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by: Ben Gibson

i do these fingerwarm ups every time i pick up a bass. they really get your hands warm so 
you can do quick riffs well and accurately. there is a normal plucking version and a slap 
version




FINGER WARM-UPS - for fingering use your 1 and 4 then change when your hand is getting 
to big for the frets depending on your hand size. 

G----------1-3---|-2-4------------|----------3-5---|-4-6------------|
D-------1-3------|----2-4---------|-------3-5------|----4-6---------|
A----1-3---------|-------2-4------|----3-5---------|-------4-6------|
E-1-3------------|----------2-4---|-3-5------------|----------4-6---|

youve probably seen the pattern by now. keep shifting up a fret eachtime until you get 
to the octave or wherever you want to stop. then turn around and go backwards to the start. 
eg


G----------------|----12-14--11-13|----------------|
D------------12--|-14-------------|11-13-----------|
A-------12-14----|----------------|-----11-13------|
E--12-14---------|----------------|----------11-13-|


do the repitition (up and down) at least twice to warm your hands up. 






NOW to slap...


SLAP WARM-UP - 


G--------------3-|--4-------------|--------------5-|-6--------------|
D----3-----------|----------4-----|-----5----------|---------6------|
A---------1------|------2---------|---------3------|------4---------|
E-1--------------|--------------2-|-3--------------|--------------4-|

G-------------7--|--8-------------|--------------9-|--10------------|
D-----7----------|----------8-----|------9---------|-----------10---|
A--------5-------|------6---------|---------7------|--------8-------|
E-5--------------|--------------6-|-7--------------|--------------8-|



again a big pattern. keep going up as much as you want then come down again. repeat twice 
so you can slap like Larry Graham.

happy slapping