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Advanced Fingerstyle Study #2

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This challenging study piece was written as a resource for working on up-tempo fingerstyle funk grooves similar to those played by bassists such as Jaco Pastorius and Rocco Prestia. In addition to these complex fingerstyle lines, the piece also includes unison sections and chordal parts.

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 contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above.

1 – Advanced Fingerstyle Study #1

This video is a demonstration of Advanced Fingerstyle Study #2, performed on a Zon Sonus bass.

2 – Introduction

This video gives a brief overview of the course.

3 – A Section

In this video we’ll be working through the Intro to this piece, at letter A. This lesson covers bars 1-12.

4 – B Section

In this video we’ll be working through the second part of the Intro to this piece, which features a unison riff played with the keyboards. This lesson covers bars 13-18.

5 – C Section

In this video we’ll be working through the second half of the B Section, which features the introduction of the difficult fingerstyle groove. This lesson covers bars 19-22.

6 – D Section

In this lesson we’ll be working on the fingerstyle groove that is played throughout the melody section of this piece. This lesson covers bars 23-42.

7 – E Section

In this video we’ll be working through the D section. This part of the track is essentially a repeat of the C section, but with many embellishments to the established fingerstyle groove. This lesson covers bars 43-61.

8 – Tone

In this final lesson of the course, we’ll be talking about the tone that I used when recording this piece, and I’ll be giving you some advice on how to achieve something similar.