Maiden!

[FallenDestiny]

I'm looking for some easy Iron Maiden songs on bass, to get me started with some Steve Harris stuff. Most of them are pretty hard, so I'm finding it tough to find some less complex stuff..

And apart from The Trooper and Run to the Hills, please

Man, Steve Harris is awesome beyond words...

 

[ysand]

Wasting love?

 

[cr250_977]

Easy + Steve Harris basslines ?? Rare.. Try "Running Free"

 

[FallenDestiny]

Easy + Steve Harris basslines ?? Rare.. Try "Running Free"

Exactly...
That's why I made this thread. It's so hard to find such basslines.
And thank you, Running Free seems playable.
Still open to suggestions!

 

[THE SAW]

Rainmaker is not too bad.
It's so funny, everyone I know is talking about Harris lately. I practice his famous -.. -.. -.. -.. -.. -.. (really, think William Tell overture!) slow and work it up.

What makes him so amazing IMHO, is his ability to do it at tempos in the 160-200bpm range FOR HOURS.

P.S. While The Trooper is well known, it is also a perfect example of what to concentrate on in your technique to play most of his other stuff.

Very right hand intensive, with the William Tell -.. -.. -.. -.. being prominent.

 

[gene beauchamp]

Children of the damned is slow enough you can hear the notes. Very nice bass line

 

[Bassist4Eris]

"The Trooper" is pretty playable.

 

[JPaulGeddy]

Killers isn't too bad (relatively). Wasted Years isn't physically taxing, but there are a lot of specific runs going on. Fun one to learn/play.

 

[wishface]

Easy + Steve Harris basslines ?? Rare.. Try "Running Free"

TBH, running free is no easier than the trooper. That riff at the start isn't as hard as maintaining the pace of the rest of the song. The same can be said of running free, there's a fast run in that too. If you can play at that gallop you've got it. So in that regard what's easy? Remember Tomorrow? Still Life? Stranger in a Strange Land?

 

[wishface]

Children of the damned is slow enough you can hear the notes. Very nice bass line

apart from that really really fast bit near the end.

 

[wishface]

Rainmaker is not too bad.
It's so funny, everyone I know is talking about Harris lately. I practice his famous -.. -.. -.. -.. -.. -.. (really, think William Tell overture!) slow and work it up.

What makes him so amazing IMHO, is his ability to do it at tempos in the 160-200bpm range FOR HOURS.

P.S. While The Trooper is well known, it is also a perfect example of what to concentrate on in your technique to play most of his other stuff.

Very right hand intensive, with the William Tell -.. -.. -.. -.. being prominent.

I have a feeling he doesn't play those songs in the same way these days. It's hard to tell especially as they are faster live!

 

[Edgar664]

Hallowed be thy name and Power Slave

 

[PBnJBassist]

"The Trooper", "Aces High", and "2 Minutes To Midnight" are easy ones to start off on. "Aces High" being a particular favorite.

 

[CauliColin]

Powerslave. I worked out the interlude and bass solo parts by ear.
Massive satisfaction.

 

[Technicality]

"Revelations" is fairly chilled out.

 

[t77mackie]

Remember Tomorrow / Sanctuary. Powerslave isn't all that tough - just a bit long.

Every song is gonna have it's stuff, though.

Cowboy up and learn Phantom of the Opera. A very satisfying play through.

Good luck.

 

[thumbknuckle]

The Wicker Man is super easy.

Flight of Icarus is the slowest/easiest example of the gallop groove I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[sammyp]

i learned Wasted Years for my band ...we didn't end up doing it but i don't think it was overly difficult.

 

[CBRXJ]

Wrathchild

 

[spcjdoty]

Try Paschendale, Afraid to Shoot Strangers, or The reincarnation of Benjamin breeg they are not too bad. The one thing that killed me at first was the fast gallop. I had to add that to my practice routine before I could even start a maiden song.