addition of a low D or C down here in that low position.

So today let’s look at a couple of simple exercises you can use for very quickly getting to work on the B string

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