'Who Dunnit' was written to represent Duck Dunn's simple but effective work at the Stax record label during the sixties and seventies, as well as his work with the Blues Brothers. The track features many stylistic elements that were common to Duck's basslines, such as a heavy use of chord tones, the use of additional scale tones such as the sixth, and the use of chromatic passing notes to ease the transition between chords. In keeping with Duck's playing style, there are only a few fills, which makes the line effective, but unobtrusive.
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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 'Who Dunnit?', performed on a Fender Precision Bass.
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
In this video you'll learn how to play the Intro section, which is bars 1-2.
In this video you'll learn how to play the first half of the A section, which is bars 3-10.
In this video you'll learn how to play the second half of the A section, which is bars 11-18.
In this video you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 19-26.
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 43-50.
In this video you'll learn how to play the E section, which is bars 51-58.
In this video you'll learn how to play the F section, which is bars 59-66.
In this video you'll learn how to play the G section, which is bars 67-75.
This lesson covers Duck Dunn's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.