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How do I play this?
- Thread starter Bassic_desires
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It is! The tab from the OP is wrong. That happens a lot on ultimate guitar.
IMHO it really doesn't matter if the OP wants to play the guitar part (or any other part, blend of parts or original arrangement) on the bass. Even if it never makes it to the stage there is a lot to be said for exploring and expanding bass language beyond the traditional boundaries.
On the other hand you are all right - the bass player looking at that TAB for the 'official release' bass part will get several trips up the garden path ...
Correct. I absolutely agree. It's nice to play on bass and i like the song. But I think that tab is wrong anyway.
I just made a quick video for the OP in which I combined the guitar and bass part in a simple manner. Sounds cool! @Peter Torning Let me know what you think. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VYkRhxSKKNIThankyou @SteveCS
For others commenting about it being for guitar - perhaps you are correct. Nonetheless, it is shown on UG as the bass line for the song. Maybe it is for some other version of the song; I don't know.
Anyway, the 'hive mind' on TB solved the problem for me by finding the correct bass tab and I am grateful for that assistance. It's certainly been a learning experience.
Oh, and for the record, I don't play guitar
For others commenting about it being for guitar - perhaps you are correct. Nonetheless, it is shown on UG as the bass line for the song. Maybe it is for some other version of the song; I don't know.
Anyway, the 'hive mind' on TB solved the problem for me by finding the correct bass tab and I am grateful for that assistance. It's certainly been a learning experience.
Oh, and for the record, I don't play guitar
@Les Fret Wow, thank you for the video. I'll give (parts of) it a try I like the way you've combined parts from bass and guitar into bass composition. It sounds wonderful and the video is very clear and watchable. Until TBers, like you, started providing assistance, I'd never before seen barre chords played on bass. Very interesting and a skill I'll be trying to hone in the future.
I like the way you've combined parts from bass and guitar into bass composition. It sounds wonderful and the video is very clear and watchable. Until TBers, like you, started providing assistance, I'd never before seen barre chords played on bass. Very interesting and a skill I'll be trying to hone in the future.
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Correct. I absolutely agree. It's nice to play on bass and i like the song. But I think that tab is wrong anyway.
Nice job! When I hear you play this on bass, I can picture a duet with only you and the vocalist performing it...
... the rest of the band can take a break.
@Les Fret Wow, thank you for the video. I'll give (parts of) it a try
Ok glad you like it. I have tried to make it as simple as possible with doing both parts justice (I hope
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Plucking, I'd go thumb and index on the doublestop, and then alternate middle and ring finger for the B pedal. This is more of a classical guitar technique than boring 'ol rest-strokes, but hey, expand your world! There's a lot more to bass than Jamerson!
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