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Percy White: Hello and good morning and good afternoon. My name is Percy. I am a professional bassist. I am here to show you different things on how to play electric bass from picking up the right bass, playing and technique and so forth. I will give you little bit information about myself. I have been playing bass since I was ten, which means I have been playing for a long time. I am originally from Philadelphia, started playing base, well, I start up playing guitar and then realized that I didnt have the dexterity so I want to be playing bass which made a lot more sense to me and I have been doing it ever since. I have played in large bands, small bands, jazz, combos, rock, blues, funk, Reggae, gospel. I currently play for the Army Band in DC and I have done several recording projects, jazz projects, rock projects, you name it, I have done it.

So, I am going to show you basically some techniques. Ill show you how to develop good playing form, how to pick out a good bass and to do all the things that you need to do to be own call, first call, well rounded bass player. Hope you enjoy it.

Expert: Percy White

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Percy White is a professional bassist living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. He is originally from Philadelphia, Pa. He started playing bass when he was 10 years old after trying unsuccessfully to play guitar. As he puts it, "It just made sense. The bass has four strings and I have four fingers to play them with." He started playing by ear but after hearing Stanley Clarke he realized that he had to take More »

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These series of videos will take the beginning student from purchasing the correct bass to playing and practicing the basic techniques and exercises to get the student out and playing in a band situation. These More »

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