I get a lot of students asking me about string
skipping and how to get better at it.

Well, I was on a gig a couple of weeks ago
with the great NY guitarist Ben Monder and I
heard him warming up with this amazing
intervalic stuff. I asked him what it was and he
told me about the Schradieck book "The
School of Violin - Techniques" Book 3 (written
in 1899).

I ran out and found it and WOW, some of the
best string skipping excercises I have ever
seen! It is essentially a violin bowing
technique book so the leaps and intervalic
stuff are meant to be very wide and
incorperate all the strings. They work great on
the bass....(beware it's all in treble clef)

I have posted a version of one of the
excercises for you to check out. This is done
on my 5 string and it uses some very
complicated intervalic jumps across the
WHOLE neck. This is from page 18 ex. #2.
Hope you enjoy and pick up the book!

Check it out at:
http://www.christarry.com/ctcclive.html

All the best,
Chris Tarry