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Looking for Cajun / Zydeco bass tabs / sheet music, learning stuff
- Thread starter bigfellow
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I have been searching the same kind of material to no avail except for the zydeco section in the book The Bassist's Bible devoted to zydeco (last entry, I think). By listening to lots of songs, I have found that, in general, you can use R&B, R'n'R and Country music lines in order to play a zydeco song. You can also see videos like
If it helps, most Zydeco I've run across is based on the pentatonic major scale, and most of the rest on the pentatonic minor. Like pacvs says the lines are very similar to ones from blues, r&b, country and rock. The big difference is in the drumbeats and the way the bass plays off of them. Listening and playing along with the music is the best way to learn. Good to see interest in this music from so far afield!
Thank you for this thread - I've got my first zydeco next weekend, so there's some cramming .there's definitely some cool grooves in this genre.
Talkbass came to my rescue once again!
I am using a lot of mixolydian when playing in this style myself, but I tend to do that anyway. I switch to eighth-notes when the frontman monologues or root/third/fifths with mixolydian stuff or pentatonic stuff for fills. Sometimes I'll play an octave higher or lower during verses, choruses or solos. Like work off the root in G on the E string, 3rd fret, & go up to the A string 10th fret or to the D string fifth fret or various combinations thereof. A friend told me that you know it when their feet get to moving,
