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03-16-2011, 05:46 PM
| | | | Good times by Chic, a difficult bass line??
I can play faster than that, but damm you need good precise, groovy playing, what do you think about this bass line and how do you approch it? |
03-16-2011, 05:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | no. It's just got a good groove.
How do I approach it? Hard to say - I just play it (I've been playing that sound in bands for a many years)
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03-16-2011, 06:14 PM
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03-16-2011, 06:16 PM
| | | | It's one of my all-time favorites.
How do you approach it? Play along with the recording until you are so fused with Bernard Edwards's brain and fingers that you can't hear yourself anymore. Timing and touch are the key. Speed is irrelevant. |
03-16-2011, 06:19 PM
| | | It's really not difficult and is probably one of the easier Chic bass lines to play. Here is a sample page from the sheet music: Musicnotes.com: Unsupported Browser or Operating System
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03-16-2011, 06:38 PM
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It's really not difficult and is probably one of the easier Chic bass lines to play. Here is a sample page from the sheet music:
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| The bass line is completely wrong in measure 4!
So many play the iconic bass line but I've yet to see a single person play it correctly with the right feel.
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03-16-2011, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K  The bass line is completely wrong in measure 4!
So many play the iconic bass line but I've yet to see a single person play it correctly with the right feel. | I'll see if I can find a recording of me playing it. Been playing it since it came out back in the 70's. If not, I'll try to record me playing it over the weekend. Trust me, I am one with that bassline!  |
03-16-2011, 06:49 PM
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I'll see if I can find a recording of me playing it. Been playing it since it came out back in the 70's. If not, I'll try to record me playing it over the weekend. Trust me, I am one with that bassline!
| Please!
I can play it note for note. But something's just not right with my playing. I've watched the live video (Live at Budokkan) thousands time but cannot pinpoint exactly what Bernard is doing in measure 4, feel-wise.
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03-16-2011, 06:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas | | | I think it's difficult near the end. To my ear, there's a quick bend, followed by a flurry of fast notes.
(I'm not looking at someone else's transcription. Those are wrong more often than not.) |
03-16-2011, 06:52 PM
| | | | In Bar 4 of the lick, you have to from F# to G via the open A!
The "via the open A" part is difficult! |
03-16-2011, 07:52 PM
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03-16-2011, 07:55 PM
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Intro
G||-----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
D||*----------------------|--------------------0--2--|----------------------|
A||*----------------------|-----------0--2--4--------|--0----0----0-------0-|
E||---0----0----0-------0-|---0-1--2-----------------|----------------------|
Play several times
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--2---2---4--4---------------*|
----0---0-------0------------*|
--------------------0-4-2-1---|
Verse
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------2-|
|---------------------7-|-------------------------|--0----0----0----0-----|
|--0----0----0----0-----|---0-0--0----0----0--1h2-|-----------------------|
|------------------2------||
|---------------------2-4-||
|--0----0----0---0--------||
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03-16-2011, 08:01 PM
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03-16-2011, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bassplayerbob | He's playing it correctly. I play it the same way. |
03-16-2011, 08:13 PM
| | | | i think the main riff is more like:
E|0-0-0---0-2-3---------------5-5-5------5-5-------------5
A|----------------0-2-4-5-7-------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------0-4-0-5-4---
G|----------------------------------------------------------
E|--------2------------------------------------------------
A|-0-2-0---------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------------
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03-16-2011, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K Please!
I've watched the live video (Live at Budokkan) thousands time but cannot pinpoint exactly what Bernard is doing in measure 4, feel-wise. | Sadly, In all of this, that was Bernard's last performance. He died sometime during the night soon after. 
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03-16-2011, 08:32 PM
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Sadly, In all of this, that was Bernard's last performance. He died sometime during the night soon after.
| He died like 6 hours after the show. An antibiotic pill could have saved his life
The guy in the above video plays the line correctly! Bernard played the E note on the A string and the F# & G notes on the D string.
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03-17-2011, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisk-K The bass line is completely wrong in measure 4!
So many play the iconic bass line but I've yet to see a single person play it correctly with the right feel. | You are absolutely correct!!! I didn't realize until this morning-that music is for piano! Here is a transcription of the bass part: http://www.thebassment.info/transcri...t-notation.pdf
And here is the website with more nice transcriptions: The Bassment | Bass Guitar Transcriptions in Standard Notation & TAB
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03-17-2011, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by DWBass He's playing it correctly. I play it the same way. | YES! SO many people play that line incorrectly - it's great to see that there are others out there who hear it the same way I do. For the record, Bernard did vary the line during live performances sometimes but, as far as the studio version is concerned, that's it. |
03-17-2011, 02:56 PM
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