Help with the Stomp (Brothers Johnson) solo...

[The_Ryst]

please could someone post a tab or some hints or a recording of it slow. It's amazing, the one on all the tabs is wrong though.

[The_Ryst]

Oh and I don't just need a tab, a Key or a chord progression or some hints/techniques Louis Johnson uses would be helpful. With some of the key I could do it by ear probably, it's just finding it. It's so percussive

[Superdave]

I've never heard the song, but a lot of his slap/funk stuff was in the key of E, so you might want to check that out.

[Lo end PUNCH]

Its not in E, and most of it is ghost notes. The technique of hammering with your thumb on a muted string to get a drum effect. It's also doubled with the kick drum so if your not lerning it with a drummer you end up learning his parts too!!LOL I learned it through sheer arrogance, seeing so many cover band bassists play it nowhere NEAR correctly, I donned some headphones and woodshedded with my stingray until I got it right. Watching the Brothers Johnson DVD didnt hurt either Because it shows you correct hand position

[EricTheEZ1]

You know the rhythm, so bear with me. It's in G.

-----------3--------------------
---------------------------3-h-5
-------x-x---x--3-h-5-x-x-------
-3-x-3--------------------------

And variations on that. Maybe a different hammer here, slightly different mutes there.

Basically just keep the mutes going at the appropriate speed so that it's constantly moving.

-Eric.

[Alan Vorse]

I thought it was in F.

[pauljacksonfan]

The tune is in G minor and you should all check out libster's awesome transcription of it, right here:

http://www.pnc.com.au/~beehive/stomp.html

See ya