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Make Your Ears Awesome: Bass – Preview Lesson 2

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This U2 track is another good example of a simple but effective bass part. Harmonically, the part is simple: it only plays the root note for each chord. The rhythm is also pretty straightforward and gives the song a lot of drive. If you want to play the song on different strings than I’ve indicated, click the gear icon, and toggle on hard mode!

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