FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE

[All_¥our_Bass]

I just starting learning this today. Doesn't seem too hard (save only for speed) Any tips one can recommend for playing etc.?

[JimmyM]

Yep. Try not to make any mistakes.

[MikeyFingers]

^hahahah, good advice.

You're learning to play this on bass? I have to ask you 2 things:
1-Is there a good tab of it anywhere?
2-Can you post a recording of it when you finish?

I would love to hear this on a bass. I've heard Petrucci play it on guitar, but a bass would be better(dduuuuuuhhh)

[Suckbird]

Originally Posted by MikeyFingers

^hahahah, good advice.

You're learning to play this on bass? I have to ask you 2 things:
1-Is there a good tab of it anywhere?
2-Can you post a recording of it when you finish?

I would love to hear this on a bass. I've heard Petrucci play it on guitar, but a bass would be better(dduuuuuuhhh)

Video of me playing Flight of the Bumblebee

[MikeyFingers]

Originally Posted by Suckbird

Video of me playing Flight of the Bumblebee

When I clicked on the thing to watch the video, nothing happened. It's a dead link.

[Burg]

same here

[duo8675309]

http://media.putfile.com/Flight-of-the-Bumble-Bass

Don't you just love me?

[Skit1]

You gotta go into this thing slow, try play it fast (even half speed) at first and you'll get nowhere.

Be sure to warm up fully beforehand.



And be sure to post a soundclip

[MikeyFingers]

Originally Posted by duo8675309

http://media.putfile.com/Flight-of-the-Bumble-Bass

Don't you just love me?

Yes, yes I do.





wait..Is that actually you playing? It almost sounds like a midi or something.

[KeithBMI]

I could do that with my hands tied behind my back.

[All_¥our_Bass]

I'm surpirised this has induced so much attention.

Yes I'm playing it slow first.

As for tabs...[drumroll] I'm using sheet music-albeit its up 2 or 3 octaves

I will post a clip once its perfected

I'll probably go into guitar center to make some guitarists soon after

on a side note my band and will also be covering
"The Sorcerer's Aprentice" and "A Night on Bald Mountain"

[duo8675309]

Originally Posted by MikeyFingers

Yes, yes I do.





wait..Is that actually you playing? It almost sounds like a midi or something.

***??? You actually thought that was me? ROTFL!!! I wish I could play that. No, I got that from activebass.com.

[Skeletomania]

http://www.tomslusher.com/TheFlightoftheBumblebee.wmv

This is the guitar version to the bumble bee. If you can do that with a bass please post a video for all of us to see.

[hieronymous]

what about the Manowar version - someone had a link to that at one point...

[soontobedead]

yes... there IS a bass recording of flight of the bumblebee. It´s an adaptation to bass called Sting of the Bumblebee done by joey dimaio of the band manowar. It´s rather sloppy (counting he does it with a pick) and he uses distortion, but it´s fun to listen to (not a fan of the rest of the band´s material, tho).

I don´t have any links, but it´s a fairly recognized tune among metal enthusiasts. Download it. It´s good.

[nysbob]

I heard a pretty decent version of it done by a tapper down in South America a few years back...I'll see if I can find it.

Ooops - it's the same as posted above in # 7. My bad.

[BillytheBassist]

here's an mp3 of Scott hubbell playing it on a 7 string worker BEE bass.... http://www.scotthubbell.com/lessons/Real/BumbleB.ram . He also has performance notes posted on his website....
www.scotthubbell.com
Peace

[All_¥our_Bass]

Here's the music

http://www.8notes.com/scores/2859.asp?ftype=midi

[rashbeep]

Originally Posted by All_¥our_Bass

Here's the music

http://www.8notes.com/scores/2859.asp?ftype=midi

could you tab it please? I have no idea about reading treble music.

[Maldoror]

Originally Posted by rashbeep

could you tab it please? I have no idea about reading treble music.

+1
I would be very grateful to whoever takes the time to tab this...