Simple help - Bad Case of Lovin you

[padenski]

This may sound simple, but I got into a rather lengthy discussion with one of my guitard players over his choice to play the wrong chords during the bridge and well I was told I was not playing a part right either. Well I will not admit this to him (yeah I know) but after I listened to the part he was referring - he's right.

Okay, 2nd and 3rd versus the bass player plays what I thought was a fifth and an eight up two octaves but I am wrong. It occurs at 1:14 ("Ya think I'm cute...") and 2:33 ("Shake my fist..."in the song. What are the correct notes?

Thanks for the help

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by padenski

Okay, 2nd and 3rd versus the bass player plays what I thought was a fifth and an eight up two octaves but I am wrong. It occurs at 1:14 ("Ya think I'm cute...") and 2:33 ("Shake my fist..."in the song. What are the correct notes?

Thanks for the help

I think you're talking about a tritone-based fill heard at those points. Notice that the bass keeps pounding the low E steadily while another instrument (a guitar with clean tone or maybe another bass) plays that fill. On bass, it should be played like this:



And here's its equivalent on guitar:



In my opinion, on a live performance situation the bass player shouldn't abandon his supporting role to play that (comparatively) not-so-important part. Ideally, another instrument should play it. Now, if you definitely want to play that fill, I'd suggest to let the open E ringing from the beginning of the measure while you play it, so the band won't lose its foundation completely.

Hope this helps.

[padenski]

Thanks for your response. Covering the bottom is foremost and will may only play around with this part for the reason to quiet the guitard player.!