Music Favourite Bass Line

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

What do you call that bit of pipe he's blowing into and do you have to stand on one leg to make it work? [bighmmm]

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Standing on one leg helps yes. 😆😇 I play the Flute and could play this when I was younger. Used to try and emulate Ian Anderson but he’s a friggin genius and I’m not. 😁. He’s got better balance too. wonder if that’s the Shiraz that’s holding me back...

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Originally Posted by Homestar

I play the Flute and could play this when I was younger. Used to try and emulate Ian Anderson but he’s a friggin genius and I’m not. 😁. He’s got better balance too. wonder if that’s the Shiraz that’s holding me back...

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Mate, if you play an instrument and you *don't* sound better after Shiraz then you're doing it wrong. The more I drink the better I play and sound (to me anyway).

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Originally Posted by BradC

Mate, if you play an instrument and you *don't* sound better after Shiraz then you're doing it wrong. The more I drink the better I play and sound (to me anyway).

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Spot on, Brad. It definitely makes one's playing more fluid!

Very simple, but very effective.
https://youtu.be/nXiQtD5gcHU

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Very simple, but very effective.
https://youtu.be/nXiQtD5gcHU

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My kind of music Steve [smilebigeye]

Written by Norman Whitfield in the ''psychedelic period'' of mowtown, it would be the Temptations' last number one hit and would win them their second and final Grammy Award in a competitive category.

Here's the 12 minute version

The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Album Version) - YouTube

Hello All,

I forgot about this one... the original version ... not the Santana one... the original has a definite bass Accessed 24th August 2021 from, The Zombies - She's Not There - YouTube.

Kind regards
Lionel

Hello All,,

Then there is a home grown classic - Reckless by Australian Crawl, accessed 24th August 2021 from, Australian Crawl - Reckless (1983) - YouTube

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Lionel

I once learned the bach cello suites (on bass) by ear, and had a friend tell me where to turn the pages, (which I memorised.) so I could pretend to read music in order to pass a year 12 music pre tertiary exam. Decided against keeping up that trick for the conservatorium of music audition as I would have been found out sooner or later... Turns out you don't really need to know how to read music in order to hear it and play it.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

Bass guitar adapted to Bach.

https://youtu.be/pqxwXla3-Bw

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Originally Posted by Landy Red

.................... Turns out you don't really need to know how to read music in order to hear it and play it.

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That's right! Hendrix couldn't read music.

He could play part of the bass line with his thumb whilst playing lead.....live.

Jimi Hendrix - Johnny B. Goode - YouTube

Hello All,

Oh I forgot about this opening bass line - shame on me .... Plus, the same track features David Gilmour ripping along a lap-steel slide guitar; it is pretty hard to beat!

Accessed 9th of June 2022 from, David Gilmour - One of These Days (Live At Pompeii) - YouTube

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Lionel