rw3cja Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hello,[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I posted on here a few months ago to let you all know about some work that I have been doing over the last year. For those of you who missed it, I have been learning and analysing James Jamerson lines as part of my degree.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]All of my work is here - [/font][/color][url="http://jamersonanalysed.blogspot.co.uk/"]http://jamersonanalysed.blogspot.co.uk/[/url] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Today, I uploaded my cover and analysis of Jamerson's line on Stevie Wonder's 1968 hit 'For Once In My Life'.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I hope you all enjoy it.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]As always, any feedback is greatly appreciated. [/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Chris.[/font][/color] Edited October 1, 2012 by rw3cja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Looking forward to reading this - its quite a challenging one to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wheeler Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hello Chris, I probably shouldn't be doing this (well I definitely shouldn't be doing it on work time!) but you did ask for feedback. You have done a great job but I think some of your analysis is a bit mathematical and you could let your ears do the work, giving you IMHO a more useful picture of the harmony. To be specific, "For Once in my Life" bar 2, I would have said that the Eb is the passing note and the C# creates a surround (chromatic notes either side of the target note). On the 3rd beat of that bar, the D to A perfect fourth strongly indicates a D chord. Jamerson has reharmonised (he does this a lot) and used a D rather than the indicated F#dim. This helps set up the repeating D/G pattern that is coming and is a more natural harmony anyway. That's how I hear it and that is my "map" that I use to try to get the right feel when playing this. But that's just my interpretation and there is certainly nothing wrong with what you have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philparker Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 This is one of my favourite bass lines and I look forward to reading your blog when I have the time to fully digest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pobrien_ie Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Really enjoying your blog! Keep up the great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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