Hi, welcome back. This is week 11 of Bass Lessons in the music coach program. This week, we're going to start putting all of our pieces together as we get near the end of the program. Now that we're playing the full form of the song, which is A, A, B, D, we're going to add a couple little things to complete the form. And also talk about how you can do different things in different parts of the form depending on the size of the band and the different musicians that you might be playing with. So to start out with, let's add our last few pieces to connect the second A.

So the first B, we're going to play three g bass notes, and then there's going to be a stop. So here's how the first two A's are going to sound Like he, she, C, D, that we're going to play G, G, G and stop. Now do the stop, you're gonna play your note G. And then you can let it go and use the rest of your fingers to mute the strings. It's important that this stop happens to create the space for the melody in the B section to begin. Now in the end of the second B, we're going to add a G as well, the very last time to end the song. So here are the two B sections with the ending G, D, E minor, C, on the second time, she D. E minor See, there we play G, and stop.

And that's how the whole song ends. Now, in terms of what we call arranging, which is what's happening in the A section, then the second day and the first B and the second D has a lot to do with how many musicians you're playing with and what instruments they're playing. For example, if I'm playing bass and I'm in a band that has bass, drums, guitar, saxophones, flutes, piano, there may not really be a need for me as the bass player to ever play the melody. So I may be playing just the bass parts all the way through, and maybe taking a solo somewhere. But if I'm playing a duet with say, a guitar, it would be great if on one of the sections I played the melody. So I might play the bass part for the first day and then play the melody in the second day.

While the guitar player plays the melody in the first day, and plays chords in the second day, just as an example. So that's why being really comfortable with all the different parts of the melody, the bass part. And understanding the form really helps you construct your own way of playing this song or any song. And how you arrange things is a really personal thing between you and the other people you're playing with. And the fun exciting thing about music is you can make it up different every time you get together to play. Alright, keep up the great work and we'll see in the practice video.