'Zender Jazz' was written to represent Stuart Zender’s ground-breaking bass work on the first three Jamiroquai albums. The bassline features many common elements of his playing style, such as syncopated funk grooves, disco octave lines, and the use of both fingerstyle and slap techniques.
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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 'Zender Jazz', performed on a GB Guitars Rumour 5-String.
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
In this video you'll learn how to play the A section, which is bars 5-8.
In this video you'll learn how to play the C section, which is bars 13-16.
In this video you'll learn how to play the D section, which is bars 17-27.
In this video you'll learn how to play the G section, which is bars 36-47.
In this video you'll learn how to play the H section, which is bars 48-51.
In this video you'll learn how to play the I section, which is bars 52-63.
This lesson covers Stuart Zender's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.