Preface he purpose of this book is to provide the aspiring bass player with a wide variety of finger exercises in- dispensable to anyone wanting to develop the technique necessary to succeed in today’s music scene. It can also play a very important role in a bass player's daily prac- ticing program This book is dedicated to the memory of my father. Francois Turenne des Pres (May 4, 1907 / November 29, 1990) for his lifelong support and indinite inspiration. and David Paul Schuchman, (November 2, 1960 / September 1, 1989) His encouragement and help gave me the initial force in writing it Josquin des PresIntroduction Approach to Practice SECTION ONE SECTION TWO SECTION THREE, SECTION FOUR SECTION FIVE SECTION SIX SECTION SEVEN SECTION EIGHT SECTION NINE SECTION TEN moving across the fingerboard variations on exercises from Section One alternating direction variations on exercises from Section Three skipping frets skipping frets, alternating direction moving between strings moving back and forth between strings finger independence (centered around finger #1) finger independence (centered around finger #4) 5 18 21 28 28 32 36 40 44 56 Contents