Living on a prayer Sorted Thanks

[deepbass5]

Do any of you have the Dots to Bonjovi. living on a prayer It would make my life alot easier, I played it about 15 years ago and its all seeped away- old age.

cheers

All sorted thanks guys

Edited February 26, 2013 by deepbass5

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Gosh, I learnt it about 3 years ago ( mainly by ear). When we first gigged it , I got into wrong .
Never rehearsed it enough .
It's a bit tricky , coz his voice raises a pitch midway through .
Haven't got tab, but have a bump, and hope Mr.Vox can handle his duties well on this song ,)

[dudewheresmybass]

It's in e and modulates to g for the last section.
The main riff runs open e to 7 fr on a, then to b on e string and 5 on a, two open es then b at 7 and 5 on a
This is the main riff. Everything else is based around the c, d , and e with associated runs

Hth

[pete.young]

Dude has it right. Do you want tab or dots?

[deepbass5]

Thanks guys, I have been sat writting it out from Tab on the web, but just hate the whole tab thing, I'll knuckle down and stop moaning.

[deepbass5]

Thanks Pete, Dots would be great if you have them, but also if you have Tab you can swear by i'll go for that. PM me and i'll send you my mail address.

cheers

[Mudpup]

Its a doddle to learn by ear. Take you 20 mins.

[Truckstop]

+1

There's like 4 riffs/7 notes in the entire song. Play it through a couple of times and you'll have it!

Truckstop

[deepbass5]

Yaah. great The Tab i'm looking at every verse and chorus is different and there are pre choruses as well, and then there is a different part over the solo. hense I'd rather just read it.
Youv'e been playing it wrong all these years Truckstop

[nottswarwick]

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Its a doddle to learn by ear. Take you 20 mins.
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I'd say so. The hardest thing is the muting so as to not have open E droning or harmonics accidentally generated at the 7th fret, plus the feel as some of the notes in the main riff are cut off short, and some are not.

Good line to play though. Nice and melodic.

[arthurhenry]

If it's for a tribute band, where everything must be exact, I can see why you might want the dots. Otherwise, I agree, it'll take 20 mins max by ear and you'll have learnt the chorus for Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven is a place on Earth" at the same time!

[Truckstop]

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1361619592' post='1988321']
Yaah. great The Tab i'm looking at every verse and chorus is different and there are pre choruses as well, and then there is a different part over the solo. hense I'd rather just read it.
Youv'e been playing it wrong all these years Truckstop
[/quote]

Well of course if you're trying to get it note for note then I suppose so!

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[risingson]

I think that I might hate the tune itself but the bass line is absolutely superb! So well crafted, not nearly as straight forward as you might think, a lot of walking about and countering the melody with what the bass is doing.

[leftyhook]

for the first time ever I joined band without writing a thing down.
listen listen listen..... then pick up the bass.

Sorry, that was a bit off topic :OP

[deepbass5]

When you can't jump up and down and look cool anymore you have to try to get the notes right, its the only edge you have left. I'll probably end up winging it as well

[deepbass5]

Just to say Pete's a Diamond, mailed me the dots, have run them and a great job. cheers mate.

He's now charging just £10 per copy and waiting your Pm's

[OliverBlackman]

yes, I wrote this up last year at somepoint. Pm me your email if you still want it and I'll send it.

[pete.young]

No problem, you're welcome. If anyone else would like a (free) copy, PM me!

Edited February 25, 2013 by pete.young

[thisnameistaken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CdXaOS5_o

[pete.young]

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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CdXaOS5_o[/media]
[/quote]

Priceless! Made my day :-)

[paul_5]

Just laughed like a loon at that video. I love Basschat.

[gapiro]

The chorus baseline is really nice if you do it properly. Might e able to do some dots tomorrow forya

[bluesparky]

Do you still need it? I have the dots if you want them.
I love the bassline to this song, not necessarily because it's the best / most complicated / most amazing line ever but because when I first started playing all those years ago I heard this song and the bassline just stuck out and I loved it.
It was the first track that inspired me to really push my bass education and work hard to improve.
Two thumbs up.

[bluesparky]

Ah, just seen that other people have offered the dots, sorry, I should really learn to read the whole thread rather than just the last post!