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Video Lesson – Don’t Stop Me Now

May 4, 2015 by Paul Wolfe

Here’s Part 1 of a tutorial showing you how to play bass to John Deacon’s great bass line to Don’t Stop Me Now.

This is a great tune and a great bass line. What’s really instructive is analyzing what John Deacon did in the repeats of the verses and the chorus that are covered in Parts 2 and 3of the video.

Part 2 looks at the 2nd Verse:

Here’s the final part of the tutorial – in Part 3 we look at the Guitar Solo and the 2nd and final chorus:

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