Black Keys bassline

[Tommygunn]

Yes I realize that they do not have a bassist. I promised someone if they learned the guitar part to the song "tighten up" that I would write a bassline to it. So I'm coming here to ask: Does anybody's band do a cover of the song? If so can someone tab out their version of the song.


Thanks

[Tommygunn]

bump

[phillipkregg]

Sounds like a good opportunity for you to be creative and write your own line.

Just find out the chord changes, then write out the chords like the I, IV, V, vi... whatever they are using. Learn those arpeggios on your fingerboard and apply them to the song.

Just don't overplay and you should come up with something cool.

[Tommygunn]

I don't know the notes of the fingerboard so the chord changes mean nothing to me. And even with them it would take me take me 2 weeks to figure out where to play and another month to figure out what patters go good with the song. :/ haha I'm not lying and thats the sad part.

[Mekanamom]

Tighten Up is pretty easy... it wouldn't take you long.

(I'm still learning all the correct terminology, so forgive me if I'm not saying this quite right.) I believe it is a minor pentatonic scale in F#. Played in order, too: 1, b3, 4, 5, and then either b7 or back to b3. All the notes are pretty much the same throughout the song; just the rhythm changes. And then of course the tempo changes at the end, too.

Here is a tab (not mine) to get you started:
http://www.911tabs.com/link/?7243794

I had to listen to the song a few times to get the rhythm right. HTH.

[Tommygunn]

ididnt even think to look up bass tabs for it cause ithought they didnt use a bass?

[Moogeddy]

There is bass in every (to my knowledge) version of Tighten Up that they do...

I just saw them at Lollapalooza in Chicago at the begining of August and they played with a full band (guitar, drums, bass, and keys) for about a third of their set. What an amazing show!

[Deluge Of Sound]

I was going to say, I believe they use a bassist on a lot of their tracks.

Didn't realize they were touring with a full band now, though.

Good luck learning the tune.

[Twistad]

There's a bassist all throughout the new album, the bass is very present on Tighten Up. Great pbass sound.

[pandaman37]

yeah really great album, im pretty sure dan auerbach records the bass as well as the guitar. watch him play in the blakroc episodes, i think its webisode 8 with noe, hes got some awesome bass licks, an extremely talented player IMO.

[Moogeddy]

Yeah, as far as I know Dan plays guitar and bass on the recorded versions.

His bass player at Lolla was good, definitely knows how to play the spaces. He had a really nice Gibson Ripper aswell.

They've been touring with a full band ever since Brothers was released. Their sets are planned out so that Dan and Patrick start and finish the set as a duo, with the bass and keys doing a few songs in the middle of the set. At least that's how it was in Chicago.

As for learning Tighten Up, Mekanamom seems to have enough information there for you to learn to whole song, its a nice one to learn by ear. Just spend some time listening to the bassline, there are a lot of subtle changes and runs throughout.

[Leftybass12]

I saw them this summer and the bass player that was playing with them pretty much had no emotion. Was still a great concert.

[Tommygunn]

Oh. I was planing to see them in Sept. It kinda takes the fun outta it if they play with a full band... :/

[interstatejoe]

Brothers is good but Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory are still my favs

[Rickett Customs]

2 weeks + a month to learn and figure out, Tommy?

Your Badass registration has been revoked

[Tommygunn]

Awwwww......