If you could master just one bassline as a party piece which would it be

[Dan Dare]

 

13 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

Not found a bass line yet that I couldn't master given sufficient time and determination, and that's with two fingers that don't work properly.

 

Good luck

 

 

[nige1968]

 

(You probably have to have been forced to sit through Disney princess movies by your kids to get this)

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

Primus 'Tommy the Cat'.

 

I just don't have the patience. 

[AndyTravis]

I prefer my ham fisted inaccurate impersonations of all basslines.

 

I can’t even master half of my own 😂

 

She Caught The Katy - I was pretty chuffed when I found my feet with that fairly easy for a mates 40th - I recall being baffled by it when I was a much younger Duck Dunn fan.

 

I also enjoyed nailing Come On, Come over in full - on fretless. Couldn’t do it now without going through the process again.

 

the only bassline I can play flawlessly without issue is please do not go by the violent femmes - including the solo bit.

 

That was my party piece for years - nobody was impressed only about 3 people I’ve spoken to actually know the song…

 

Big Bottom is my soundcheck riff. 

[LowB_FTW]

There's loads of songs I'd love to be able to play fully and accurately, but as this is a Party Piece, I'll say either Dragon Attack or The Invisible Man, both by Queen/John Deacon.

 

Mark

[SH73]

The outro of Two Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden. I've been playing the bass line almost like for like for years , but never actually took time to learn the outro part properly, just improvise it each time I play it.

[Baloney Balderdash]

On 24/04/2024 at 13:08, Doctor J said:

 

Glorious!

 

This is a pretty nice video someone made to it :

 

Edited April 26, 2024 by Baloney Balderdash

[ubit]

You can learn anything if you just play it a thousand times, then a thousand times more. Most people, including myself, can't be bothered putting in the time. Oh, to have those teenage bedroom years back again. All you had was time to practice.

[Guest]

22 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

 

 

Good luck

 

 

None of that is especially challenging on a technical level. The real issue is that there's a lot of it and much of it isn't repeated.

 

I wouldn't foresee an issue there, beyond being able to find the sheet music for it (I can only find it for piano) so it'd be a long grind with the GB-10, and learning by ear is my least favourite method.

 

 

Edited April 26, 2024 by Bassfinger

[ead]

For me probs either Starship Trooper or maybe Spirit of the Radio.  Arthritis not helping me much though.

[diskwave]

Could never get Chics Everybody Dance.. Rythmn Stick no probs, but EB Dance....nope. It was never often Id have a band leader constantly looking in my direction...

[Skybone]

Loads of Rush songs, and the bass intro to Sabbath's NIB.

 

There's other songs as well, but as many have said... just don't have the patience (or the time).

[gafbass02]

Follow the light by dirty loops. I’m sure it’s perfectly playable, there doesn’t seem anything that appears impossible - just way beyond what I’d be willing to invest in terms of time to learn just for giggles, unless it was going in a covers set. I know I should be learning for the sake of self betterment - but. 
I guess I’m just too lazy/busy! Amazing tune though  

 

Edited April 26, 2024 by gafbass02

[Dan Dare]

10 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

None of that is especially challenging on a technical level. The real issue is that there's a lot of it and much of it isn't repeated.

 

I wouldn't foresee an issue there, beyond being able to find the sheet music for it (I can only find it for piano) so it'd be a long grind with the GB-10, and learning by ear is my least favourite method.

 

 

 

 

Ah. Right.

 

[Reggaebass]

On 25/04/2024 at 11:20, Dan Dare said:

 

 

Good luck

 

 

I know my capabilities and no way could I play that, not only is it full of ghost notes, it’s a speed my fingers don’t go to, I could do a root fifth slow version 😁

[HMX]

Teen Town. First song that came to my head.

[Richard R]

 

 

Not especially challenging for a lot of the people here, but this is definitely something I want to learn as a party piece. 

I'll have to learn to play it fingerstyle first,  playing with a pick is a whole world of confusion for me.

[dave_bass5]

Mustang Sally 😎

[Rich]

This glorious piece of music. 

https://youtu.be/b7x80iSz4nk?si=I2J-bL6UYNjlrDkA

[Leonard Smalls]

I'd like to be able to produce something a bit like this... 

Party piece:

 

Plus the tone and pure groove of this - BTW, the SI unit of cool is the Bootsy, with a theoretical max of 1 Bootsy as epitomised by the man himself. Most folks get into the milliBbotsy range!

 

 

[Rich]

I struggle to attain even a single μBootsy, to be honest. 

[Guest]

15 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

 

 

Ah. Right.

 

Got about 40 seconds of it down messing about by ear last night while the Missus was out at a show.

 

It's tedious, not my type of music and ear learning is so slow, particularly if I don't know the song, but I'll have another fiddle with it later.

 

Its not difficult, it's just a dull process.

[OliverBlackman]

A party piece should be a tune very one knows really, that’s why Simon Fitzpatrick’s let it go arrangement is so brilliant.

 

Once upon a time I learned super Mario on bass like this: 

 

 

It tended to be my audition piece.

[Baloney Balderdash]

I'd like to be able to do this:

 

But it is completely and utterly unrealistic that I'd ever be able to learn it, even if I did a genuine effort.

 

[LeftyP]

I'd like to be able to play any bass line well!

 

Two that spring to mind are; "Let The Sunshine" as played by Joe Osborne on the 5th Dimension version and "Tin Man" by America.