Paranoid - Black Sabbath

[Bass]

I'm interested to know how others are playing the bridge with D and E octaves.

A person could shift between the 5th and 7th fret. Or a person could stay on the 7th fret and use the open D string.

 

[Febs]

I would definitely shift between the 5th and 7th frets. You don't want that open D string ringing out in those octaves.

 

[Les Fret]

Or play everything on the E string. Like the guitar does.

 

[Bass]

Thanks. I'm having trouble shifting without cutting off the last note.

More practice I guess!

 

[Febs]

Or play everything on the E string. Like the guitar does.

(1) The guitar doesn't play everything on the E string in Paranoid; (2) the guitar isn't playing the octave Ds and Es he is asking about; and (3) depending on how many frets his bass has, it would be extremely impractical or impossible to play that figure on the E string.

 

[Bass]

My first thought was to shift between the 5th and 7th fret.

To speed up the shift, I tried reaching the target root with the index finger while holding the octave with the pinky. Previously, I was shifting the whole hand while holding the fingers steady in position.

 

[Les Fret]

(1) The guitar doesn't play everything on the E string in Paranoid; (2) the guitar isn't playing the octave Ds and Es he is asking about; and (3) depending on how many frets his bass has, it would be extremely impractical or impossible to play that figure on the E string.

The guitar playing all the powerchords on the E string starting in the 12th position with the first chord. See in the video below. The bass could do that easily too but Geezer is playing the E on the 7th fret and d on the 5th.

 

[Bass]

Thanks for the great video Les! The part I'm having trouble with is at about 0:47 seconds, but the video doesn't show Geezer shifting between the octaves.

 

[Febs]

Thanks for the great video Les! The part I'm having trouble with is at about 0:47 seconds, but the video doesn't show Geezer shifting between the octaves.

Try this one:



And whatever you do, don't try to play this entirely on the E string.