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Good Frank Zappa Bass?
- Thread starter MusicBertrand
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I hope those are tears at the beauty of the part.
Here's another favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rak82qafjQ
C/S,
Rev J
Magic Fingers from 200 Motels is a cool pentatonic based lick that is quirky and an easy place to start. My faves with the band Scott Thunes and Arthur Barrow.
I think it is. Bryan Beller transcribed it in Bass Player a couple of years ago with a short interview with Arthur Barrow talking about playing it. As I recall Barrow said that it was a challenge that Zappa threw him to learn the part by ear over night.
Here's another really cool video regarding the part in question (from just the marimba perspective):
Just imagine having to double that on bass.
C/S,
Rev J
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 Disc 1. on track 14: Don't Eat The Yellow Snow. The St. Alphonso tune starts about 13:45 into the track. Ridiculously hard bass line to learn at tempo.
Arthur Barrow's website:
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He's got a whole section on his Zappa days, including the "Yellow Snow..." live track where he was sick and had to have a bucket next to him on stage (there's also a track on the album where Zappa introduces the band, along with their various ailments).
I got to see Arthur and Tommy Mars (ex Zappa keyboardist) earlier this year when the music department at the University of North Texas brought them in to do a concernt with the students. One of the music professors teaches a survey course on Zappa's music. They sounded great, and it was a trip watching Mars play on a huge Hammond/Leslie organ in a little recital hall.
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He's got a whole section on his Zappa days, including the "Yellow Snow..." live track where he was sick and had to have a bucket next to him on stage (there's also a track on the album where Zappa introduces the band, along with their various ailments).
I got to see Arthur and Tommy Mars (ex Zappa keyboardist) earlier this year when the music department at the University of North Texas brought them in to do a concernt with the students. One of the music professors teaches a survey course on Zappa's music. They sounded great, and it was a trip watching Mars play on a huge Hammond/Leslie organ in a little recital hall.
