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Okay, I was recently asked to teach bass and so I wanted to come up with some useful exercises. Here is the result. These exercises are really simple but can be challenging, as they make you think about your fingers. Note: this can be played anywhere on the fingerboard. use all four fingers, and only use one finger for each fret... NO CROSS-OVERS! Here is the basic exercise G|-------------------------1-2-3-4-|-4-3-2-1-------------------------| D|-----------------1-2-3-4---------|---------4-3-2-1-----------------| A|---------1-2-3-4-----------------|-----------------4-3-2-1---------| E|-1-2-3-4-------------------------|-------------------------4-3-2-1-| Easy enough. You play it once, then play it backwards. Now you repeat this again, but with a twist: You start with your second finger. So the next stage would look like this: G|-------------------------2-1-3-4-|-4-3-1-2-------------------------| D|-----------------2-1-3-4---------|---------4-3-1-2-----------------| A|---------2-1-3-4-----------------|-----------------4-3-1-2---------| E|-2-1-3-4-------------------------|-------------------------4-3-1-2-| As you may have guessed, for the next stage you start with your third finger. (I find this to be the most difficult.) G|-------------------------3-1-2-4-|-4-2-1-3-------------------------| D|-----------------3-1-2-4---------|---------4-2-1-3-----------------| A|---------3-1-2-4-----------------|-----------------4-2-1-3---------| E|-3-1-2-4-------------------------|-------------------------4-2-1-3-| And here is the fourth and final stage. G|-------------------------4-1-2-3-|-3-2-1-4-------------------------| D|-----------------4-1-2-3---------|---------3-2-1-4-----------------| A|---------4-1-2-3-----------------|-----------------3-2-1-4---------| E|-4-1-2-3-------------------------|-------------------------3-2-1-4-| Have fun. I hope this helps some beginning bassists. -Andy (stuperandy@hotmail.com) Please leave a little feedback if you find these to be helpful.