September - Earth Wind and Fire

[Folmeister]

Gahhhhhhhhh!!!!! I have to whip this out for an audition in a few days and the chorus is driving me nuts! I never have this kind of problem! All of the tabs I could find don't really seem right. Can anyone give me a heads up on this? Thanks!

[Wasabi1264]

Do you just need the notes for the whole song, or just the chorus? Are you doing it in the key of the record? If so, I can help you out with something close enough to do well on it.

[bassybill]

We play a version of this - it's on an mp3 on our website (check 1st link in sig). I don't have it in tab, do you read notation? I can scan it and email if that would help.

[Folmeister]

Originally Posted by Wasabi1264

Do you just need the notes for the whole song, or just the chorus? Are you doing it in the key of the record? If so, I can help you out with something close enough to do well on it.

I just need the notes of the chorus

[Folmeister]

Originally Posted by bassybill

We play a version of this - it's on an mp3 on our website (check 1st link in sig). I don't have it in tab, do you read notation? I can scan it and email if that would help.

Great demos! O.k., give me the notes you play in chorus, I know it starts B - F# - E, then there is this three note run right before you descend to the F# and up to the A. What are those three notes? I keep coming back to B-C-C#, but I have doubts!

[bassybill]

Chorus on my chart is played (two bars here, which repeat):

1__&__2__&__3__&__4__&__1___&__2__&__3__&__4__&__
B_____F#_E_____B_____B __C#_G#_E_____F#____A_____

So the last three notes are played on the bottom string(s) if you have a 4 string, starting with low E, and they're smack on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th beats of the second bar. Hope this helps. (NB The G# is low G# on the E string, fairly obviously when you try to play this as written here.)

I've always thought the line sounds a bit weird when you're playing on your own, but it fits when you're playing with a band perfectly.

[Folmeister]

Originally Posted by bassybill

Chorus on my chart is played (two bars here, which repeat):

1__&__2__&__3__&__4__&__1___&__2__&__3__&__4__&__
B_____F#_E_____B_____B __C#_G#_E_____F#____A_____

So the last three notes are played on the bottom string(s) if you have a 4 string, starting with low E, and they're smack on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th beats of the second bar. Hope this helps. (NB The G# is low G# on the E string, fairly obviously when you try to play this as written here.)

I've always thought the line sounds a bit weird when you're playing on your own, but it fits when you're playing with a band perfectly.

Thanks!

[dabass]

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