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12-17-2006, 02:49 PM
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By watching videos I know that in the beginning there is a 2&6 fret stretch or something...but I'm not sure what you really do for that...I looked at some tabs and it read: 2(6)T on the A string...I don't know if you fret a note, harmonic which fret...can someone help me out?...I just started working on this piece. |
12-17-2006, 03:07 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: outta this world | | | it's an artificial harmonic. fret the 2nd fret on the A string
and gently place your fret hand pinky on the 6th fret of the A string and pluck the A string with your plucking hand. if you're fingers aren't long this may be difficult, i myself can barely do it. but it's defintely a lot easier than the last harmonic chord of that song tha'ts for sure. |
12-17-2006, 03:36 PM
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12-17-2006, 11:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | | | There are other, easier ways of making a D# harmonic.
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12-18-2006, 12:58 AM
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Jayda custom basses, builder | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cape Town | | | You could fret the 2nd fret and play the harmonic above the 29th (I think) fret. The harmonic on my bass is above the neck pup.
i.e. fret 2nd fret with left hand and rest the thumb of the right hand around the 29th fret and play with your 1st or 2nd finger on your right hand. |
12-18-2006, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Gone  You could fret the 2nd fret and play the harmonic above the 29th (I think) fret. The harmonic on my bass is above the neck pup.
i.e. fret 2nd fret with left hand and rest the thumb of the right hand around the 29th fret and play with your 1st or 2nd finger on your right hand. | this is what i do and you can hardly tell a difference, its a great little cheat. |
12-29-2006, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA | | nice! now how do you guys cheat on the
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
at the end?! 
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12-29-2006, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Spacelordmother nice! now how do you guys cheat on the
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
at the end?! |
I'd love to know THAT one. 
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12-29-2006, 10:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Celina, OH | | | You cant cheat on that one. You have a beat an a half to make the stretch. Its not an easy one at all, but thats why the songs hard. Theres not a cheat for everything. |
12-30-2006, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Spacelordmother nice! now how do you guys cheat on the
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
at the end?! | I dont think you have to do the on on the A string. its easier and it sounds the same if you just do it on the D and the G
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12-30-2006, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ding_man You cant cheat on that one. You have a beat an a half to make the stretch. Its not an easy one at all, but thats why the songs hard. Theres not a cheat for everything. |  i was joking! 
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12-30-2006, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ding_man You cant cheat on that one. You have a beat an a half to make the stretch. Its not an easy one at all, but thats why the songs hard. Theres not a cheat for everything. |
Yeah, I know. Bummer. But, hey, after 20+ years of playing this piece (and bass in general) I can make the stretch...almost.
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12-31-2006, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Spacelordmother nice! now how do you guys cheat on the
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
--9(13)---
at the end?! | i dont.....i just have big hands and good flexibility.  |
01-01-2007, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fcleff Yeah, I know. Bummer. But, hey, after 20+ years of playing this piece (and bass in general) I can make the stretch...almost. | lol maybe I'll be able to do it well in 20 years  |
01-01-2007, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MistaMarko ...holy crap i have huge palms and short fingers...cant even come close to that | I have sad, tiny little hands too and I found the stretch was easy if you make sure to angle your neck and keep the bass up kinda high. Also, I found that the other way of playing the note just didn't seem to sound quite as full, but that may just be my bass, I don't know.
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01-01-2007, 04:26 PM
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01-05-2007, 05:28 PM
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01-05-2007, 05:39 PM
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01-05-2007, 07:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | I've always used the thumb cheat instead of the 2-6 stretch, ever since I first learned the song. For me, the trick to the 9-13 at the end is right hand attack, because that harmonic can be tricky to get sometimes.
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01-06-2007, 02:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NZ | | | im a slack fcuker so i always just tapped them? as in fret 2 and tap the 6 or fret the 9s and tap the 13. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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