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Hi Ryznar Do you have any chord charts for any of these - I managed to get some tab sheets for some, and apart from White Room they look pretty straightforward, but I've never been a fan of tab, I prefer to work from a chord sheet. I really need to satisfy myself that I can do justice to you guys before I try out. Steve

Despite what Relocation Kirsty whats her face says, I like Hull ( I am a Yorkshire expat living in Leicestershire), nice people, nice Fish & Chips (and patties), and an ok town centre.

Can't believe the number of people who started with K Basses - me too. "Time is Tight" by Booker T and the MG's was the first thing I ever did - still do - an easy thing to noodle for practice.

Welcome to the forum - is it cold up there in Hull??

Hi Ryznar I will take a run through some of these, if I feel I can help I will be happy to. Steve

Hi Ryznar Welcome to the fold I am in Kegworth, so not far. Let me know the kind of things you are looking to do, I will see if I can fit in. Steve

Constrcting Walking Bass Lines by Ed Friedland is excellent, starting right at the basics and working all the way through Chromatics, Double Chromatics and Dominants in easy to understand steps. I've found the most important thing is practice, practice and more practice, even as you become more advanced go back to the easy exersizes. The things you learn doing this also come into play in other genres, so suddenly a bass line that you thought sounded a little bit wooden comes to life when you throw some of these chromatics in (they come naturally after a while), and your playing becomes better all round.

Hi Tony If you can let me have the weight and dimensions I can give you a rate for UPS. Steve

I have a squier p/j in pewter with a black pickguard, it looks okay, and it sounds really nice. It runs through a Fender Rumble Combo, and the two seem suited, and it is just plug in, tune up, play.

Hi Ian The cottage we looked at was a wreck, but is now a holiday let, I think it was featured on the holiday program last year sometime. It was owned by Jack Rendall then. (I get the impression he owns most things there) I would have loved to have moved there, but the demands of business and ageing parents meant staying in the rate race was the only option. Not that long to go before I might be able to get out!!. I shall be there to visit before too long I hope. Steve

I almost bought a cottage in Rackwick once - but decided to remain part of the rate race instead. How we regret these things later. Do you know if Peter Maxwell Davies still lives in Rackwick??

[quote name='Mikey D' post='77812' date='Oct 22 2007, 06:34 PM']You can also get the 'major' blues scale by adding the b3rd to the major pentatonic. So in C: C D Eb E G A It is a lot brighter sounding. You just need to bit a bit more careful when using it as the natural 3rd (E) would sound out of place over the IV chord (ie F) in a normal blues. Also the 'blue notes' (b3, b5 b7) originally came from african work songs and were classified by musicologists and put in this even tempered scale through their common use. Try bending up to the notes and stopping just short for an even more blues sound.[/quote] Thanks Mikey, I'm working through all this and beginning to understand it. I wish I was young again and my brain could absord this at one go. Steve

I will go away and noodle and digest this - maybe it will start to make some sense. Thanks guys for your input - any more comments much appreciated to help me understand. (What me... a numpty????) - I think so sometimes Steve

Hi All I have read everywhere that a blues scale has a flat 3,5 and 7, (a minor pentatonic with an added flat 5). Am I right in assuming therefore that all blues is done in a minor key??. I ask bcoz my blues tutor book has lines in major keys, which doesn't seem to fit the blues scale. I am not sure if I have misread something, or am just being a numpty. Please put me out of my confusion Thanks all Steve

Lock all mobiles in the dressing room when you do your set - and make that a band rule.

If the other guys in the band want to do the song but the drummer doesn't, ask him to suggest a small change in the arrangement that suits him, but doesn't affect the passage of the song. That may make him feel that he's making a bigger contribution. If he's good he should take that on board (he should have thought of this himself, but let's make allowances).

Purple Haze

[quote name='grosa' post='65110' date='Sep 25 2007, 01:00 AM']nitromours and gaffa tape fix anything[/quote] Put Nitromors on your nails until they fall off and then wrap your finger ends with gaffer tape - consistent sounds and stops blisters

I am not competent enough to sight read dots, unless the piece is slow, but I can pretty much knock anything off from a chord chart. I find it easy. If you get stuck you can usually get away with R,5 or R,5,7 or R,3,5 or some combination of that and still make it sound okay.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='63158' date='Sep 20 2007, 03:44 PM']No one really needs more than one bass and one guitar [/quote] Why on earth would anybody need a gui***??

As far as I know there seem to be gigs in the Uni every week, I know someone was shot there a few months ago, it was on the news. +1 on Just Music, helpful people, disaster of a shop. There is a Sound Control in Derby, good shop and easy walk from the bus or train.

When you find one let me know - I'ii have one as well

No Some basses are just plain crap. I had one, all the setup in the world was never going to make it good, eventually a new neck sorted it out.