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Michael Manring

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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.

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 – ‘You’re Excused’ Play-Through

This video is a full demonstration of 'You're Excused', 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 talking about Michael Manring’s tone and giving some advice on how you can achieve something similar.