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Bass Players – James Jamerson

April 30, 2015 by Paul Wolfe

James Jamerson's basslines were the foundation of the motown sound - full of complex 16th note passages, dissonant passing tones and intense syncopations. Amazingly the majority of them were … [Read more...] about Bass Players – James Jamerson

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Pino Palladino bass line – Give Blood – Pete Townsend

June 6, 2012 by Paul Wolfe

Here's a bass line that I just transcribed - it's a tune called Give Blood by Pete Townsend and the original was played by the very great Pino Palladino on fretless and with (mostly) an octave … [Read more...] about Pino Palladino bass line – Give Blood – Pete Townsend

Filed Under: bass guitar, first bass and beyond, free bass lessons, pino palladino Tagged With: first bass and beyond, free bass lessons, fretless bass, give blood, octave pedal, pino palladino, transcriptions

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