Help with Harms

[tea]

I'm really sorry to waste the time of you theory and bass afficianados, but I'm having a hard time with them...It's not so much the execution it's just that I don't understand how to play a melody with harms. For example, I figured out the vocal line to the song "Hurt" by NIN and was trying to execute it using harmonics over a tapped backing. But I'm stymied. I'm certain it's just a lack of knowledge but I really am stuck. Here are the notes:

here is the beginning

he slides up to a G flat, then A down to G flat, E. B, D


Rythm like this - Gflat 2 3 4 A Gflat E B D

B D B D E F#

the second time he goes B D B D D B


pretty much variations on that from then on

the part at 1:37

A A E D D
Gflat E D E
A A E D D
A B D Gflat A A

2:02
E D F# D D
E F# E A E
E D F# D D
B B A E D#


If anyone could recommend harmonics to use I'd be greatly appreciative and thusly more educated.

tea

 

[dave_clark69]

Just use the ones that sound right

 

[tea]

hmmm....

 

[jazzbo]

Don't forget to stay out of harm's way.

 

[geshel]

On a four string bass, the first 11 harmonics are (roughly, some closer than others);

E string:

2nd - E
3rd - B
4th - E
5th - G#
6th - B
7th - D
8th - E
9th - F#
10th - G#
11th - A#

A, D, G - well just take each of those up a fourth, repeat, etc.

I don't remember all the approximate fret positions, beyond 12, 7, 5, 3.7, 3.2, 2.8.

 

[geshel]

Don't forget to stay out of harm's way.

I just got the reference. Very nice!