'Workin' Like a Dog' was written to showcase the virtuosic playing style of legendary rock bassist Billy Sheehan, and is a great workout for your fingerstyle and tapping techniques. This piece has a very quick tempo and is typical of the kind of music that Billy has played with bands such as Talas, The Dave Lee Roth Band, Mr Big, and The Winery Dogs. In keeping with Billy’s unique playing style, this piece features riffs and fills built on the pentatonic and blues scales, the use of natural and artificial harmonics, and the use of the tapping technique. It also features some string and neck bending, and should be played with a distorted tone.
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This course contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:
This video is a full demonstration of 'Workin' Like a Dog', performed on a Yamaha Attitude Ltd bass.
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
In this video the tuning requirements of the piece are briefly discussed.
In this video you'll learn how to play the A section, which is bars 1-10.
In this video you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 11-26.
In this video you'll learn how to play the C section, which is bars 27-42.
In this video you'll learn how to play the D section, which is bars 43-58.
In this video you'll learn how to play the E section, which is bars 59-74.
In this video you'll learn how to play the F section, which is bars 75-82.
In this video you'll learn how to play the G section, which is bars 83-92.
In this video you'll learn how to play the H section, which is bars 93-120.
In this video you'll learn how to play the I section, which is bars 121-140.
This lesson covers Billy Sheehan's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.