is the bass fingering the same as the cello fingering? what if i wanted to learn how to play the cello and i already know how to play the bass and read bass cleft music???

Well I`m pretty sure that you can play cello music on the bass. On cello sheet music, the top line is the A-string the middle line is the D-string, the bottom line is G-string and the bottom dash is the C-string.
_____________A
_____________
_____________D
_____________
_____________G
_
_C


-Oh and cello fingering is 134(index1 ring3 and pinky4 finger). The 134 cello fingerings are closer together than bass.

I almost forgot, on this website listen to the cello music while reading it and you will see that is will be the same as bass music.

okay... thanks...
you think it will be hard if i switch to playing the cello instead of the bass?

My main instrument is the Cello but I was trying to play the violin even though the fingerings and sheet music is completely different so I don`t think you should have that much trouble.

The fingering between Cello and Bass is completely different. First of all, the strings of a Cello are tuned at an interval of a 5th apart. The Bass strings are separated by an interval of a 4th. That means the open strings are completely different too (except the D string).

Bass players do not use their 3rd finger at all, except at the very very high positions.

Good luck, in any case!

Then what`s bass fingering, 124? Thumb, index, pinky?????