This study piece was written as a resource for playing sixteenth note-based fingerstyle grooves at slow tempos. It’s also a great work-out for tightening up your fretting hand fingerings and strengthening any fingers that might be weaker.
When learning this piece, you might find the following courses (all included in the monthly subscription cost) useful:
Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above to get the PDF transcription and the audio files for this piece (available to subscribers only).
This course is 39 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:
This video is a demonstration of the piece, performed on a ’67 Fender Custom Shop Precision Bass strung with Rotosound stainless steel strings.
In this video I’ll be discussing the main challenges in this piece, as well as offering some advice on how you can achieve the perfect tone for tracks such as this.
In this lesson we’ll work through the main groove at letter A. This lesson covers bars 1-10 in the accompanying transcription.
In this video we’ll be looking at the B section, which is based on the A section, but with some additional fills. This lesson covers bars 11-18.
In this lesson we’ll be working on the complex unison riff that is played during the C section of this piece. This lesson covers bars 19-22.
In this video we’ll be discussing the D section, which is essentially a repeat of the B section, but with an altered ending fill. This lesson covers bars 23-30.
In this lesson we’ll be looking at the challenging groove that is played over a C7 chord during the E section. This lesson covers bars 27-30.