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I try to tab out bass parts along with my guitar tabs on my tab site:
I would say that there's kind of a formula. Often times the basslines
involve what I think is called triad notes. For example if the chord is Gm,
the bass would play some variation of the notes G A# B. But it really
depends on the song. Sometimes basslines use more complex scales and stuff,
sometimes the bassline is just a half step hammer-on onto the root not, and
sometimes the bassline is just the root notes.
If you have a specific surf song(s) in mind maybe I could attempt to tab it
out.
-Thor 1460, Monsters From Mars
PS - I'm sittin here listenning to the Dead Kennedys right now and I have to
say that the basslines are a little more than "hit note,
repeat...then repeat some more" ... by a lot.
--- Richard Hawes <> wrote:
>
>Hi, I'm new to this group. I am a relatively new
>player and have never been in a band before, but
>I've
>gotten all my stuff together and pretty soon I plan
>on
>going out to put together whatever I can. I'm into
>punk, which is pretty simple to play (hit note,
>repeat...then repeat some more) and rockabilly which
>isn't real complicated either, but I also really
>love
>surf rock. I hear some cool little bass parts in a
>number of surf songs. While I'm a pretty proficient
>player, I'm not very good at picking things up by
>ear.
> Are there any tab resources for surf, or is there
>kind of a formula to it the way there is with
>rockabilly? I know that surf isn't real
>bass-oriented
>music, but I have some pretty cool ideas and I
>figure
>I can lay down the backbeat while I find myself a
>good
>guitarist to carry them out. Any help would be
>appreciated.
>
>~R
>
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