Lesson 1 of your ‘First Lessons on the Bass guitar’.
A first look at the parts of the bass guitar, how to fret notes properly, your first bass line – a well known blues line – and your first song, ‘The Chain’ by Fleetwood Mac.
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Part of the Tolbooth’s music development programme.
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