‘Hey You’ Fretless Bass Line Lesson

[greghagger]

One of my favourite pieces of fretless playing has to be from Pink Floyd's, 'Hey You', and I've loved this bass line ever since I first heard it on 'The Wall.'

 

The bass line has two sections of lyrical, melodic fretless bass and some very effective slides throughout the bass line.

 

What I particularly like about the fretless bass tone from Hey You, is that it doesn't have a ton of chorus on it, like a lot of the 80's fretless features. You just get the pure sound of the fretless and this really adds to the emotion of the song.

 

If you want to work on your fretless playing, this is a brilliant choice of bass line to play and study. You can also jam this bass line on a fretted bass, if you don't have a fretless.

 

There’s a full transcription of the bass line in notation and Tab under the video lesson. 

 

Enjoy this classic bass line!