Chords for Easy Bass Lesson | Slide - Slave

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_ _ _ _ What's up y'all, DeLuca here.
Gonna do this song called Slide from the group Slave.
Back in, I think it came out in 77, somewhere around there.
It's one of the first songs I learned how to play on bass.
And all funk bass players know this song
because it's like, _ for everybody,
it's like their first song that they learned how to play.
And it's so funky and it's so simple.
But the key for this one is all about feel.
It's only three notes. _
It's E minor and it's E, G, A.
Okay, but it's the way it's played. _ _ _ _
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_ That's kind of the slowed down feel of it. _
I put together a little drum beat
based on what I heard on the record.
And it's around 112 BPM.
It's kind of similar to what they're doing on the record.
It gives you a good feel
_ and a good sense of what the groove sounds like.
So, hear how it sounds here. _ _ _
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_ _ So, that gives you a good idea
of what the groove is supposed to sound like.
And of course, the song's called Slides.
So, you gotta throw those slides in there, too.
So, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ you gotta throw those in.
So, that's the main groove.
And then it has a change that goes to the A.
And so, I'll play that with my drum beat now.
And it goes. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ So, that change again is an A.
So, let me turn this off here.
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_ _ what _ _ it _ _ does at the end,
since it's an A, it goes
_ _ _ _ to the high A here and then back to the E.
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So, it goes.
Okay, [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ so after the guitar solo,
there's a little breakdown section.
A little bass.
I wouldn't even call it a bass solo,
but it's more of a breakdown. _
So, it goes a little something like this.
You're playing a groove. _
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_ _ _ Going to the right here. _ _
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So, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you're _ _ _ _ playing a groove.
So, you're playing a groove.
So, that's pretty much the song, y'all.
I mean, have fun with this one.
This one leaves a lot of room for improv
if you throw your notes in at good spots in your fills.
_ It's wide