This week we’re looking at the cool fingerstyle funk bass riff from the song The Chinese Way by Level 42. I originally released a video breakdown of this bass riff a few years ago but have recently changed my method of both playing and teaching the line.

The Chinese Way

After watching a video of 1991 video of Level 42 on the Guaranteed tour playing the song at a crazy fast tempo I found my original way of playing the line just didn’t feel right. So I modified a few of the notes and fingerings and finally found something much closer to what Mark plays.

So in this lesson I’ll work through my new approach to the riff and compare both versions.

Practice Tracks:

Studio Version (119 bpm):

Live Version (137 bpm):

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