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[MUSIC]
So you're gonna find yourself,

on many occasions, where it's you and the
drummer and it's jam time.

And pick a key, any key, pick a style, any
style.

But what I like to do, is mix it up a
little bit.

So, you noticed I started, just with a
little light picking.

[MUSIC]
And hey, there's that nail sound,

we talked about, earlier.

Yep.

I grow my nails, so I can kinda use it as
a pick cuz.

[MUSIC]
Nothing too much funkier,

than when you really get a good pick
sound.

So when I hear the drummer, jamming like
that.

[SOUND].

And that's JR, John Robinson, by the way,
in the background.

It gives me a chance to just.

[MUSIC]
You know,

I don't have to start in with full guns
blazing, but just a little-

[MUSIC]
Kind of an upbeat.

Sort of almost, half reggae type feel.

So again, make it your own and then, a
little slipping and

sliding never hurt anybody.

[MUSIC]
You almost aren't even playing notes.

It's kinda like you're, you're a drummer
having, or like a kind of an African drum.

[MUSIC]
It's just, it's,

just the cool sound you get.

So it doesn't really matter.

[MUSIC]
And

here's that trill again, that we, learned
earlier.

[MUSIC]
You can either use the two fingers or-

[MUSIC]
So.

[MUSIC]
And now, we do, the up and down trill-

[MUSIC]
Or the-

[MUSIC]
Two finger trill, but once again,

were kind of like, it's, it's a little bit
of target practice where we kind of not,

aiming for notes as much as we are the
feel.

[MUSIC]
And that's

always just a little something different
from, from what they normally hear.

So, it's nice to, you know, just-

[MUSIC].

Use, use the instrument as a percussion
instrument.

So that's a lot of fun.

And then, of course, everybody has their
own version of a slap.

[MUSIC]
And a hammer on.

[MUSIC]
Another way to do the trill.

[MUSIC]
And

when you're jamming, you know, you just
wanna have as much [SOUND] kind of grease

and fun so I do a little vibrato on that
note.

[MUSIC]
And then-

[MUSIC]
That's always fun, just a little trill.

And then, I like slipping and sliding
around the bass to just-

[MUSIC]

And there you have it.

So, again, start with a drum pattern or a
drummer or your favorite drummer.

And start playing along and see what you
can come up with.

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