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Jamiroquai – ‘If I Like It, I Do It’

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This great song appeared on Emergency on Planet Earth, the band’s debut album, and the world’s first introduction to the bass work of a young Stuart Zender. This is one of the more complex basslines on the album: it’s busy, heavily syncopated, and there are many variations on the main themes. In short, there’s a lot of bass goodness to get your teeth into here.

When learning this piece, you might find the following courses (all included in the monthly subscription cost) useful:

A backing track is available for this course. To download it, hit the Download Resources button above. To download the transcription (with TAB and without), please visit the Free Stuff page.

This course is 1 HOUR & 14 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:

1. ‘If I Like It, I Do It’

This video is a demonstration of the song. The line was performed on a Zon Sonus bass strung with stainless steel Rotosound strings.

2. Course Overview

This video contains an overview of the song and the challenges it presents. It also contains advice on choosing the right instrument and tone for a piece like this.

3. Intro Section

This video covers the intro section of the track, which is built around Stuart Zender’s melodic but supportive bass part.

4. Verse Sections

This lesson covers the verse sections in detail. The bassline here is heavily syncopated, but locks in beautifully with the drum pattern.

5. Chorus #1

This lesson covers the first chorus of the track. This section features an incredibly inventive bass groove that’s great fun to play.

6. Chorus #2

This lesson covers the second chorus. Based on the first chorus, there are nevertheless many variations on the established line to consider here.

7. Chorus #3

This lesson covers the third chorus, which follows the breakdown. Again, there are many variations to be found here, all of which are worth studying.

8. Chorus #4

This video demonstrates the fourth chorus sequence and covers bars 77-84 in the transcription (available on the free stuff page - see above).

9. Chorus #5

This lesson covers the fifth chorus sequence and covers bars 85-92 in the transcription (available on the free stuff page - see above).

10. Chorus #6

This lesson covers the six chorus sequence and covers bars 93-100 in the transcription (available on the free stuff page - see above).

11. Chorus #7

This lesson covers the seventh chorus sequence and covers bars 101-108 in the transcription (available on the free stuff page - see above).

12. Chorus #8

This lesson covers the eighth chorus sequence and covers bars 109-116 in the transcription (available on the free stuff page - see above).

13. Chorus #9

This lesson covers the ninth chorus sequence and covers bars 117-125 in the transcription (available on the free stuff page - see above).