Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Tim Smolens shows a snippet from his long form video lesson on alternate bass notes and how they relate to the harmonic structure and songwriting. The long lesson gives a multitude of real world examples from pop music history with a special emphasis on Brian Wilson songs. Learn about chord inversions and their relationship to pop songwriting.

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