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Reccommend me some "hard"-ish songs to learn
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Ouch - just learned this now and it's a hand burner! Will be a while before I can play it from beginning to end without my hand falling off halfway (make that an eighth of the way) through.
When I need to brush up on my 16th-note muting I bust this one out:
And there are tons of great fills in most of Julia's versions of songs:
And there are tons of great fills in most of Julia's versions of songs:
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This one kicked my butt for the better part of a week. Super fun once you get it!
Roundabout by Yes. Chris Squire’s line is so great as is his sound.
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
War Pigs (1970 Basement Tape) - Black Sabbath
Simple Man - Lynrd Skynrd (bassline by a guitarist)
War Pigs (1970 Basement Tape) - Black Sabbath
Simple Man - Lynrd Skynrd (bassline by a guitarist)
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Listened to that a few weeks ago since I am starting a new prog band now. The bass is really loud in the mix. Love it!
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Yes, Norman Watt-Roy is a monster bass player. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick is quite Jackoesque and not so easy to play with precision and feel, namely with ease.
The bassline in The Magnificent Seven by The Clash is also his and also not so easy to play properly. One can hear that these two basslines are somehow related. Here's the dub/instrumental version called The Magnificent Dance.
@31HZ
Yes, Norman Watt-Roy is a monster bass player. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick is quite Jackoesque and not so easy to play with precision and feel, namely with ease.
The bassline in The Magnificent Seven by The Clash is also his and also not so easy to play properly. One can hear that these two basslines are somehow related. Here's the dub/instrumental version called The Magnificent Dance.
Giant steps, Portrait of Tracy, Bach cello suites were all challenging for me. Currently I am working on Donna Lee (Jaco’s version). I’m planning to learn some Scott LaFaro solos next. Be well, BASS
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2nd for Footloose. That line is ridiculous, and the best part of it is that it sits so well in the song that you never notice it until you try to play it.
Someone else mentioned Haken and Tesseract, which I agree with, and are honestly way more in my wheelhouse, but damn if Footloose doesn't kill me ever time I listen to that line.
Someone else mentioned Haken and Tesseract, which I agree with, and are honestly way more in my wheelhouse, but damn if Footloose doesn't kill me ever time I listen to that line.
Trying learning the intro to Penny Lane while singing it at the same time.
