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How a young Bootsy Collins took the James Brown bass chair to its busiest level on this Bootsy-fied recut from 1970’s Sex Machine
Although they played together for less than a year, James Brown became somewhat of a father figure to bassist Bootsy Collins, pushing him to become a better musician with each sho ...
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Learn how polychords and slash chords hold the key to musical exploration, just as scales do
This isn’t always easy on the guitar, but the Em/maj9 (E minor and B major combined ... If we reverse the order of chord and ...
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"I decided that I was going to write a song with a lot of chords." Robby Krieger tells how he wrote a timeless hit with "Light My Fire"
Krieger explains how the song changed from the time they played it in clubs until it became a chart-topping hit single ...
“He was one of the weirdest bass players in the history of rock”: 5 basslines that capture the genius of The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh
Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away recently at the age of 84. Phil was one of the ...
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Classical CDs: Leaves, prisms and sub-bass
Her violin solo contributions have a clarity and candour about them which are particularly appealing, notably the “Aria” from the Goldberg Variations, accompanied by vibraphone, bass guitar ... are ...
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Phil Lesh, who anchored the Grateful Dead with thundering bass lines, dead at 84
Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding ... and skills to a five-chord rock 'n' roll band.
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"We're here to deconstruct the elements of music theory that will demonstrably make your music better”: The pillars of music theory made simple
So, in an E minor for example, the bass note of that chord (on a guitar, this would be an open E string) defines the starting point of the chord, while the higher notes add further weight and ...
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“You could present an audience with 13 minutes of guitar improvisation and they would actually thank you for it!”: The very best of Peter Frampton
The ubiquity of Peter Frampton’s 1976 double live release sometimes overshadows his other output, but the Frampton catalogue is rich with stunning guitar work ... The last two of those chords are ...