iconic Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) My daughter who is 4 loves this tune...so the bass line is easy enough...and a 1,5,6,4 chorus. Then I started looking at the intro' and the melody from the piano sheet music and find that while the left hand is playing power chords the right hand is playing thirds 'n twiddly bits for pretty much most of the melody. I was thinking is this song structure unusual, as in thirds over the root is not uncommon, but for most of a melody? https://youtu.be/4Kh3IvMD4xE Edited October 11, 2015 by iconic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Bass on that track is actually very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Thirds all the way through a melody is very common, if a little corny. Most serious composers would avoid it but Disney tunes are targetted at kids so they aren't looking for a lot of tension!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks Bilbo.....the treble side of things are murky waters for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1444593117' post='2884403'] Bass on that track is actually very nice [/quote] I couldn't find out who the bass player was but the drummer I believe was Matt chamberlain. Disney have a long history of using top quality musicians and studios (Mary poppins and bedknobs and broomsticks were done at Sunset Sound- like parts of led zep 2!) they also are pretty flexible during production and will prescribe approximately 80% of the parts for musicians like drummers then allow them to humanise it themselves. Sounds like a great gig to have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 'twas Abe Laboriel, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameltoe Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Have a go at 'Love is an Open Door'. Cool bassline in that one! I have sat down and ploughed through it a couple times, a bit jerky so would like to get it smoother, as it's a very smooth sounding technique, whoever the guy is. My daughter loves Frozen too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1444752928' post='2885630'] 'twas Abe Laboriel, apparently. [/quote] Thank you, that is really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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