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Basic Riffs for Bass Guitar

Author: Danny Morris

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Did you just get your first bass guitar and want to rock, but don't know what to play? Berklee College of Music faculty member and renowned bass player Danny Morris will get you rockin'. Danny Morris takes the legendary bass guitar instruction taught at Berklee College and breaks it down into basic lessons for the beginning bass player. In this lesson, he shows beginning bass players some basic riffs.

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