rory Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Evening all, Can anyone help to clarify? One of my band mates is telling me that the bass line for Rock and Roll changes pattern from the rest of the song at around the 2:56 to 3 minute mark. He says that the progression changes to the D early (i think it's bar 130). While I can hear the guitars doing this I can't hear the bass changing from the A to the D. To me the progression for the bass is the same all the way through. Maybe it's my hearing though. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 22 minutes ago, rory said: Evening all, Can anyone help to clarify? One of my band mates is telling me that the bass line for Rock and Roll changes pattern from the rest of the song at around the 2:56 to 3 minute mark. He says that the progression changes to the D early (i think it's bar 130). While I can hear the guitars doing this I can't hear the bass changing from the A to the D. To me the progression for the bass is the same all the way through. Maybe it's my hearing though. Any ideas? On the disk, there's a 'walk-up' at 2:55, and another at 3:05, neither of which are critical, and entirely 'ad lib' for this kind of song. The basic structure remains he same throughout; he's simply got a little bored of just the riff and is stretching his fingers a little. To be imitated, or not, but is of no real consequence either way. There's a clue in the title of the song. Hope this helps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Wasn’t this a bit of a jam anyway…..yes the bass walks up around that time and the guitar chord has dominated the sound with that 7th chord… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) I've always played this as the intro being shorter than (and different to) the verses. We repeat the intro, before the solo which is the same as a verse. ...and you'll probably find that all of us play it differently anyway as it's just an end of gig racket that's usually in A😂 Edited November 25, 2023 by leschirons 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Don't play it the way JPJ played it, play it the way you think it should be played. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Hand them the bass and say "OK, you do it then if you're so effing smart" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Just split it and listened - it does pretty well what you think it does RnRbass.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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