I need help learning T-R-O-U-B-L-E by Travis Tritt

[jamestown94west]

I'm getting ready to audition for a guy who gave me a song list to learn. It's all modern country, with some stuff from the 90's thrown in. This song is one of them. It's a barn burner, and I've never tried to play a song like this. I sort of know how to walk a bass line, but I haven't a clue how to figure out how to play this song. Can anyone help?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS06R_GIRYg&feature=fvst

[obimark]

Pretty standard "rock" boogie pattern sounds like it is in G ,C ,D.

If you have been playing any length of time this isn't a tough one... learn this type of line below in every key- E, A, D, etc... open strings.

Something like
D-----------------2--------
A-------1-2--5-5---5--------
E--3-3-----------------------

[jamestown94west]

Originally Posted by obimark

Pretty standard "rock" boogie pattern sounds like it is in G ,C ,D.

If you have been playing any length of time this isn't a tough one... learn this type of line below in every key- E, A, D, etc... open strings.

Something like
D-----------------2--------
A-------1-2--5-5---5--------
E--3-3-----------------------

Thank you! I really do appreciate it

I've been playing for many years, but I've only ever modern rock. I've never tried any traditional country type material. I love country so I'm really looking forward to learning all this new material. Some of it intimidates me a little because I've never tried it before and I know how important it is to be played well. There's not a lot of room for slop in country like there is in rock.

[Jackson171]

For two bucks you can buy the tab here:

http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/0565803/details.html

I have never seen this tab or know if it is accurate

This is a very fast song. Its a typical blues based major pentatonic riff. It is in G, with a C and D in there. The song is a lot like chuck berry's "johnny be good". The second verse has a chromatic thing going on higer up the neck. It's not too hard to figure out, slow it down a bit as you try to practice and work up to speed.

All the best, it's a reasonable challenge. Classic song.

[jamestown94west]

Oh wow thank you for the link

I'm excited about learning this song I can't wait to get started

[Johnny Crab]

It's on our playlist except I've told them to NOT open with this song because it is non-stop and if you are not warmed-up....YOU may have T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

Very fun to play esp. if you and the drummer lock on the breaks.
If you have any sort of pitch and tempo software, it is easier to learn by ear(!!) by slowing it down a bit.
Learn it at a slower speed and gradually get it back to "normal". WinMedi player does a tolerable job of slowing things down while keeping the pitch the same if it's all you have(look under Play Speed Settings).

PS: My 22 year old son was impressed when he came in and saw 56 year old Dad running through this song one night at home....he also plays bass.

[jamestown94west]

Originally Posted by Johnny Crab

It's on our playlist except I've told them to NOT open with this song because it is non-stop and if you are not warmed-up....YOU may have T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

Very fun to play esp. if you and the drummer lock on the breaks.
If you have any sort of pitch and tempo software, it is easier to learn by ear(!!) by slowing it down a bit.
Learn it at a slower speed and gradually get it back to "normal". WinMedi player does a tolerable job of slowing things down while keeping the pitch the same if it's all you have(look under Play Speed Settings).

PS: My 22 year old son was impressed when he came in and saw 56 year old Dad running through this song one night at home....he also plays bass.

I'm not very good at using computer technology as a learning tool. I really want to be able to plug my bass in to my computer somehow so I can record myself like those guys that make YouTube videos do. I still use the same $10 stereo I bought at Wal-Mart over a decade ago, and I just sit in front of my amp with it, and jam until I have the song figured out. Occasionally I'll look up tabs, but I don't like to read tabs while I play, I prefer to use my ears and my fingers to learn. I nee to learn how to do that stuff, I'm sure it would help me learn faster.

[mcapote]

anyone have a count on this how many times on each key throughout the song? I am having a hard time counting it out cause its so fast. i know its a 1 4 5 off c but I'm having a hard time differentiating the key switching.

[Deathblade Eric]

Originally Posted by mcapote

anyone have a count on this how many times on each key throughout the song? I am having a hard time counting it out cause its so fast. i know its a 1 4 5 off c but I'm having a hard time differentiating the key switching.

It's not off C, but G. He kind of turns it around to be more like a 4-1-5-4-1.

After the stops, it's 8 bars on the 1 for the slide solo

I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I,
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I,

The first verse goes

IV-IV-IV-IV, IV-IV-IV-IV,
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I, V-V-V-V, IV-IV-IV-IV,
I-I-I-I, I-I-I-I,

Rinse & repeat 3 more times then it's a dive up to the 10th fret G for 8 bars & then back to the verse pattern.

Listen & count through it on loop for 15 minutes or so & it'll soon sink in.

Another corking one of his is 'Bible Belt': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5hemZTzi5U which tends towards a 1-5-4.

Pete.

[BayStateBass]

Our band does that song, I actually do it fairly well.

It is a 1-4-5 in G.

If you listen close, the pattern does not completely repeat over and over again. Most of it is r-3-5-6 but in some cases you will play two runs of r-3-5-6 followed by a run of octave-6-5-3 and back to the root again.

A few tips in that song;

Know, in the chorus, where you pound the C (as the vocals are finishing their part in the chorus, you do it six times and it has to be timed right)

There are two places in the song where the original G chord walk is different/abandoned. For these you will want to start with your root G on the fifth fret of the D string, then rather than playing the usual r-3-5-6, you actually play r-3-4-5. It does this twice in the song.

There are a lot of small technicalities in that song that are hard to duplicate for a lot of people with the speed.

Good luck, just listen to it and remember, it's all 1-4-5 and as long as you have the walking patterns close it'll be decent. Most bands I've heard do it cheat a lot on the bassline. Actually, I cheat on it, too from time to time.

But it's a fun one.

[mcapote]

thanks, i meant 1 4 5 in g just got c in the head since c seemed to be the main key for starts in vocals. yeah the speed is a bitch, Im going to do it more live style in 8ths instead of 16ths like the album i think since i dont use pick and im not steve harris with the fingers. It definitely wont be an opener for my band but singer wants to do it LOL.

[BayStateBass]

Originally Posted by mcapote

thanks, i meant 1 4 5 in g just got c in the head since c seemed to be the main key for starts in vocals. yeah the speed is a bitch, Im going to do it more live style in 8ths instead of 16ths like the album i think since i dont use pick and im not steve harris with the fingers. It definitely wont be an opener for my band but singer wants to do it LOL.

FWIW-

If you can double up on the root note (G or C) at the start of each run, it sounds pretty good and is passable.

Once you get into it, you'll have a blast.

Not sure how you are with walking patterns but some other songs that use a similar technique but are much slower are Johnny B Goode and Marty Stuart's Hillbilly Rock. We also do both of those.

[mcapote]

this is a pure country band, took me forever just to get em to do a southern rock song.