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These DVDs are designed to help you achieve the motor skills and technique that are necessary to master this style of bass playing. Unlike written tuition, this style is perfect for DVD as all the examples are visual and broken down into manageable and easy to follow sections. Phil Williams has played and toured with many well known bands and artists as diverse as Gary Barlow, Roger Daltrey and Keith Emerson to name just a few. His playing can be heard on numerous film and TV soundtracks.

Week 1
Introduction (1:28)
A Brief History Of Slap Bass (4:34)
Equipment Overview (11:55)
Thumb Technique & Open String Exercises (13:13)
Thumb Technique & Fretted Note Exercises (13:03)
Introducing Hammer-Ons (6:16)
Conclusion (1:17)
Week 2
Introduction (1:43)
Introducing Popped-Pulled Notes (11:47)
Adding Popped Hammer-Ons (6:07)
Introducing Ghost Notes (11:05)
Dead Note Pulls & Machine Gun Triplets (9:31)
Conclusion (1:18)
Week 3
Introduction (1:17)
Fretted & Muted Popped Notes (11:39)
Fretted & Muted Notes With Open String Pulls (5:42)
Fretted & Muted Notes With Machine Gun Triplets (4:28)
Octave Bounces (7:37)
Thumbed Shuffle Grooves (8:16)
Conclusion (1:23)
Week 4
Introduction (2:04)
Building An Open E String Bassline - Part 1 (9:14)
Building An Open E String Bassline - Part 2 (4:18)
Building A Fretted Bassline - Key of G (5:00)
Additional Damped Pull Techniques (11:56)
Conclusion (1:28)
Week 5
Introduction (1:34)
Playing With Sequenced Basslines - Part 1 (11:46)
Playing With Sequenced Basslines - Part 2 (7:18)
Rolling Open String Slap Parts Over Synth Bass (16:40)
Conclusion (1:08)
Week 6
Introduction (1:40)
Trills, Slide Pops, Bends & Hammer Runs (13:19)
Drop D Tuning Basslines (12:16)
Palm Mutes, Funky Pulls & Hits (7:08)
Slapped Melodic Style Basslines (10:25)
Outline of Em Pentatonic Scale for Improvising (5:00)
Conclusion (1:39)
Bonus Performance (1:28)

DVDRIP | Language: English | Video: AVI 704×384 25fps 700 kbps
Audio: AC3, 48 kHz, 2 ch, 192 kbps 

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