Victor Wooten Thumb Exercise Bass Tab

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Td- Thumb Downwards 
Tu- Thumb Upwards
Pi- Pluck With Index Finger
Pm- Pluck With Middle Finger

This Is A Great Exercise That I Saw On You Tube And It’s A Really 
Great Exercise For Slaps. 

The first thing you do is take your thumb and (Much Like A Pick) 
hit the note in a downwards motion and then take your thumb and 
hit it in a upwards motion which will lokk like this…

G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E---------------------------------|
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
  Td  Tu  Td  Tu  Td  Tu  Td  Tu

Then work this with a Pluck with your index finger like such.

G-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
E-------------------------------------|
  1  e  a  2  e  a  3  e  a  4  e  a
  Td Tu Pi Td Tu Pi Td Tu Pi Td Tu Pi

After that exercise throw in a pluck with your middle finger as well

G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  1   e   +   a   2   e   +   a   3   e   +   a   4   e   +   a
  Tb  Tu  Pi  Pm  Tb  Tu  Pi  Pm  Tb  Tu  Pi  Pm  Tb  Tu  Pi  Pm

If you work this with some scales it helps, but the main point 
of this exercise is to learn how to play fast with out having the 
need to use a pick.