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GRADE: 2
ARTIST: The Temper Trap
SONG: 'Sweet Disposition'

BASS DEMO: RHYTHM IN 'SWEET DISPOSITION' BY THE TEMPER TRAP

Learn how to play the syncopated line at the beginning of 'Sweet Disposition' by The Temper Trap in this bass guitar demo video with Ellen O'Reilly.

Ellen O’Reilly has been playing bass on radio and TV and has been touring the world since 1999. She’s worked with a wide range of artists including Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud), Mark Richardson (Skunk Anansie, Feeder) and Robin Banerjee (Amy Winehouse) among others. She was the first female winner of a full bass scholarship at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and won their ‘Best Bassist’ award in 2012. She regularly appears at the Bass Guitar Show in London for Music Man, and is a regular writer for Bass Guitar Magazine.





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