HELP

[stuartielow]

Hello, after a couple months plodding away on my own, I've been asked to join a band, yey! Thing is I've been given a list of songs to learn and although I've worked most of them out, I'm getting bassists block with a couple! Could anyone save me some time and tell me the notes/tab to animal nitrate by suede? Its like I can't hear the bass, weird!

[Fozza]

I can't help with the tab but I think Suede tuned down to Eb so doing that might help.

[Coilte]

[quote name='Fozza' timestamp='1369036121' post='2084043']
I can't help with the tab
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Nor can I, but hopefully these chords from "Chordify" will help a little OP.


[url="http://chordify.net/chords/suede-animal-nitrate-suedevideo"]http://chordify.net/chords/suede-animal-nitrate-suedevideo[/url]

[stuartielow]

Thank you very much, the chords are a start, I only got list on Saturday and try out is on friday! So far I think I've nailed superstitious get lucky Valerie and call me maybe really looking forward to it. I think I need to be playing with other people now to get the timing and structure. Happy days.

[Toasted]

How many have they asked you to learn?

[chris_b]

Something like this?

Verse: Bb Ab Gb Eb

Chorus: Db Gb Db Gb Bb Ab Gb ends on a B.

Middle 8 approx Bb Gb G Gb.

You can work out the fiddly bits. Just follow the guitarist.


I don't know Cordify but tab sites are usually wrong.

Edited May 20, 2013 by chris_b

[Bloodaxe]

Can't help directly either, but a casual listen suggests to me that the bass generally follows the chord roots and the guitar licks, so these two vids might help…

Bernard Butler's in-depth & slightly out of tune guide to playing the guitar part:—

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hexMs1VuwMY[/media]

BBC6 Maida Vale session where you [i]can[/i] hear the bass:—

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRp2Ro5E8PU[/media]

All the GuitarPro tabs out there appear to be a] bass-free, and b] not quite right (no change there then).

The fact that the bass is a bit indistinct on the original might work in your favour here. If [i]you[/i] can't pick it out, odds are that the guitarist is only vaguely aware that there's probably a bass in there somewhere & has no idea what it actually does. The audience sure as hell won't.

Keep it simple, back up the chords & double up on the signature licks. If you find that anything else fits without getting in the way of the tune, go for it.

Pete.

[stuartielow]

Thanks guys, I've been asked to learn 12 songs and I've thrown 2 back at them that I could play with my eyes shut. I'm just trying to get basic riffs down so I can play something and hopefully they'll evolve after some practise. YouTube is handy in such situations! Its just sh*t luck that I'd never played any of them before!

[BigRedX]

If you as a bass player can't hear what the bass line is, then your audience won't notice if you play something discrete and tasteful that you've made up yourself to fit the song.

[martthebass]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1369048815' post='2084171']
If you as a bass player can't hear what the bass line is, then your audience won't notice if you play something discrete and tasteful that you've made up yourself to fit the song.
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I'll remeber that when some pillock points out that I missed the octave triplet and passing note 5th in the 18th bar.........

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1369050398' post='2084200']


I'll remeber that when some pillock points out that I missed the octave triplet and passing note 5th in the 18th bar.........
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Yes, watch out for the beard twitchers

[stuartielow]

LMFAO

[Hobbayne]

Did you know that the tall bloke with glasses on the TV quiz show 'Pointless' is the brother of the bassist from Suede??

[stuartielow]

Fascinating! Well first practice tonight :-) went well. I just played the chords and no one seemed to mind :-) I'd been perfecting that trumpet solo bit from superstition like buggery then the bloody trumpet player couldn't play it cos its too fast!!! Grrr.