Good songs to copy if you want to play FAST

rascool · #1 10-01-2009, 03:31 AM

Well, taking the bull by the horns and finally grappling the speed issue, so currently looking for some good speed bass songs to copy to get me going.

Have heard there's some pretty classy playing to be found in the modern rock scene (I grew up in the 80's, so you'll have to bear with me if you find my ideas of rock keep coming back to bands like Guns n Roses, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Kiss, Bon Jovi, AC DC).

As a starting point, have heard Robert Trujello of Metallica is a bit of a class act (it was Jason Newsted in my day....

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lordnyra · #2 10-01-2009, 08:53 PM

ilovemysr505 · #3 10-02-2009, 03:01 AM

i think there are some good, fast bass slapping you can practice with bill dickens. fingering like billy sheehan, john myung,john entwistle or maybe a combination of both from victor wooten :O. well its just my opinion though XD

TheHegemon · #4 10-02-2009, 08:45 PM

I got fast by playing old Metallica(Master of Puppets,Battery,Blackened), starting slow and working towards playing it with the song. For that old rock stuff you can do Sabbath(Paranoid, Children of the Grave) and work your way up top the faster stuff.

basscheez · #5 10-02-2009, 08:52 PM

Almost anything by Iron Maiden

two fingers · #6 10-02-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by basscheez

Almost anything by Iron Maiden

Beat me to it. Harris' right hand is hard to hang with.

wetzelman1 · #7 10-03-2009, 09:38 AM

between the buried and me.....the bassist has 2 tab books out. fast metal, but more jazz than metal, Dan Briggs went to school for jazz composition.

rascool · #8 10-05-2009, 10:42 PM

Thanks all. Watching that Dan Briggs guy just now...

Vamposaur · #9 10-05-2009, 10:45 PM

+1 on Dan Briggs

HaVIC5 · #10 10-05-2009, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by wetzelman1

between the buried and me.....the bassist has 2 tab books out. fast metal, but more jazz than metal, Dan Briggs went to school for jazz composition.

A little OT, but...more jazz than metal? I love when people say that about so-called "jazz-metal bands". It's so utterly not true. Complicated metal does not jazz make, although there are plenty of hard-fusion acts that one might be tempted to classify "jazz-metal". You want jazz-metal? Behold...Jerseyband. This is the closest that anybody could claim to call "jazz-metal," played by Eastman graduates. The drummer is the drummer for Kurt Rosenwinkle, for example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFt0wG1ILU and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib98peQbbGM.

Anyway.......try Cherokee at 400 bpm if you want FAST.

Professor Jones · #11 10-06-2009, 03:06 PM

Speed Demon by MJ (the chorus part). Good luck !

Or you might wanna try that one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T91wT4NyVE

isorokko · #12 10-06-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by HaVIC5

A little OT, but...more jazz than metal? I love when people say that about so-called "jazz-metal bands". It's so utterly not true. Complicated metal does not jazz make, although there are plenty of hard-fusion acts that one might be tempted to classify "jazz-metal". You want jazz-metal? Behold...Jerseyband. This is the closest that anybody could claim to call "jazz-metal," played by Eastman graduates. The drummer is the drummer for Kurt Rosenwinkle, for example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFt0wG1ILU and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib98peQbbGM.

Anyway.......try Cherokee at 400 bpm if you want FAST.

A big +1

...and a bit more offtopic.
I rarely see Ephel Duath mentioned here tho, they're often also classified as "jazz-metal" also, no idea what they are, but good stuff nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9wwlzuwJE

Jim Campbell · #13 10-06-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by isorokko

A big +1

...and a bit more offtopic.
I rarely see Ephel Duath mentioned here tho, they're often also classified as "jazz-metal" also, no idea what they are, but good stuff nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9wwlzuwJE

i don't know if it is jazz/metal but jon zorn naked city comes to mind

mizmor · #14 10-06-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by isorokko

A big +1

...and a bit more offtopic.
I rarely see Ephel Duath mentioned here tho, they're often also classified as "jazz-metal" also, no idea what they are, but good stuff nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9wwlzuwJE

They rule!

cat_saltnpepper · #15 10-06-2009, 05:51 PM

I know they are from different school but some of the band based on soul music also have the good tunes to work out - I wouldn't say it's as fast as most of the tunes that people mentioned above but still good to work on some left hand muting and some off beat lines with ghost notes - like TOP, James Brown, Incognito and etc.

Ayliffe · #16 10-06-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by HaVIC5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUFt0wG1ILU and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib98peQbbGM.

Anyway.......try Cherokee at 400 bpm if you want FAST.

that was awful...

just sayin.

Absentia · #17 10-07-2009, 11:17 AM

any song, by any band just turn the BPM up on the metronome.

Earthday · #18 10-08-2009, 09:37 AM

Another vote for Iron Maiden. Harris' lines are always quick, but usually memorable and easy to learn. Number of the Beast and The Trooper are some classics.

Pilgrim · #19 10-08-2009, 09:39 AM

Jack the Ripper - Link Wray - all 16th notes. It's not difficult to play, so it's good training to gain fast right hand fingers...and it's totally kick-ass.

L.A. Woman - the Doors - there are sections I find nearly impossible and have to drop some notes

dvh · #20 10-08-2009, 09:40 AM

Giant Steps - John Coltrane