daz Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 Im after some music for the bass line for this Desmond Decker classic from waay back in the 1960s when i was a nappy wearing rug rat If anyone can help out? cheers daz Quote
redstriper Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 I know TABs are frowned upon by some musos on here so ignore [url="http://www.broz-reggae-tabs.com/tablatures/3077-tablature-The-Israelites-Desmond-Dekker"]THIS[/url] if you're one of them. I haven't checked it for accuracy but hope it helps. Quote
bremen Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 [quote name='daz' post='1352950' date='Aug 26 2011, 07:58 PM']Im after some music for the bass line for this Desmond Decker classic from waay back in the 1960s when i was a nappy wearing rug rat If anyone can help out? cheers daz[/quote] The run-up (what's the technical term?) is C major. Not what you might expect. Make your guitarist/keyboard player do it stacatto! Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 26, 2011 Posted August 26, 2011 There was me thinking his ears were alight....Great tune Quote
essexbasscat Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 [quote name='bremen' post='1352966' date='Aug 26 2011, 08:09 PM']The run-up (what's the technical term?) is C major. Not what you might expect. Make your guitarist/keyboard player do it stacatto![/quote] +1 for sure ! Quote
daz Posted August 27, 2011 Author Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) As far as i have been able to tell, the main riff is: Starting on B flat - root, root, fifth, third, (root) root root. Then repeated again on F, then G, then back to B flat for the last time, thereafter adding a C # run on the end as [b]Bremen [/b]said. The run at the end of the sequence is a quickly played C# major scale. You have to know the song to get the timing right, as it obviously is not stated below in this simple interval thingy. [u]Riff[/u] A:-------------5th----3rd------------- E:-------R-R-----------------R-R-- Edited August 28, 2011 by daz Quote
Raslee Posted August 28, 2011 Posted August 28, 2011 We cover this tune in my reggae covers band..always goes down well although we drop in a bit of the Apache Indian version for good measure We just play C maj on the run bit-seems to work well, the other bits are as per that tab above more or less - there is an interesting break as well. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qeWqYNrS8U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qeWqYNrS8U[/url] Quote
KevinJazzBass Posted September 2, 2011 Posted September 2, 2011 Great tune! always gets the crowd dancing... even if they do sing Vitalite! If you play it in Bb then the run up should be on a Db major scale. Heres a link to my old reggae bands version as I cant seem to manage to embed youtube videos :s [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O7SGhe5blM"]Ali & The Beachcombers - Israelites[/url] Kev Quote
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