Bernard Edwards
'Chic Unique' has been written to represent Bernard Edwards' hugely inspirational bass work with Chic and Sister Sledge during the seventies and eighties. It features many common elements of his playing style, including a heavy use of chord tones, the use of ghost notes, the use of open string jumps, and the use of ascending and descending double chromatic passing notes. In keeping with Bernard’s playing style, there is a lot of repetition in this line, and minimal use of bass fills.
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This course contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:
1. 'Chic Unique' Play-Through
This video is a full demonstration of 'Chic Unique', performed on a Music Man Sterling SUB Series bass.
2. Course Overview
This video contains a brief overview of the course.
3. A Section (Part 1)
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the first part of the A section, which is bars 1-8.
4. A Section (Part 2)
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the second half of the A section, which is bars 9-14.
5. B Section
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 15-20.
6. C Section
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the C section, which is bars 21-24.
7. D Section
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the D section, which is bars 25-32.
8. E Section
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the E section, which is bars 33-40.
9. G Section
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the G section, which is bars 45-52.
10. H Section
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the H section, which is bars 53-57.
11. Tone
This lesson covers Bernard Edwards's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.
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