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Did McCartney play a lot of open strings?
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Cave Puppy
"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
The capo was used specifically on If I Needed Someone. Remember Sir Paul was a guitar player first, then a bassist.
Why doesn't someone just contact him and ask about the capo? You might just get a response back.
So was I. How do you explain the droning low A then, though I suppose the A on the E string fifth position. I used to play that song and always did wonder how he played it though.
I'm impressed. I have a hard enough time not dropping a pick, let alone a home rolled ciggy.
Cave Puppy
"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
Perhaps he capo'd a different fret and the picture of him with the capo on the fifth fret was for a different song? Or perhaps he was experimenting with the capo on another song and that's when the pic was snapped. I have read several times about the capo on If I Needed Someone. I have not tried to learn that song with a capo (or at all) but I personally have used a capo on bass after learning Sir Paul did it.
I used to play the song and just droned the open A and played the rest an octave up, I love McCartney's bass lines. I'm sure you're right, the more I think of it. It would probably be easier with a capo. I bet that joint made it sound even better.
It's the morning and I guess I was trying to be subtle. Macca laying it down with an unlit reefer in his hand and everyone on here so obsessed with his capo they don't notice the real picture.I just finally realized what you're talking about,
It's a great picture. Definitely humanizes the legend.
Yup. I did glance at the joint but it didn't register until really looked at it.
At first glance I thought it was a cigarette.
Cave Puppy
"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
I was playing my tennis racket at 15 thinking I was Paul. He's the best.I used to play the song and just droned the open A and played the rest an octave up, I love McCartney's bass lines. I'm sure you're right, the more I think of it. It would probably be easier with a capo. I bet that joint made it sound even better.
"I bet that joint made it sound even better." Turn me on, Dead Man.
His bass lines are still among the best in rock'n'roll. Whether or not someone is a diehard Beatles fan his rhythm sensibility and use of space and counter are still standout today.
As it happens, I love The Beatles. But either way, his walks set a lot of those songs apart from so many others. Lennon, FWIW, is my favorite Beatle (sacrilege?) but Macca played off the raw guitar perfectly back then.
Ah, perhaps not long before he went upstairs to have a smoke.
