Rumple Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Love Buckley and I'm amazed the singer/guitarist picked this one to do but I haven't a clue what's going on bass wise most of the time. Any help would be appreciated so I don't ruin a great track. R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I've done a few Jeff Buckley tracks...but not this one! Sorry! Having given it a quick listen, it sounds like a fairly standard chord progression (Chordie says G/C/F/A7) with the bass sticking to the roots with fills at the end of the riff. FWIW, the bass will proabably have a drop D tuning to suit Buckley's usual writing key. Try messing with root-octave and root-4th-5th patterns. Bassist Mick Grondhal tends to be more creative with his rhythms than he does with his melodies, so listen to the track a lot to get the feel of whats going on before trying to work out exactly what's happening melodically. Oh yeah, turn up the fuzz! That can hide any interesting notes you might happen to play.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks for the thoughts, all very helpful. I usually play a 5 string so any dropped D is OK but I've never had a fuzz pedal in my life I know the song pretty well being a bit of a fan but for me some of the rhythmic elements are going to take some practice. Thanks again R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Er... don't use tabs, so may this be of use? Or is it pants? [url="http://www.911tabs.com/link/?3664732"]http://www.911tabs.com/link/?3664732[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Cheers Mark, I'll save that off and add it to my on going research. Hopefully by the weekend I'll have time to actually pick up a bass a give it a crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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