school days solo

funktastic · #1 08-23-2005, 12:46 AM

i looked on some sites for the solo in Stanley Clarkes "school days," but i really cant fit the tabs(i know, they are terrible) with the music. The song either passes the tab up due to the tab being tabbed short or notes seem to be in wierd places. Can anyone help me and show me where a tab is i can use accurately? I know i really shouldnt be using tabs anyways, but man this solo's tricky

Bruce Lindfield · #2 08-23-2005, 03:09 AM

Well to me, Tabs are useless in this instance - what's hard about the solo is not what pitches are involved (chords/scales) but rather, the rhythmic placement of the notes - and Tab gives you no indication of this!

dhadleyray · #3 08-23-2005, 03:45 AM

Why don't you do what every other bassist has done and use your ear to learn the damn thing?

funktastic · #4 08-23-2005, 11:31 PM

because im not THAT great with my ear yet, and to do that with a stanley clarke song is kinda hard for me...jeeze. thanks bruce for at least being nice about it even though its kind of a pointless topic.

Bruce Lindfield · #5 08-24-2005, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by funktastic

because im not THAT great with my ear yet....

Well... the way to get better is to do more and more transcribing yourself - personally I think this is where looking for Tabs holds you back - so if every time you give up and look for Tabs whenit gets tough, then you aren't going to get any better - keep persisting and you can only get better!

Muzique Fann · #6 08-24-2005, 02:58 PM

I'm pretty sure that Stanley Clarke book has both tabs and notation. I used to have it laying around somewhere - School Days was definitely in it.

FreeSpirit · #7 08-24-2005, 10:02 PM

Ive just started playin this song again. im not sure how correct it is but this is the version i use:

http://www.mxtabs.net/tab_versions.p...ol+Days,113918

Bass_Machine · #8 08-25-2005, 03:54 PM

There is a good version of some Stanley Clarke stuff on bassplayer.com, in the lessons section.