Intermediate Level

Giants of Bass – Stanley Clarke

Course Duration: 36 Minutes | Difficulty Level: 5

'Back to School' was written to reflect the contributions that Stanley Clarke has made to the development of the bass guitar as a solo instrument. It features strummed power chords, slap and pop grooves, chordal fingerstyle passages, manipulated harmonics, and an aggressively played bass solo.

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