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12-14-2010, 10:28 AM
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Great tune. Great bass part. This guy does a nice job of bringing it up front. Kudos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn74SPa63UY |
12-14-2010, 10:30 AM
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12-14-2010, 11:59 AM
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12-14-2010, 12:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa | | | Apologies if this question has been asked & answered elsewhere, but ... is there a single place where I can find a lot of McCartney bass lines transcribed? |
12-14-2010, 12:11 PM
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There's another for 1962-66, too.
Both transcription & TAB.
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12-14-2010, 12:16 PM
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"You sound so good when you get into that Paul McCartney groove!"
Said by a guitarist whose talents I greatly admire.
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12-14-2010, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mccartneyman  | thanks! |
12-14-2010, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Des Moines, Iowa | | | The thing is, unlike a lot of players, he makes these beautiful melodic choices and makes them seem effortless; especially considering he had no formal training. Live, he'll often throw in little what I call "florets" like they're nothing.
THAT'S genius.
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12-14-2010, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by plangentmusic | Brilliance indeed. Brilliant bit of pop songwriting as well.
I suspect that Sir Paul solo/Wings followed the same format as when he was a Beatle, and laid down the bass track last, or near last. I think this is really smart, especially for a composer-arranger, because it lets you construct a line that breathes or gets busy in the right places. Plus, he just makes tasteful musical choices, just as he does with chord progressions, vocal melody, harmonies, etc. etc.
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12-14-2010, 09:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | I sing Paul's bass lines all the time. That shows how melodic his lines are!
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12-14-2010, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Stingus The thing is, unlike a lot of players, he makes these beautiful melodic choices and makes them seem effortless; especially considering he had no formal training. Live, he'll often throw in little what I call "florets" like they're nothing.
THAT'S genius. | Yep. I have heard Paul referring to those florets as "fiddly bits."
The guy has more talent in his fingernail than most people have in their entire body. I remember sitting down and learning Another Day note for note on my bass, just like the guy in the YT vid. It took me quite a while to learn all of it, and after I was done, all I could say was "wow" to the Mighty Mac.
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12-14-2010, 10:00 PM
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12-14-2010, 11:48 PM
| | | | Paul is one of those players who I refer to as having the "it" factor. He understands it, he just hears it and he knows how to find it.
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