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Giants of Bass – Sting

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This simple track was written to represent Sting, one of the UK’s best-known bassists, and an artist who has experienced incredible success both with a band, and as a solo artist. This track has been written in the style of Sting’s work with his band The Police and features a relatively simple bass part which consists of repeated riffs and pumping eighth note grooves.

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This course is 21 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:

1. ‘Stung’

This video is a full demonstration of ‘Stung', performed on a Fender Custom Shop Precision Bass strung with stainless steel Rotosound strings.

2. Course Overview

This video gives a brief overview of this piece and the challenges that it presents. Advice is also given on instrument choice and finding the right tone for the piece.

3. Intro Section

This video covers the intro. The bass is absent for the first four bars, then enters with a simple, lightly syncopated line. This lesson covers bars 1-8 in the transcription.

4. A Section

This ‘verse’ section has a more adventurous bassline, one that supports the harmony perfectly. This lesson covers bars 9-24 in the transcription.

5. B Section

This section could be considered the ‘chorus’ and is underpinned by an eighth note bass groove that is simple to play. This lesson covers bars 25-36.

6. E Section

This section is the ‘middle 8’ and has another eighth note-based line, this time one that makes use of octaves. This lesson covers bars 53-60 in the transcription.