Too often bassists forget to warm up before starting their online bass guitar lessons. If you want to learn how to play bass guitar, you need to learn how to warm up. All your life you have been warming up before you start running, well, you need to do the same when learning how to play bass guitar.
Let's start warming up by playing the A string on your bass guitar. If you have a metronome, I like to set it to 100-110 to start the rhythm. Resting you thumb on the E string, play the open A string with your index finger. Play the A string on each beat of the metronome.
Once you start getting the rhythm down, play the first fret of the A string with your index finger. Then, play the second fret with your middle finger. Then play the third fret with your ring finger. Then, play the fourth fret with your pinky finger. Keep playing the first, second, third and fourth fret with the rhythm of the metronome. Once you feel comfortable with this, shift your entire left hand down the neck and play the second fret, third fret, fourth fret and fifth fret.
Keep doing this all of the way up the neck of your bass guitar. This is a great warm up for your online bass guitar lessons. If you want to learn how to play bass guitar, practicing this warm up exercise will help you with your fingering.
