colgraff Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 [size=4][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Everyone knows there are bass lines that are really impressive whether or not they are difficulot, but what about the ones that you dread playing but noone else can see the problem?[/font][/size] [size=4][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]For me it is repetitive patterns that change one part, then change back. Notice me by New Model Army is a good example:[/font][/size] [size=4][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ErZefDt44[/font][/size] [size=4][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Even playing it slower and without the harmonics and the super fast bit, I get tangled up. I think of it as a tongue twister on bass.[/font][/size] [size=4][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]What do others find hard?[/font][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBass3901 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Little Bitch by the Specials - Not hard in the slightest to play, except that it is repetitive octaves played quickly for the whole song. Wears my hands out pretty quickly when we play it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 'Israelites'. I can't get the pattern of when the rising scale appears. Possibly because certain guitarists and singers don't necessarily know either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Johnny Cash, ring of fire. A case of guess when to change chord. No verse is quite the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertect Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) [quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1440694288' post='2853077'] Johnny Cash, ring of fire. A case of guess when to change chord. No verse is quite the same! [/quote] Dylan's 'Mr Tambourine Man' is like that. Listen carefully to the singer if you can. The Byrds' version is much shorter and more regular. Edited August 29, 2015 by cybertect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywalker Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Hotel California for me. Constant repetitive arpeggiation ties me in knots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
such Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Norman Watt-Roy's line on Rhythm Stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colgraff Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 @Fleabag. I'd forgotten that one. I remember having to learn it for a dep gig and believing the singer when he said not to worry about it because "that one isn't too hard!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Yeah i'm pretty sure non musos wouldnt even think about that line being hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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