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- Kristofer Dahl14th December 2007
  Very nice Bogdan! I think that thanks to this lesson - I have just realised what I am lacking in my own (amateur) bass recordings! Thanks!
- Unleash-The-Shred14th December 2007
  Good job with this. Sounds really funky.
- Bogdan Radovic14th December 2007
  Thanks Kris and Unleash-The-Shred !!! I'm really glad you like it.If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, I will be available here and in the forum Cheers !
- Pablo Vazquez14th December 2007
  Hey Bogdan!! My brother is a bass player and he says your lesson is so cool!!! I think the same. Good Job!!
- Nick32514th December 2007
  cool
- Hisham Al-Sanea14th December 2007
  nice dead notes lesson bogdan
- Dejan Farkas14th December 2007
  Excellent lesson
  
  It will help me in my works
- Ben N15th December 2007
  cool goove!! I like it
  nice lesson
- Muris Varajic15th December 2007
  Nice use of dead notes Bogdan,like it!!
- Toni Suominen16th December 2007
  Nice groove mate, great job!
- Ivan Milenkovic16th December 2007
  Nice lesson Bole. Keep then going
- SinoMan26th April 2008
  This is the most useful lesson on entire GMC for me.
- Bogdan Radovic27th April 2008
  Hey thank you very much!! Dead notes are very important part of bass lines!

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- Tags: Bass guitar, String muting
Hello GMCs! Welcome to my lesson about playing dead notes on a bass guitar. Dead notes are produced by string muting technique. String muting is one of the most useful techniques which you can use to develop a good groove. Bass guitar can be a very percussive instrument and string muting creates a percussive sound that can add a new dimension to your playing and bass lines. And when you figure it out is very easy to incorporate in your own bass lines a have them groove out even more.

In this lesson you are going to learn how to play that "dead notes" using string muting in a blues/rock type of groove. This technique can be applied in any type of music. So lets get grooving!

Scale used for composing this groove is G minor pentatonic scale.

-Key: G
-Tempo : 110 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Difficulty: beginner

Equipement I used for getting this sound was: Peavey Cirrus bass with active soapbar pickups, equal mix of both of them with added bass and treble on onboard eq - then going to the nemesis(eden) amp with a 1x15" and slightly added bass and treble there (at 1 o'clock position).

Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson feedback and in the forum.

Enjoy and I hope you'll have a lot of fun with this lesson ;)

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