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C'mon Girl

WrapRough

WrapRough

Jan 26, 2021
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#1
Maybe i'm behind the curve on this one, but just came across this line from RHCP. Apparently Fruisciante wrote it for pick. But it's a treasure trove for fingerstyle!

I've been using it for:

RH warm-up (starting at 50% speed and building up over time)
Focusing on strict alternating
String skipping practice
16th notes endurance

Anyway, just thought I would share in case others missed this song. It has a lot to offer a bassist IMO!

Thanks to Charles Berthoud for highlighting it in a recent post he did somewhere
 
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One of my favs.

Simple note wise but fast and complex playing. Been getting back into RHCP, loved them in middle school and high school. Dark Necessities came out when I was in 9th grade it meant a lot to me and my friends they were still making songs.

Flea does use a pic here and there but rarely but it is cool he uses his fingers on this song and according to legend he insisted he did not play this with a pic for this song...
 
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Yeah, I've always been a fan since they were a young bandreally, but it's only the last few years I am actually really starting to truly appreciate some of fleas lines. Aquatic Mouthdance is another one I am addicted to playing at the moment, really clever bass work. I love his ability to vary his lines and his choice of fills always keeps me guessing
 
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Not Insane said:
Sounds like the type of song that bass players would love, but the world would see as a B side. i.e. I love it, but I doubt anyone I know would. ;)
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Some off those B-Side's from RHCP are gold though. I mean nearly all of them, I use to pretty much only listen to them since they were so good. If they release an album of all of their B-side's... I think that would be true gold :D
 
#13
Here is that Charles Berthoud video:


Thanks to it, I'm using some of those patterns as warmups and fingering drills. And one song I would add to the list in Charles' video is "Root" by Deftones. I felt so accomplished when I learned that song back when I was starting out and still play it, to this day, as a warmup/ fingering drill.
 
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salmon256 said:
Some off those B-Side's from RHCP are gold though. I mean nearly all of them, I use to pretty much only listen to them since they were so good. If they release an album of all of their B-side's... I think that would be true gold :D
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Hey, you're preaching to the choir on that one. ;) Back in the 70s, when I sold Hi-Fi, I would by an album because of some hit song and eventually find that there was a song or two (or three) that I liked a lot better than the particular hit song. The one that overflows with songs like this is Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I absolutely LOVE Roy Rogers, and several others.
 
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Dincrest said:
Here is that Charles Berthoud video:


Thanks to it, I'm using some of those patterns as warmups and fingering drills. And one song I would add to the list in Charles' video is "Root" by Deftones. I felt so accomplished when I learned that song back when I was starting out and still play it, to this day, as a warmup/ fingering drill.
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Yeah man that's the one, thanks. I'm a member of his Patreon so wasn't sure where I saw it. He's a great teacher, and lucky enough to have studied under Jim Stinnet
 
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If you really want to dive into the world of 16th note playing, both Tower of Power and Jaco have a lot of stuff that will challenge you in speed, endurance, and tricky fingerings with string skipping.

Teen Town is the one everyone knows, but Come On Come Over (Jaco) is a great groove that starts out fairly straightforward but the chorus has his classic mix of ghost notes, 16ths, and some string skipping that will keep you on your toes if you aren't used to it.

We could talk Tower of Power all day. What Is Hip is the standard, but Count On Me is vastly underrated. That bassline is a beast, and if you are comfortable playing that one you are ready to tackle just about anything!
 

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