What can I say another mid 80's debut album that I love. Nothing flashy (what would you expect from a T-Bone Burnett produced album). This song has a simple chord progression but the bass provides a counter melody to the song. It's definitely worth checking out a great example of a supportive bass line that is not just playing the roots.
In a pre-internet era, imagine walking by a newsstand and seeing the premier issue of Guitar for the Practicing Musician. At one point it was the best selling music magazine before going out of business in 1999. Since this is a guitar riff based song. I included it for the first verse so you can here the bass in context with the guitar. After the first verse I include just chords so you can hear the bass clearly. I'm hoping this makes it easier to learn the song.
I love the band Cake. Great songs (both original and covers ) and great, creative bass lines. I was really surprised when I discovered they have had multiple bass players. A helpful resource for Cake bass lines is the YouTube site Piece of Cake. Check out his site at the link below.
A pretty straight forward cover of a Buck Owens tune. A couple of things to listen for. During the triplet rhythm, he typically plays the 2nd note really short, shorter than the mp3 sounds. Also during the triplet rhythm her varies the note duration's. The leading note is generally held for a whole note of the triplet, however a few times it's played short or long. On the trailing note of the triplet besides playing it really short, sometimes it's just left out. These are all nuances that really make a difference in nailing a simple song like this.
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A three chord song based around a I IV V progression ( there is a I IMaj7 I7 progression at the beginning of the verse so technically a 5 chord song). But like most Cake songs there is a great bass line, in this case built around an 8 4 b5 5 R 8 pattern.
One of the technological advances I find my self using all the time is Shazam. I was watching My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman and I hear this song with a hypnotic repeating guitar riff. Quickly grabbing my phone , I activate SHAZAM and it's Marinade by Dope Lemon. I forgot I had transcribed this. One update I made, is if you look at measure 9, I changed beat 3 and 4 from 1/8 notes to staccato 1/4 notes. It seems to me to be much easier to read. This is another song that's a good reading exercise, it has enough variation to keep you on your toes.
Another example of band that resonated with me the first time I heard them. There are lots of great transcriptions available. This is their latest release and no transcriptions yet so here we go. It's a pretty straight forward song. There are 5 sections to this song. Watch Section D which is only 3 measures and Section E which repeats a 7 measure pattern.
As I mentioned early I really like this band and there are a lot of great transcriptions available. This is from their latest release. and a pretty straight forward song. Section A doesn't have a repeatable pattern that I can make out. If you hear one please let me know. Also There are some unique (to me anyway) chord voicings that I hear. If I have some free time I may add them in the future.
Flashback to 1991 and WXRT in Chicago. Great Power-Pop band.
I had posted a partial transcription of this song on my original blog. Upon further review I made some improvements.
Being a big fan of late 70's New Wave, I'm a sucker for melodic bass lines. Here's a pretty good but not difficult one. For the most part by adding one extra note creates a very melodic line. In the verse Over the A chord he plays Root 2nd and 6th's, Over the D chord Root and 2nd and the B chord Root and b7. The non-chord tones add all the melody. Since they are all major chords the chord tones are R 3rd and 5th.
Thought I'd try something different, since the video includes the tab I posted the notation version for anyone that wants to practice site reading. There are subtle variations, so even though its not to difficult you need to pay attention. The tabs and notation are always always available for supporting members
Matthew Sweet hit it out of the park on his third release. Great songs with 2 of my favorite guitar players, Richard Lloyd of Television and Robert Quine. Richard takes the lead on this one. Also a shout out to Francois who reviewed this transcription for me. I usually prefer not to use staccato markings if I think the note duration is correct. i.e. I prefer a 1/16 note If I think the intention is a 1/16 note, and not a staccato 1/8 note. However in this case the finally results were really tough to read so I listened to him and updated the score. If you want to see the original, send me an email and I'll send you a link to the original unlisted version on YouTube.
This was a request from a supporting member. I was working on the transcription using a VHS copy of the music video. Then I discovered it had been remastered and included as bonus material as part of the 40th anniversary release of there debut. Much better results. This song has a very interesting bass line. It's worth a few minutes to listen and follow along with the transcription.
This was a requested song. Can't go wrong with a Replacements song
I love the Replacements. One thing I've noticed about that the bass tabs and bass cover videos for this song , they all seem to play the guitar part an octave lower. For this song I used Transcribe! filtered for bass only frequencies and bump the song up an octave. It made it easier to clearly hear the bass line.
If I had to pick my favorite Smiths song I think this is it.
RIP Andy Rourke.
12 bar progression (8 bars of I then 2 bars of vi, 1 bar of V, 1 bar of IV) The notes in the bass line over the I chord (E) are consistent, however he changes the timing of the notes on the and of 1 and on 2. This keeps the 8 bars of E interesting.
I wasn't sure what category this song belonged in., They are not,in my opinion, classic rock so I guess they are the original indie rock band. This was their first album on Atlantic, where they were asked to "avoid sex and drugs in song and instead focus on making an album loaded with hits" Someday I'll transcribe the Rock n Roll Animal version but for now you 'll have to settle for this version. Nothing difficult about this song, there are some chromatic note runs from chord to chord. If your not already familiar with them they should be added to your repertoire. F to C there's a 1 3rd b4th b5 in there verse and the chorus its 7 R 2 from F to C
99.9 F° (1992) is part of a great trilogy of albums produced by Mitchel Froom. Los Lobs Kiko (1992) and Richard Thompson's Rumor and Sigh (1991) round out the trio. Add the great Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello) on bass and you get folk songs with an edgy sound. There are a number of slides on this song you'll need to listen to get the exact feel (it definitely doesn't translate to the musescore play along)
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