Any song ideas for upright newb?

[slobluesine]

Stand By Me

[GarethFlatlands]

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='846073' date='May 23 2010, 08:56 PM']'Love Cats' by The Cure is a good one to get your head and hands used to the stretch's.[/quote]

That's what I was going to suggest. Pretty straightforward but covers a lot of frets so I reckong it's good practice for being able to find the notes. And I just love playing it.


[quote name='steve' post='858343' date='Jun 5 2010, 04:28 PM']How about 'Susans House' by Eels[/quote]

Goes down to Eb from memory so you might have to play an octave higher. I might be wrong, it's been years since I worked it out.

[steve]

[quote name='alyctes' post='1149933' date='Mar 4 2011, 09:01 PM']Snakefarm's reading of 'St James Infirmary' is worth a look (not to everyone's taste, but there you go).

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuzrgu55lkA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuzrgu55lkA[/url][/quote]

really like this

[kevin_lindsay]

Easy beginner double baselines - Stand By Me, king Of The Road, Englishman In New York, Walk On The Wild Side.

All easy lines to pick up and get you used to the feel of your new upright bass

[Duarte]

Anything by Soul Coughing, some really nice double bass work...







To name but a few!

[2wheeler]

[quote name='Bilbo' post='861892' date='Jun 9 2010, 09:55 AM']Don't be fooled. Its crap.

Captain Smith and Pochahontas? What the hell is THAT all about [/quote]

Thanks for saving me wasted time. Now I can get back to Moondance

[derrenleepoole]

[quote name='2wheeler' post='1152649' date='Mar 7 2011, 04:25 PM']Thanks for saving me wasted time. Now I can get back to Moondance [/quote]

You beat me to it!

[derrenleepoole]

All Blues is a cracking bass line to learn. Not difficult harmonically, but to get that loose and relaxed timing is very hard. In fact, most of the bass lines on that album are played with incredible timing. I've got So What down, more or less, but for the life of me can't quite get the feel right.