'Miller Time!' has been written to to represent Marcus Miller, and features some advanced applications of the slap bass technique. This piece has a moderately slow tempo and is representative of the music that Marcus has written and performed on albums such as Silver Rain, Renaissance and Afrodeezia. It features slap and pop grooves built around minor pentatonic and blues scales, the use of the technique to play melodic and unison lines, and a bass solo which evolves naturally from the main groove.
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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 'Miller Time!', performed on a Fender Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass.
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
In this video you'll learn how to play the Intro and the A section, which is bars 1-10.
In this video you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 11-19.
In this video you'll learn how to play the D section, which is bars 28-33.
In this video you'll learn how to play the E section, which is bars 34-49.
This lesson covers Marcus Miller's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.