Ok, so I've had my bass for about 6 days now. For about a week now, I've been more so messing around with it and just trying to get a feel for the bass.

So over the last couple of days I've decided to start getting a bit more serious and start practicing techniques and learning scales.

I don't consider myself to have small hands but for example I'm trying to learn the "C" scale and according to what I've seen, I should be able to touch 4 frets with one finger on each fret. I don't know why but for some reason I'm having a really hard time stretching my fingers to touch their own individual fret.

So my questions are, is this a typical issue for first time players which will improve over time with more practice? Also, are there hand exercises that anyone could suggest that could increase the overall flexibility in my fret hand?