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Originally Posted by oldrocker  I'm having some trouble getting the intro to Sweet Emotion smooth. I am playing in standard tuning on the A D and G strings up around the 12th fret. I have seen some tabs that show tuning the G string up to an A and playing the whole thing on the G string.
How do you guys play this? |
Not sure I understand why you'd tune the G up to A.
IIRC the 12th fret A is the ostinato note for the riff. So the way you're playing it now with the 12th fret A and the grace notes (or whatever you want to call them) are played on D and G up and around the 12th fret as you described. That's the way I play it too and what it sounds like on the recording.
Tuning up G string up to A and playing it all on one string sounds like it make the riff harder to play cause you're jumping up and down 1 string. Hard for me to visualize playing it on one string without my bass in my hands. I'll try it out when I get home just for kicks.
Personally I don't use TAB but will with a pound of salt if I'm completely stuck on learning a song.
Trust your ears and hands.
Here's a TAB from BassMasta written as you, John and me seem to be playing it.
http://www.bassmasta.net/a/aerosmith/101155.html
