Cyrene Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 hi all. Is the original version in Dm? The Songster tab is based upon the bass tuning a whole tone higher. But Ultimate guitar tuning is a half tone down... I need to play it a whole tone lower for our band, but can't find a tab. I haven't got the time this weekend to do my own so has anyone out there got one please? Help! Quote
Doddy Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Tune a tone higher? No chance. The original is in Eb minor if I remember correctly. Quote
keeptrying Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Agree with Doddy, Eb minor. really like the lazy feel in the bass line. Quote
Mike Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 I charted it out recently but it's only chords, if you pm me your email I can mail you a pdf Quote
Cyrene Posted June 17, 2011 Author Posted June 17, 2011 [quote name='Mike' post='1272904' date='Jun 17 2011, 04:18 PM']I charted it out recently but it's only chords, if you pm me your email I can mail you a pdf[/quote] Great, thank you Mike. I think our singer wants to do it in D, so that'd be half a step down from the original, is that right? confused Quote
RhysP Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Wasn't the original bass line played on a synthesiser? Quote
Bloodaxe Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 [quote name='RhysP' post='1273049' date='Jun 17 2011, 06:42 PM']Wasn't the original bass line played on a synthesiser?[/quote] Reputedly. 5-string fretless would be the way to go with this one. Quote
martthebass Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Yup eb minor. I used to play it in eb on my now departed 5 string ray fretless. I now play it in e on a ray 4 fretless. No loss really. Quote
Monckyman Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 Erm, lots of root notes and three slow triplets, you`re done. I used to fall asleep playin this. Sounds better on a fretless. I hope you do better. Quote
Bass Culture Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 Yeah, I played this for a short while in our set too. I seem to remember the bass part feeling kind of fat and slow, which smacked of dropped tuning to me at the time - Eb would make sense then on a 4 string. I don't think we bothered and just did it in E though. It's got one nice little lick in it, I think, but boring as hell apart from that - IIRC. Quote
Bass Culture Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 Just noticed that this thread has consecutive members - Bloodaxe and Mike - posting. How coincidental is that?! Out of 20,000-odd BC-ers! Quote
Cyrene Posted June 18, 2011 Author Posted June 18, 2011 Thanks for the response fellas. Actually had no problem playing this in E but then I was told we were doing it in D. This has caused me the problems, I need to write myself out a new tab when I get chance. Quote
Mike Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 [quote name='Bass Culture' post='1273487' date='Jun 18 2011, 09:37 AM']Just noticed that this thread has consecutive members - Bloodaxe and Mike - posting. How coincidental is that?! Out of 20,000-odd BC-ers![/quote] Wow, well spotted - you should be a private detective! Quote
Bloodaxe Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 [quote name='Bass Culture' post='1273487' date='Jun 18 2011, 09:37 AM']Just noticed that this thread has consecutive members - Bloodaxe and Mike - posting. How coincidental is that?! Out of 20,000-odd BC-ers![/quote] Coincidence? ... or Conspiracy? Quote
RhysP Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Bass Culture' post='1273487' date='Jun 18 2011, 09:37 AM']Just noticed that this thread has consecutive members - Bloodaxe and Mike - posting. How coincidental is that?! Out of 20,000-odd BC-ers![/quote] No very, when you take into account approximately 19,000 of those members joined the forum joined purely to flog their gear & have never posted anywhere else. Edited June 19, 2011 by RhysP Quote
JTUK Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 [quote name='Doddy' post='1272544' date='Jun 17 2011, 11:13 AM']Tune a tone higher? No chance. The original is in Eb minor if I remember correctly.[/quote] Agree. It's a synth line but pretty achievable on bass eitherway Quote
Monckyman Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 How about detuning to D on a spare bass? Would sound better than the high D and no tab translations. Quote
wateroftyne Posted June 19, 2011 Posted June 19, 2011 I've said it before, but.. When I played in a covers band, they demanded I detuned and played it in low D. 'OK' says I. I never bothered. I always played it at the octave and no-one ever noticed. Quote
Cyrene Posted June 22, 2011 Author Posted June 22, 2011 [quote name='Monckyman' post='1274589' date='Jun 19 2011, 12:13 PM']How about detuning to D on a spare bass? Would sound better than the high D and no tab translations.[/quote] Right! That may be the way forward! I am struggling to write the proper tab transcription out in Dm as I'm spinning plates at the PC anyway; i find this stuff so time consuming. I'll detune a whole tone and play along with the Em tab... that should do shouldn't it? I'm new to this sort of stuff. Quote
chardbass Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 [quote name='Cyrene' post='1278264' date='Jun 22 2011, 10:42 AM']Right! That may be the way forward! I am struggling to write the proper tab transcription out in Dm as I'm spinning plates at the PC anyway; i find this stuff so time consuming. I'll detune a whole tone and play along with the Em tab... that should do shouldn't it? I'm new to this sort of stuff.[/quote] Probably less time consuming to just detune your E string to a D and leave the other strings. This will mess around with your TAB though. Quote
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