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Vanishing Tutorials – Knock On Wood by Eddie Floyd

This Vanishing Tutorial is Knock On Wood by Eddie Floyd. Also at the bottom of the page you’ll find some notes on Duck’s core vocabulary:

 

1.Intro

 

2. Verse

 

3. Chorus

 

4.Chorus 2

 

5. Riff

 

Some Notes On Core Vocabulary

The device this bass line is built around is the R-6-5-3. I filmed this six years ago – i know that because I’m sat down and I only ever filmed tutorials sat down when I injured my leg. Which was 6 years ago.

If I was filming this today on most of these sections I’d slide into the ‘6’ from the ‘5’. This is a core piece of Duck Dunn vocabulary. For instance check out Duck’s line on the verse of 634-57-85:

 

Have a listen to this section from Duck’s line on Sweet Home Chicago – I’ve annotated this one so you can see the different ways he uses R-6-5-3:

 

That’s a great illustration of Core Vocabulary….three very different songs, the same device used at different rhythmic levels and in different ways.

 

 

 

FIVE WAYS I CAN HELP YOU

1. Three Things A Bass Line Has to Do   A short series of articles on the important functions that a bass line has to do.

2. Learning From James Jamerson Vol 1. My best selling book on Amazon – it’s the start of a 4 volume dive into incorporating the ideas that Jamerson brought to the bass guitar into YOUR playing.

3. Learning From Paul McCartney Vol 1 . My newest book….great one for those on the cusp of being an intermediate level player!

4. How To Play Blues Rock Vol 1 My second best selling book – a three volume series that will take you through the idiomatic devices and rhythms needed to play blues and blues rock.

5. If you’re a beginner – read the sequence of articles starting with The Only 6 Things Bass Beginners Should Practice

 

 

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