In this video, I’m providing you with a groove that focuses on building thumb technique. This is just more practice material. It is essential to have a solid foundation in any style of music. If you master this technique and the others, you will be well on your way to playing the most challenging slap grooves. You can download the music at “anthonyvitti.com” Anthony Vitti – Professor Bass Department – Berklee College of Music

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In this video, I’m providing the basic hammer-on technique used by all the top slap players. It is essential to have a solid foundation in any style of music. If you master this technique, you will be well on your way to playing the most challenging slap grooves. You can download the music at “anthonyvitti.com”

Anthony Vitti – Professor bass Department – Berklee College of Music.

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E major pentatonic melodic slapline with emphasis on the 9th and 6th – giving it a slightly more jazzy sound.
http://playbassnow.com for more FREE grooves, fills & basslines.

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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)

Remember to see more bass lessons on http://playbassnow.com

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A musician should practice in short spurts by breaking up their practice sessions into learning five minutes of a piece at a time. Practice playing music in-between other errands with tips from a professional musician in this free video on music careers.

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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.

TAB & standard notation for this bassline for download on playbassnow.com. Totally free, no strings attached other than registering as user.

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Hey, in this video I am going to show you how to play a bit of Jazz.
I apologise sincerely for accidently having my piano transposed. I didn’t know it was in the wrong key untill after I recorded the video.
I hope the video is still helpful in some way.

Ben

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Online guitar courses and programs begin January 12th, 2009. http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/courses/guitar/?pid=2036

Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as istant Professor at Berklee College of Music, Joe Musella explains the Pentatonic scale – the quintessential tool for playing classic rock guitar scales in this Berklee guitar lesson.

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Marty explaining about some scale he “made up” and how to practice them, part by part. This clip was taken from Marty Friedman’s “Melodic Control” video.

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