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Lick of the day unedited;-)

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:40:05 +0000

Well, trying to make a lesson in a friend’s house in Sao Paulo, thx Marcio:-)
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Duration : 0:3:14

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teen town bass lesson

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:40:13 +0000

Im not in a bad mood, just concentrated:-)
Most of the Marcus Miller slap version of Jaco’s Teen Town.
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Duration : 0:9:15

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E funk with harmonics (E7#9) from playbassnow.com

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:08 +0000

Finger funk line with the chord E7#9 as harmonics

Duration : 0:1:16

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slap bass lesson – E major pentatonic from playbassnow.com

admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:00:12 +0000

E major pentatonic melodic slapline with emphasis on the 9th and 6th – giving it a slightly more jazzy sound.
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Duration : 0:1:38

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bass lesson – E minor pentatonic fill – from playbassnow.com

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:48:05 +0000

Em pentatonic fill in 2 octaves – I tend to favor switching positions with my first finger when goin down the neck
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Duration : 0:1:0

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muting strings – bass lesson

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:36:18 +0000

A tutorial i made for a student som time ago regarding the different techniques for muting, choking , damping… strings Either to stop unwanted ringing noises or for effect

Duration : 0:5:47

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Slap bass lesson – Slap bass fill from playbassnow.com

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:46:05 +0000

Slapline in E with B minor pentatonic fill , B minor over E minor sounds coolio!:-)

Jeez! Its video # 300! (I need to get a life, lol)

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Duration : 0:1:36

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bass lesson – Am pentatonic exercise

admin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:51:02 +0000

Am pentatonic exercise using all 5 positions of the minor pentatonic scale, but in 4 note groupings and only using the top 2 strings (G and D).The exercise is played 4 times, 2 x starting on the root/octave, 1 x on the minor third and 1 x on the root again.

Can of course be played over C major too – after all the Am pentatonic scale share exactly the same notes as the C major pentatonic scale.

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Duration : 0:1:14

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bass lesson – funkgroove in G – from playbassnow.com

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:48:04 +0000

Simple funkgroove in G, notice the percussive pick up slap on 2 & 4 – helps the groove

Duration : 0:1:31

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