How to Play "Light My Fire" by The Doors on the bass

This is a great lesson by Paul from how-to-play-bass.com for playing the bassline from The Doors' "Light My Fire". It's a simple bassline that utilizes triads and simple chord changes.

(1) Part 1 of 2 - How to Play "Light My Fire" by The Doors on the bass, (2) Part 2 of 2 - How to Play "Light My Fire" by The Doors on the bass

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Are you saying that even though the first chord played by the guitar and keyboard in the verses (of the two chords) is a minor chord the bass is actually playing an arpeggio with a major 3rd? Are you sure? Shouldn't that be a C instead of a C#? That's the way I'm hearing it.

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