Practicing chords and scales this way will greatly open your perspective on your fretboard, not to mention strengthen your hands and improve your intonation!
Hold on Before I start watching your AMAZING Point I played bass guitar for 38 years 20 consecutive and 18 part time. I came back to playing FULL time again Due to having Neck Surgery And purposely started at the BASSICS pun intended But yes. I started from the very basics. I use the basics for 1 to 2 hours Then I EXPLORE. It is so IMPORTANT to understand Your instrument I adjust it intone it Installed the bridge the nut Truss everything Beautiful Video Study the basics BUT EXPLORE and challenge yourself I’ll play scales all over my fretboard for 3 hours looking for pieces to my own puzzles
Have you ever considered that perhaps you should not be stretching when you play two whole steps on the same string. Instead, consider when you’re playing the G major scale first three notes with fingers 1-2-4, that you’re actually not in 3rd position when you start; your hand is in fourth position (comfortable for fingers 2-4), with your first finger reaching back, not by stretching, but by straightening itself. Yes. Unhook the first finger. This even works for players with small hands, sometimes requiring a tiny shift. Check it out. It works for my students.
