cytania Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Another good chops builder for a beginner (like me). Faster than 'You Won't See Me' but similar in that there's a repeated line played at various points on the neck. You can find accurate tabs on the net or buy the 'Play Bass With The Beatles' book that includes a soundalike track, the sans bass track is a real lesson (you know when you've fluffed!) plus you can play it to anyone who can't hear what a bass adds to a band. The repeated line starts on the A-string E note and sounds great there. On the bridges it transfers to A and B on the E-string where it's less twangy, care needed to syncopate these right. In the verse there's an A chord and fast bit all on the A string, you can ignore this when you start learning the song as the pattern in E is fine. The chorus is a root run, great fun. Begin the line fretting with your second finger then fall back to the first for the G#, then there's a see-saw boogie motion and a drop back through A to G#. When you first try it you'll want to throw your bass down in frustration but breath out and keep working, quite quickly you should find it has a natural rhythm. Then all you need to do is get up to Beatle speed ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 WOW! Been playing it for 28 years and I never knew all that. I just play it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='311601' date='Oct 21 2008, 09:50 PM']WOW! Been playing it for 28 years and I never knew all that. I just play it [/quote] +1, but I've been playing it since the album came out in 1963, mein gott that's 45 years. Just for fun try pushing the changes on the run up from E, G#, A, C by a whole note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='311601' date='Oct 21 2008, 09:50 PM']WOW! Been playing it for 28 years and I never knew all that. I just play it [/quote] Yes, i just drag it from the depths of my memory bank when we get asked for more encores than we have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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