What song are you learning?

[Woodinblack]

4 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

You could have learnt it in the time it took to write that message.

 

No you would still mess up the change as you had got into a sort of daze of playing the same thing over and over.

[bass_dinger]

23 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Is that a song you have to 'learn'?  It comes from the "Hi Ho Silver Lining' school of bass playing.

There is a single surprise minor chord in there, toward the end.  Fall asleep during verse 3, and you'll miss it.

 

And the right rhythm is important  - get it wrong and you'll sound like the Sunday Strummers Ukulele Club.

 

Ask me how I know...

[Buddster]

43 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

Fall asleep during verse 3,

Oh, god, have I got to stay awake that long! 

[ricksterphil]

Among others, Mustang Sally, Committments version. Wicked inverted walking bass lines

[Stub Mandrel]

On 05/07/2025 at 23:33, Woodinblack said:

 

No you would still mess up the change as you had got into a sort of daze of playing the same thing over and over.

 

I depped with a band and they said 'we leave out the change!'

 

Put it in at a jam and the guitarist remembered to as well!

[dave_bass5]

Believe it or not, Smoke on the water 😂😎. 

Last time i played it in public i was at school. 

Edited July 9 by dave_bass5

[Japhet]

Just been given a set list with 22 songs I've never played. Nothing too hard though so should be OK. Shame, I was enjoying getting to grips with Aqualung (Jethro Tull). One of my most favoritest bass lines ever. Think it was Jerrfey Hammond Hammond who played it (and I don't think he was even a bass player) although happy to be corrected. Love when it kicks in around 2.20.

[Geek99]

Sweet home Alabama, dreams (fleet wood Mac version), Dakota, sanctuary 

it's only open mic night version, fortunately and fairly basic compared to you lot. Sadly available time for practice means only fairly simple songs 

[BassAdder60]

Town called Malice ! Great bass line 

[dave_bass5]

32 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said:

Town called Malice ! Great bass line 

Love playing that on bass. We do this in my main band where im not on bass, and the bass player plays the verses back to front. Won't have it that its wrong, because 'no one has ever said anything' 🤔

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Japhet said:

Just been given a set list with 22 songs I've never played. Nothing too hard though so should be OK. Shame, I was enjoying getting to grips with Aqualung (Jethro Tull). One of my most favoritest bass lines ever. Think it was Jerrfey Hammond Hammond who played it (and I don't think he was even a bass player) although happy to be corrected. Love when it kicks in around 2.20.

 

He was their bass player for four years, then went back to painting according to Wikipedia. 

[ricksterphil]

5 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Sweet home Alabama, dreams (fleet wood Mac version), Dakota, sanctuary 

it's only open mic night version, fortunately and fairly basic compared to you lot. Sadly available time for practice means only fairly simple songs 

 

Sweet Home is fun to play as is Dakota, although Dakota is better if you're locked in with the drummer

[Geek99]

34 minutes ago, ricksterphil said:

 

Sweet Home is fun to play as is Dakota, although Dakota is better if you're locked in with the drummer

No drummer, it’s an om. Backing acoustic guitards, yes even on sanctuary (his version is quite gentle) so I should really resist the urge to smack the ampeg svt patch to 11