The BassBuzz 2 Week TECHNIQUE Challenge

14 days down already! I’ve managed to squeeze in about 10 minutes of this exercise almost every day. I can definitely feel myself improving, but the real key is staying focused on a light touch and proper hand positioning. I think I’m doing pretty well these days, but it’s tough to be your own judge! Thanks for the challenge, @JoshFossgreen I’m glad I joined in. Now, back to practice to hit that 200 BPM goal and beyond. :slight_smile: Gotta finish Hysteria though! :slight_smile:

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:smile: :+1: Well done! Going upstairs now to tackle level 4 and see if I can get to level 5 before monday

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Thank you!:slight_smile: I have no doubt you’ll succeed! Your progress has been incredible. Keep going, you’ve got this! :slight_smile:

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Can I say that you are all awesome? Well done you guys & girls! :heart: These seem like fun things to do once I’m done with the course.

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@Johnnyb woooo nice :raised_hands:

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Day 12 level 4…
Trying to sort out my plucking hand which is kinda all over the place.
Getting much better at 50% , starting to go out of the window at full speed :sweat_smile:, but still improving.
Going for level 5… which is above my level but gonna try anyway

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Sunday bike ride with the boys ends playing bass drunk in the garden :face_with_peeking_eye:

Tomorrow I’ll post the final recordings… …and regret this post😂

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Love it @BozzerWolf :joy:

@JoshFossgreen So for the final videos we do a bit of each level again? I’ll do mine tomorrow.

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Whoaaa nicee :crazy_face:

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Final day, yesterday, this is how far I got…

First, thank you @JoshFossgreen for making this challenge :+1: and everybody that posted their vids here. You have pushed me a bit further and it made some weak spots in my playing visible, which I can now work on.

Some thoughts:

Level4 is hard but doable in the next few days if I keep practising (and I will)

Level 5 is waayy above my comfortzone and level, what you’re looking at is survival mode, I also tried level 5 at 135 bpm in the video and that was a bit better.

I think my fretting is ok (for now), and not my biggest weak spot.
But my plucking is inconsistent, I try alternating plucking and though my eyes are on the fretboard a part of my mind tries to feel what my fingertips are doing on the strings
(just look the mental overload/short circuit look on my face :confounded: )
But it’s very deceptive , sometimes I think I got it and when I check the video I did not.
Fretting pressure i’m not sure , I guess it’s ok but can be a bit lighter.

But this is only my view, comments/feedback are very welcome and appreciated…

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Very good!:clap::tada:

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The final videos.

The exercises are great, I’ll keep them in my daily routine.
The biggest benefit I’ve got so far, is being a lot more aware of how hard I plug the strings. At slower speed I’ve become a lot more accurate but as soon the BPM increase, I get tense and insecure.

Thanks to all who participated and kept me motivated. And a big “Thank You!” to @JoshFossgreen for being such a good teacher and giving us this great lesson! I’ve made more improvements in this two weeks as in the last two month with my personal teacher…

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Thanks :grinning:
Also congrats on your improvement :+1:

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Hey everybody! My girlfriend took the 2 week challenge and the results are amazing!

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@Justyn :joy: :dizzy_face:That is truly amazing

I struggled with my after video today, it was just one of those Bad Bass Days, so I was annoyed I couldn’t play as smoothly/consistently as I’ve managed before (I think you can see it in my face :sweat_smile:)

That said - it was still good to look back at my ‘before video’ for comparison. I thought @JoshFossgreen was massively exaggerating when he does his terrible flying fingers impersonation, but no, that is what my hands looked like :rofl:

I really enjoyed the challenge - I now mentally keep checking my fretting pressure and wrist angle to make adjustments and I think my fretting fingers have got a lot neater.

And it was great to see the progress from everyone else :raised_hands:

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(deleted) I shouldn’t let my ego comment on post’s when I’m already prepared for bedtime. Sorry for the passive aggressive post @Justyn , I just realised how funny your video is. Shame on me.

:hugs::metal:

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Well done! Congrats :grinning: :+1:

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Congrats, very good! :tada:

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@BozzerWolf @qenden Really good progress from both of you :raised_hands: It was motivating to see how you were both getting on throughout the weeks.

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Thank you and congratulations to your progress and the happy faces in the new video! :ok_hand::grinning:

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