missis sumner Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) I'm having trouble playing the verse in straight eighth notes. I want to start and finish, every bar on B, which just doesn't seem to add up? I don't know what I'm doing, do I? 😂 Edit: Got first rehearsal with new-ish band on Thursday - panic setting in... Edited January 16, 2020 by missis sumner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 You cannot start and finish every bar on B for that number, even in the intro, let alone the verse itself. Check on Youtube - several teaching vid's for the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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missis sumner Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Dan Dare said: You cannot start and finish every bar on B for that number, even in the intro, let alone the verse itself. Check on Youtube - several teaching vid's for the song. I know! But I still want to... When I play it slowly the B-E, then B-Fsharp, notes fit, but when I play it full speed, I'm doing some weird stinky poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Maybe I just need to relax, and be a bit quicker on the change... I've got another evening to practice tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, missis sumner said: I know! But I still want to... When I play it slowly the B-E, then B-Fsharp, notes fit, but when I play it full speed, I'm doing some weird stinky poo. If you don't mind it being wrong, go for it... That's actually not the easiest of bass lines (a little surprising, bearing in mind it was Bill W). Afraid there's no alternative to getting your head down and getting it right. Have a look at the vid' Douglas posted above. It sounds as if you're playing it half time if you can get what you're doing to (sort of) fit. That's not going to cut it at real tempo, I'm afraid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Much more busy/complicated than I would have thought. Think I’m going to learn it, looks like an interesting bass line to try out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I had to play this for someone at a jam session, that'll be easy enough I thought. It's fast though I hadn't left enough time and was sweating, on the night he played it about 10bpm slower and I survived. It will come but remember you are playing the chords Em to B. At a pinch you could get away with just straight 8's on E and B, it wouldn't be right but playing the root note in time would let the rest of the band play their bits and they wouldn't notice in all probability, they will all need the E and B on the first note of the bar though. On the night I just played the root/fifths, I ignored the shift to G (10 on the A) in the tab above. Good Luck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 This is how I've been attempting to play the verse, with the B as the downbeat. Is it wrong? I notice a few You Tube videos start on the E, which doesn't sound right to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 You really must listen to the original and start from that. Don't try to change it without knowing how it should be first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 'Paint It, Black' Yours, A pedant 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Having listened to the original, I think the video that @missis sumner linked is what Bill Wyman is playing, with the verse starting on the B (5th) note of the scale, and the one that Douglas provided starts on the 'E' and is dodgy. Personally, I prefer Vanessa Carlton's version, but then I'm weird. Edited January 15, 2020 by pete.young 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) This shows it starting on E at the 2nd fret of the D string. Disclaimer, I’ve never played it, don’t particularly like it, and I’m sat on a train so can’t check the accuracy 😁. Starting on E follows the chords, it moves to B in bar 3. Edited January 15, 2020 by ambient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, missis sumner said: This is how I've been attempting to play the verse, with the B as the downbeat. Is it wrong? I notice a few You Tube videos start on the E, which doesn't sound right to me. I suspect this chap carefully stuffed socks into his ears prior to working out the bass part. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 What Darryl plays on the verse here is broadly what I'm hearing on the original. Not just R5R5R5R5R5 (or 5R5R5R5R5R..) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Pretty sure when I played this years ago I just played the B and E for the verse and it worked well for us. Trick is the timing. Go one beat out and itll mess with your head and sound like you're playing it backwards. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 10 hours ago, wateroftyne said: I suspect this chap carefully stuffed socks into his ears prior to working out the bass part. Whereas I just put the record on upstairs, and then wander downstairs to listen to it. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 11 hours ago, wateroftyne said: 'Paint It, Black' Yours, A pedant At least the title isn't as bad as The Gene Genie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 11 hours ago, la bam said: Trick is the timing. Go one beat out and itll mess with your head and sound like you're playing it backwards. I think I am on drugs when I listen to this one... ...love it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 This is how we play it, right or wrong I do not know😁 Paint It Black.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 14 minutes ago, goingdownslow said: I think I am on drugs when I listen to this one... ...love it though. Exactly! Just one beat off, but your head feels backwards! I used to play the lower b on the e string then bounce of the high E on the A string. If you ended up playing e then b, instead of b then e, it just freaks you out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missis sumner Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Rehearsal went well, so well that we're going to try again next week. We didn't do Paint It, Black, because our new guitarist didn't know it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 16/01/2020 at 00:34, la bam said: Pretty sure when I played this years ago I just played the B and E for the verse and it worked well for us. Trick is the timing. Go one beat out and itll mess with your head and sound like you're playing it backwards. This is what I do, and I've always got away with it! 🤞 So far 😊 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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