Basschatters, I need your help.

[NancyJohnson]

Last night at rehearsal we jammed around something new for the first time; it has an eight bar intro, but annoyingly we only recorded a version with a four bar intro, so I've done a nasty edit below. Warning, it's a new song, so lots of mistakes and it was recorded on a little field recorder, so sound quality isn't great.

At present, the bass line over the start is just based around F#/C#/B/F#; frankly I don't like finishing the sequence on the same note on which the next part starts (even if, as in this instance, that final F# is played off the 9th fret on the A string). We played the start maybe thirty times while I tried to make it a bit more interesting, but for the first time in yonks, nothing came up. I've tried today, nada.

In my head, I kind of know what it needs, but my fingers are doing the business...Any suggestions?

[url="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwPWKz0CLJz-U3FNbGs2amJiakU"]https://drive.google...U3FNbGs2amJiakU[/url]

[Mudpup]

Im getting a B52'S and Martha and the Muffins thing in my head

[bazzbass]

nothing you do will help, the guitarist is out of tune with something hehe

try playing thirds rather than the root on repeating chords to add variety. There is no rule that says you can only play roots, really.

[Owen]

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There is no rule that says you can only play roots, really.
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Wait! What?!?

[Jack]

Post reported. :-)

[Nicko]

Play the relevant scale over the sample and pick a note that sounds great

[acidbass]

It'll be hard as most notes won't work with the tritone in the riff. Try sticking to the minor pentatonic (which you already are) and maybe adding a reference to the tritone (b5, or C in your example) to make it interesting. Also, try varying the rhythm a little and it may help come up with new ideas?

[bazzbass]

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1496338207' post='3310708']
Play the relevant scale over the sample and pick a note that sounds great
[/quote]

Hey ! that's MY lil secret