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12-10-2009, 11:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tampa, FL | | | What is the most 'complex' bass line you play
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For those gigging musicians, what is the most complex or difficult line you play regularly. Covers or Originals. If it's your own composition, a link would be cool.
For me, I would have to say Limelight by Rush... |
12-10-2009, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Plymouth, MN | | | I guess I've got it pretty easy:
The Ocean
Kashmir, just because it's 10 minutes long.
Intro to Sweet Child o Mine, cause it's still new. |
12-10-2009, 11:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | Currently I'd say Peg, What Is Hip and Sir Duke. |
12-10-2009, 11:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia | | | One song I wrote has a 'rotating' bassline, as I call it, moving from 3/4 to 4/4, 3/4, 5/4, 3/4, 6/4, and back, depending on the section. You can hear it on our myspace, in my sig. It's called Ponies on Ice.
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12-10-2009, 11:33 AM
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Let It Roll
All while singing backing vocals. Very challenging for me. |
12-10-2009, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveC Currently I'd say Peg, What Is Hip and Sir Duke. | Ditto here - The Hip'ster is difficult to keep in tempo with the drums.
I'd add 'For the Love of Money' which is a bass riff driven tune.
-richard
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12-10-2009, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Memphis | | Sometimes it's the slow ones that get ya ...
Getting the phrase and inflection right, I once did a sub gig with a badd azz piano player I had never played with before, and he called out the Ray Charles classic "Georgia On My Mind" lucky for me he had a great left hand. I faked it through the first night, by the second night of the gig I had it. Not only is that a slow soulful tune, but played correctly it has a lot of changes!  ... A lot of the old R&B tunes can be a challenge to do correctly ... I mean it was Jamerson, Bob Babbit, "Duck" Dunn, Leroy Hodges and so on!  |
12-10-2009, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenny Allyn Sometimes it's the slow ones that get ya ... | Very true, but none of our slow tunes are giving me trouble at this time. |
12-10-2009, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenny Allyn Sometimes it's the slow ones that get ya ...
| Definitely agree.
That said, my most complex song at the moment is probably an original song my guitarist and I wrote a while back. It involves a lot of intricate play between the drums and guitar, and there`s a good bit of various techniques I have to use(two hand tapping, pinch harmonics, double thumb, etc..). It`s pretty intense, but it`s fun. |
12-10-2009, 06:02 PM
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12-10-2009, 08:39 PM
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12-10-2009, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveC Currently I'd say Peg, What Is Hip and Sir Duke. | I aspire to one day play in a band like yours.
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12-10-2009, 09:01 PM
|  | I'll take you into the water. | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Brisbane QLD Australia | | | I do some tapping sections in a couple of chorus'. my bass solo in one song is pretty hard too, its got legato runs, tapping and sweeps. |
12-10-2009, 09:05 PM
| | | | My ex band (creative differences) wanted to play The Dance Of Eternity.
My whole arm cramps thinking about it.
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12-10-2009, 10:10 PM
| | | | What are you talking about? All we do is play roots!!!!
JM
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12-10-2009, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnMCA72 What are you talking about? All we do is play roots!!!!
JM | Excuse me? I play roots and OCTAVES!
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12-10-2009, 10:35 PM
| | | | Probably "Signed Sealed and Delivered" by Stevie Wonder. Not terribly technically difficult at all, but to give the line the right feel, now that's where the magic (and challenge) is.
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Last edited by Thunderthumbs73 : 12-10-2009 at 10:36 PM.
Reason: Misspelling.
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12-11-2009, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Disappear Excuse me? I play roots and OCTAVES! | Way beyond me! I am unworthy!!!!
JM
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12-12-2009, 05:30 PM
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The line starts at 3:57.
Sorry for the poor quality.
Drop C tuning, 6 string bass, two handed tapping.
Here's the tabs.  
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12-12-2009, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Codymb | Sorry but I can spit farther than you :P
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