Following on from a recent post were moondance has come up as a bad walking line, and over time it has come up again and again. Can someone or maybe several of you wiser people take on with this
Mighty challenge.
Im not taking pot shots or criticiseing the song the original bass player or anyones opinion or taste in any style of music this is purely for my own education.
Back in 1999 i liked this bass line so much i not only learned it i wrote it out ( in tab as i only reciently started reading music ) if im able to attach it this it may save you having to listen to it too much
just stick in the correct rhythms.
Obviously i know at this stage the chords are wrong (got them form a guitar book) and therefore the note functions i wrote underneath also, but this was 12 years ago.
This song was one of my stepping stones into walking bass.
I went on to play it to death with a band with a kinda semi rock feel sometimes twice a night, so i cant bear the song at this stage either.
But i think it could be fun, a challenge, interesting and beneficial to me and maybe lots of others if some of you could take on with this.
1. Analyse the line, show the bad note choices and which notes flow better (the original is very clunky so this may not be of much benefit so on to number 2)
2. Remake the line as a proper walking jazz bass line. You could base it purely on the chords or the original song would be best.
ill try to include my 1999 version [attachment=76595:Moondance_page1.jpg] [attachment=76596:Moondance_page2.jpg] [attachment=76597:Moondance_page3.jpg]
Let the torture begin