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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Spirit Funk" by Pat Wise</title>
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  <description>Style: Funk/R&amp;B. Difficulty: Intermediate. 7 pages of Funky Moveable patterns</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "! - A Hero Tune© Part 3" by Bootsy Collins</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=21215</link>
  <description>Style: Funk/R&amp;B. Difficulty: Advanced. Play ground notes with your left thumb instead of your fingers... (slapping</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Alright Sad Type Bit: Part 2" by Ceev McGlinchey</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=3811</link>
  <description>Style: Metal. Difficulty: Intermediate. The next installement of my haunting melody.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "The Basics Of Soloing" by Hrvoje Grubisic</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=20066</link>
  <description>Style: Theory/Reference. Difficulty: Beginner. An intro to bass soloing, classic finger-style.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "16th Note Finger Fizzunk" by Kory Mcafee</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=14467</link>
  <description>Style: Funk/R&amp;B. Difficulty: Advanced. 16th note fun....</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Fuer Elise Again" by Dark Alex</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=7291</link>
  <description>Style: Classical. Difficulty: Expert. Another version of this song. Got cool middle part. Lots of dexterity required.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Melodic Line" by Josh Padilla</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=15497</link>
  <description>Style: Metal. Difficulty: Advanced. This is a melodic peice I made up one day and decided to post. Hope you like it!</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Remembering The Notes" by Mike Russo</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=9925</link>
  <description>Style: Theory/Reference. Difficulty: Beginner. Want to remember where every note on the neck is? Easy pointers and visual aides in this lesson will show you how simple it is to do.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Acidic Jazz" by Rob Fish</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=21367</link>
  <description>Style: Jazz. Difficulty: Intermediate. This is an up-tempo line, typical to the acid jazz style. I have contrasted a busier line with a more solid and steady line to demonstrate that less can just be as much as the more.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "24 Basic Chord Types" by Dylan Woodman</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=16432</link>
  <description>Style: Theory/Reference. Difficulty: Intermediate. This is essential for any bassist, because sooner or later, you'll end up at a gig that requires you to be able to read a chord chart.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Pescetti - Sonata No 8 In C, 4th Mvment" by Adam Picot</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=15751</link>
  <description>Style: Classical. Difficulty: Ridiculous. Baroque piece by Pescetti, an Italian composer. This piece was composed for the harpsichord but I think it sounds nice on bass so enjoy! (This took me ages).</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "It's April, Fool! (Another Add-A-Track)" by Tracy Hardy Johnson</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=10762</link>
  <description>Style: Jazz. Difficulty: Beginner. Inspired by the 2003 April Fool's posting. Intended for guitarists to provide rhythm or lead tracks over. Now with a video of a live performance, a more relaxed, sparse, acoustic version than the studio recording.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "The Definitive Walking Guide" by Alex Gallichotte</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=11131</link>
  <description>Style: Jazz. Difficulty: Intermediate. Walking is one of the true tests of bassists, and this guide will show you every aspect of building a walking jazz line from scratch. It also touches on how a bassist functions in an ensemble and how to direct the flow of a song.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Dream World" by Jeremy Steele</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=12420</link>
  <description>Style: Double Bass. Difficulty: Intermediate. This is a piece that came to me one night that I couldn’t go to sleep it’s a cool piece because the some out of a dream and its bad to listen too</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Scales" by Eric Draven</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=15706</link>
  <description>Style: Theory/Reference. Difficulty: Beginner. Scales. A must-know!</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "E Minor Grooves" by Mike Berg</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=19383</link>
  <description>Style: Funk/R&amp;B. Difficulty: Intermediate. Some groove thoughts in E minor. New is page sixteen.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Further Halting Steps Toward Walking" by Matthew Brown</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=6236</link>
  <description>Style: Theory/Reference. Difficulty: Intermediate. The lesson progresses from simple chord-based walking bass to linear, step-wise lines thence to pedal points under progressions, using the changes to a G Blues.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Contrapuntal Concepts" by Josh Scott</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=6566</link>
  <description>Style: Theory/Reference. Difficulty: Advanced. What does contrapuntal mean? How can it be applied to the bass guitar? How can I use it in my music? Want answers? Come and get 'em.</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Variations On A Basic Blues Line (E)" by Bonfardin Sylvain</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=6570</link>
  <description>Style: Blues. Difficulty: Intermediate. This is a simple variation on a basic blues line in E</description>
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  <title>Bass Lesson: "Root Beer" by Cleve Bledsoe</title>
  <link>http://www.activebass.com/default.asp?src=l&amp;l=6765</link>
  <description>Style: Metal. Difficulty: Intermediate. This is fun to play because you just move your fingers back and forth. It's another one of my creations that sound like my other ones! Check it out...</description>
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