Bass Culture Posted December 21, 2021 Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) Just wanted to say "chapeau" to Chris White for his playing on this, the first track from The Zombies masterpiece, Odessey and Oracle (sic). I have one (70+ year-old!) bass 'pupil', who requested we look at this recently. For many of us we think that great bass playing = technically challenging. This, however, is a great example of harmonic and rhythmic sophistication being applied to create a really fluid, interesting and melodic accompaniment which, if removed, would significantly detract from the arrangement and the song itself. It's a terrific line created from a mixture of well chosen, root and non-root, chord identifying notes. I'd heartily recommend giving it a listen. Happy Christmas! Edited December 21, 2021 by Bass Culture Missed a 4 out of the song title! 1 Quote
EssentialTension Posted December 21, 2021 Posted December 21, 2021 That's one of my favourite albums. Chris White's basslines are lovely. 1 Quote
Bass Culture Posted December 21, 2021 Author Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) That's great - thanks ET. I'll look forward to watching this later on. Sorry - listening to it! Edited December 21, 2021 by Bass Culture 1 Quote
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