This is an eighties pop track that was written to represent Pino Palladino’s fretless and effects work with artists such as Paul Young and Gary Numan. Like many of Pino’s lines from the era, much of this part is played in the middle, or upper registers of the instrument, with an octave pedal used to double the line in the lower register.
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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 'Don't Fret', performed on a Music Man Sterling SUB bass.
This video contains a brief overview of the course.
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the A section, which is bars 1-16.
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 17-24.
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the C section, which is bars 25-32.
In this lesson you'll learn how to play the D section, which is bars 33-40.
This lesson covers Pino Palladino's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.