iconic

to my very poorly ear 'oles sounds like jazz but with a lot of tone wound off and full neck bridge up...but there is a slap n pop joining some bars

Harp...they are quiet...'ish and still a string instrument ...failing that comb and greaseproof paper

OK, I have an ear infection with cotton wool and drops in them...[i]pardon[/i]..... they are already tone deaf so I'm struggling here to tab this out...but I have been playing with this tune over a curry and beer...in between the Eastenders will reading....who'd of thought it...Roxy!?! ....if anyone can have a bash at this top track and chime back I would be so greatful...I can't phone a friend as they all play those funny guitars with 6 strings like cats wiskers please forgive my poor tabbing but you should get the drift G |------------------------------------------------------ ------- D |-------9-7---------------------------7--99------------------- A |----7-------7-77h9----------7--9---------7--77h9----------- x loads...sounds like it starts on E to me? E |-------------------------7--10--------------------------b7 or-7-or-7--10- G |------------------------------------------------------ D |-9-7-5--7 5 4 --------------------------------------------------- chorusette/bridgette...if that's what you call it...it's small anyway A |-----------------9-7-5--4--77--------------------------------- .. E |------------------------------------------------------

I was always into the sound of a bass as the 'main instrument' as you may say, like Level 42 or funk stuff...but the first time I realised how a bass line could[i] drive [/i]a tune along was this of all things...don't laugh....it was a great film and it took me ages to find who the tune was by...needless to say it was one of the 1st tunes I tried to play when I finally got a bass ...and as a quirke of fate we had the song from the museum sketch Please Please Please Let me Get What I Want by Dream Academy played at our wedding...yes I know it was Smiths song first

thanks

these two are good fun, 'poppy' as can be but great basslines too.....Wham seem have a lot of good basslines...anyone know who played bass for them?

Adam our youngest at 11 years old suggested [b]"I dunno"[/b]...I'm sure his teenage brother would have said the same...should appeal to students

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='710421' date='Jan 12 2010, 07:14 PM']in fact, after listening to it again, i can't be sure that the note you're talking about wasn't overdubbed on top of the normal bassline. they were, after all, one of those bands at the forefront of sampling technology, so i wouldn't scratch your head too much about the technique.[/quote] you know I was wondering that myself, almost like a low c slap and then high c slap dubbed on top....also if I slap and pop the same high C I'm getting sort of close but not fast enough! ....very individual sound but I do like it! ...nice bit of history on the production, thanks, sure was a great CD

Old song I heard on the radio today, this is a very simple but catchy bassline....C, D#, F, low F sounds Ok to my untrained ear...simple...so what? ....silly thing but this has been bugging me since I got home....just how is the bass player making that wonderful loose, slack, metallic sounding pop on the top C at the start of almost every bar, sometimes in a group such as at @2:16 at the bar start...there must be more going on than a simple octave pop? .....I sure can't that lovely tone on my jazz no matter how I twiddle for tone, the closest I can get is if I pop both the lower and top C together or slap the top C on the G string, but slap on the top C?...any ideas? like I said, a silly thing but it's puzzling me?

[i].....nice....[/i] [i]grrrrrreat[/i]

Great list molan.....Boogie Oogie great one to play too some proper London funk...LOTW...sadly the bass player died a few years back.... .....there is a tab of London Town kicking around, great fun to play and soooo smoooooth....

if ya looking for floor fillers then it's got to be something not too obscure ....is that a Sting Ray?

tuner/double bass combo'

thanks Paul, found one and should be here tomorrow

[quote name='michael-faces' post='706805' date='Jan 9 2010, 05:46 PM']As far as I know, it is. Its on their site and still being sold in stores online for about £270 new. [url="http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1700&brandID=3"]http://www.samsontech.com/products/product...0&brandID=3[/url][/quote] thanks

Nice guitar I have been very happy with mine, a RBX-374 in black....amazing build, batteries last for ever and D'Addario XL strings as std. ...that's a stinking cheap price too! B Stock= "These Yamaha Guitars have come direct to us from Yamaha UK after being on display. These guitars have been fully tested, MAY have a few minor marks and of course come with a full 1 year warranty!" ...I'm asking £150 for mine 9 months old!

There are 2 bass players Mick Karn and someone else playing the same line...even better value! @ 0.57 secs

Ball Room Blitz...are you ready Steve

[quote name='Chris2112' post='707357' date='Jan 10 2010, 07:18 AM']That will be the Bartolini pickups, primarily...awesome sound! Perhaps I shall invest in some for my basses![/quote] lovely sound.....hmmmmm

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='705098' date='Jan 8 2010, 08:16 AM']Blues (and the precursor, Ragtime) are the foundations upon which all of our popular music is built. The basic chord useage of I-IV-V and the use of the pentatonic scale/minor blues scale are the building blocks for practically all popular music. As an accomplished classical player in my late teens/early twenties I learned to improvise at blues jams. I learned a lot of valuable life skills through "The Blues." [/quote] I went back thru this thread guys, grateful thanks for the help and examples of blues, but it didn't answer my question as to [i]why [/i] is it important, for me this was a more a fundamental answer to the question, which was purely put due to my lack of understanding, thanks OTPJ. I have found these Blues pentatonic scales are very, very useful... simple and sooo close to my own thoughts of a 'funk/disco' scale, I mean you could play notes in any order and still sound musical! ....strangely the 1,4,5 chord run sounds more bluesey as 1,3,5 to me, but I'm tone deaf

Is it? cheers

dub....none at all, is there a technique of sorts?

....why do I struggle on timing with a few simple songs, this UB-40 song is a real bugger for me....and don't laugh but I have the same problem on Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf of all things ....girls on film is no problem though I'm guessing it's the differing combination of notes lengths within the bar?...is there an online metronome for timing maybe? Forgive the bad spacing on the bars but the notes are arranged correctly Bass comes in after first bar of sax intro. main riff, repeat thro out with variations. G|----------------------------------------| D|--7----------------5----------- 9-7--------| A|----7777--5h7-------9999------9-7-7-| E|-------------------7-7------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------5-3-3---| A|------7777----7---------5555-------3--| E|--5-5------5-5---5--3-3--------------3-| any tips guys?

cheers