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We break down the bassline to Firecracker by Mass Production, thumb-over muting technique on a four-string versus a five-string, and how to reverse-engineer any funk bassline by ear using interval shapes instead of tab. This one's for players who want real slap bass technique, not another PDF collecting dust.
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β± CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro β looking at Mass Production's Firecracker
0:50 Song Master and the funk box
1:38 Thumb-over muting: four-string vs five-string
5:00 Isolating the bassline in Song Master
8:19 Reverse-engineering from the live performance video
19:01 Groove architecture and money shapes (octave, fifth)
24:09 Larry Graham and the origin of slap bass
36:50 Breaking down the bridge section
41:08 Learning scale shapes by number, not just by name
52:05 Live Q&A β Nolan's question on note names vs. shapes
55:08 The Star Studio story
1:10:47 Pentatonic exercise and close
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