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Learn the first position of the C Major scale - one of the essential building blocks of bass playing
BASS EXPO 2013: Here Ben Jones, one of The Institute's bass faculty, teaches you the first position of the C Major scale - one of the essential building blocks of bass playing. Nail this position and you'll start to open up the fretboard and begin to understand the root of many familiar songs and melodies.
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The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance is widely regarded as one of Europe's leading schools of modern music. Located in London and established over a quarter of a century ago, they have been developing and delivering cutting-edge courses to students of contemporary music for longer than any other UK-based school.
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