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Bass guitar commonly used technique for bass. However, notable examples are Stanley Clarke's bass playing on the introduction to "School Days", on the album of the same name, and Lemmy who was noted for his use of chords, often playing the bass like a rhythm guitar. The late Bernard Edwards, bass player with the Disco group Chic, was known to use a technique called "chucking" to pluck the bass strings with the forefinger of his right hand, in a manner similar to how strings are plucked with a plectrum. Chucking uses the soft part of the forefinger and the nail of the