The Spider - Warm up This is always a good warm up. The trick is to keep each finger on the string once played until you’ve played each note. It can be played anywhere on the bass, it’s a good hand-stretcher if you’ve just started bass. G|--------------|----------------- D|----7---8-----|----5---6-------- A|--5---6-------|--7---8---------- E|--------------|----------------- 1 3 2 4 3 1 4 2 Fingering. 1 - index, 2 - middle, 3 - ring, 4 - pinky.