This track was written to represent virtuoso bassist Michael Manring, an artist who has always been very successful in combining multiple techniques into one seamless performance. This is one of the main challenges with this piece. Although Michael’s extensive use of multiple tunings is not reflected here (something that would be very difficult to achieve without a Zon Hyperbass) this piece nevertheless contains many of the techniques that he commonly uses, such as palm muting, slapping, strumming and two handed tapping.
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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 'You're Excused', performed on a Zon Sonus bass.
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
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.
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.
In this video we’ll be learning the strummed chordal part from letter C. This section covers bars 11-15.
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.
In this video we’ll be working through the complex tapping line found at letter E. This video covers bars 26-29.
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.
In this video I’ll be talking about Michael Manring’s tone and giving some advice on how you can achieve something similar.