My Generation lesson by Mark Smith

[TheGreek]

Mark Smith from Talkingbass is giving a lesson on the track above live. See below for more details and the link.

It's Mark from Talkingbass! It's that time of the week again! This week we're looking at the most famous bass solo in music history: My Generation by The Who played by the late, great legend of the bass guitar - John Entwistle. I'll be breaking down the bass solo itself and presenting some tips on how to negotiate the technical hurdles in terms of three finger picking, bends and pentatonic scale flurries. The pentatonic scale runs used in this bass solo are popular in the bass fills of Geddy Lee and Geezer Butler and the three finger picking is also a huge influence on the playing of Billy Sheehan. So we've got plenty to work on in deciding whether My Generation contains the greatest bass solo of all time! I'll be watching along as usual in the Youtube Premiere, so come along and have a chat as we go live shortly.  Premiere Times: 8 pm - UK Time 3pm - USA East Coast 12pm - USA West Coast Click Here For The Lesson See you there! Mark

[stewblack]

Cheers for this. I thought, a man of my talents this will be fun and not too hard.

3 finger plucking??? What now. Dammit.

[Maude]

I've always played this with two fingers, I just can't seem to not trip up with three. It sounds OK but not perfect. 

But, I have played it on a Danelectro Longhorn without breaking the strings. Does this mean I'm better than JE? 

No, I thought not. 😂😂😂

 

Thanks for the link, I'll have a look later and see if I can improve. 👍