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Video Lesson – Wouldn’t It Be Nice

May 5, 2015 by Paul Wolfe

Here’s a video showing the bass guitar beginner how to play bass to Beach Boys classic Wouldn’t It Be Nice:

Here’s the lesson:

I’ve split the lesson down into three sections – the verse/chorus, the bridge, and the ‘slowed down’ section plus the outro when the tune returns to tempo.

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