Contemporary Techniques Study
This advanced study piece features a wide range of techniques, all used to create one single, cohesive piece of music. Throughout this piece you'll be using the palm muting technique, advanced slap bass techniques, two-handed tapping, strumming and harmonics. If you need additional help with these techniques, there are full courses for many of them available in the Intermediate and Advanced Slap Bass sections. 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 - Contemporary Techniques Study
This video is a demonstration of the Advanced Contemporary Techniques Study, performed on a Zon Sonus bass.
2 - Course Overview
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
3 - A Section
In this video we’ll be working through the Intro of the piece, which is performed with the palm muting technique. This section covers bars 1-8.
4 - B Section
This video covers the main theme of the piece, at letter B. This part of the track features a simple double thumbed line, with some harmonic chords and decorations. This section is bars 9-10.
5 - C Section
In this video we’ll be learning the strummed chordal part from letter C. This section covers bars 11-15.
6 - D Section
This section is essentially a repeat of the earlier B section, but with a couple of additional ideas thrown in. This section is bars 16-25.
7 - E Section
In this video we’ll be working through the complex tapping line found at letter E. This video covers bars 26-29.
8 - G Section
In this video we’ll be working through the Outro section of this piece, at letter G. This part is an embellished version of the chordal line from letter C and covers bars 32-39.
9 - Tone
In this video I’ll be giving some advice on how you can achieve the right tone for this piece.
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