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Video Lesson – Beat It

May 4, 2015 by Paul Wolfe

Here’s a video showing the bass guitar beginner how to play bass to Beat It by Michael Jackson:


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Beat It is originally in the key of Eb – and you can either play it ‘up the octave’ and use an Octave Pedal to give your sound some bottom end. Or you can use Drop Eb tuning (where you tune your E string to Eb) – that’s how I teach this in the video.

There are three simple sections to this tune: there’s the riff, the verse and there’s a section between the second chorus and the start of the guitar solo that you need to learn (but it’s a one note pedal!). The guitar solo is played over the verse format.

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  • Books & Courses
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    • 80-20 Bass – What Is 80-20 Bass?
    • WB101 – Why I Had To Learn To “Walk” On The Bass….
    • Cracking The Detroit Code – The 30 Day Challenge
    • HTPB50 – The Only 6 Things A Bass Beginners Should Practice
    • The Duck Dunn Challenge
    • Cracking The Rock Bass Code – 30 Day Challenge
    • Cracking The Blues Rock Code – 30 Day Challenge
    • Funk Soul Disco 30 Day Challenge
    • Walking Basslines 101 30 Day Challenge
  • Blog
  • Members Tutorials
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    • Index Of Member Only Content
    • Vanishing Tutorial
    • Pre Training Day 1
    • Pre Training Day 2
    • Pre Training Day 3
    • Pre Training Day 4
    • Pre Training Day 5
    • Day 1 – Getting Started With Root Notes
    • Day 2 – Adding The 5th
    • Day 3 – The Major Triad
    • Day 4 – The Minor Triad
    • Day 5 – Connecting Devices
    • Day 6 – Deliberate Composition
    • Day 7 – Deliberate Composition 2
    • Day 8 – Deliberate Composition 3
    • Day 9 – Deliberate Composition 4
    • Day 10 – Connecting Chords With Approach Notes
    • Day 11 – Quarter Note to 8th Note
    • Day 12 – New Device/Modifying Device
    • Day 13 – New Device/2nd Modifying Device
    • Day 14 – The R-3-5-6 Device (with variations)
  • 80-20 Grooves
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  • Sight Reading Etudes
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