challenging bass guitar song

[rhcp182]

whats a challenging song excuse my crud spelling

[Jools]

judging by your sig I guess you'd like to master RHCP - Aeroplane. It's got a bass solo but the verse and chorus stuff doesn't look too easy either.

[BassTallica]

ok challenging bass songs

chili peppers:
higherground
around the world
by the way (kind its hard the first time)

metallica:
dyers eve
battery
pulling teeth

sabbath:
war pigs
iron man (the end when it gets fast can be wicked if ya play with your fingers)

well those were challenging for me when i first attempted them.. s few still are.. have fun

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[Ground Chuk]

As for playing with the fingers (and not a pick), I think Steve Harris from Iron Maiden has some rather challenging songs. Dude is fast!! One of my favorite songs is "Phantom of the Opera". I think Steve Harris is one bass player who has gone unnoticed. He writes most of Maidens songs, and is one heck of a bass player.

He is one of those that just plays what he feels is right..."Scales? I don't know what scales are"!!

Again, he is the main reason I play a Fender Precision, with Rotosound Roundwound strings (at least he used to). I kinda gave up on Maiden after Powerslave. They seemed to loose their edge after that.

But he is a killer bass player. Fast with the picking fingers. And quit unique in his style.

Chuk

[Mettra]

Originally posted by Ground Chuk
As for playing with the fingers (and not a pick), I think Steve Harris from Iron Maiden has some rather challenging songs. Dude is fast!! One of my favorite songs is "Phantom of the Opera". I think Steve Harris is one bass player who has gone unnoticed. He writes most of Maidens songs, and is one heck of a bass player.

He is one of those that just plays what he feels is right..."Scales? I don't know what scales are"!!

Again, he is the main reason I play a Fender Precision, with Rotosound Roundwound strings (at least he used to). I kinda gave up on Maiden after Powerslave. They seemed to loose their edge after that.

But he is a killer bass player. Fast with the picking fingers. And quit unique in his style.

Chuk

Agreed. He plays as fast as the guitar a lot of times, and he can really rip on some stuff. I saw a video of Number of the Beast one time and that guy was flying, and I noticed he was playing the bass and was like 'DUDE'.

[Ground Chuk]

I've seen Maiden live a couple times, back around Powerslave and such. You can't even see his right hand!!!!!!! It's just a blur...in person!!!!

Chuk

[B-Funk420]

Les Claypoole from Primus plays some challenging basslines, Bootsy Collins (from P-Funk and James Brown) plays some sick bass too. Or Victor Wooten who is one of the best bass players ever. And pretty much anything from the earlier Chili Peppers albums should be challenging. And last but not least Jaco Pasorious !

[bassplayer666]

I disagree with most of you, higher ground nt; difficult at all and i'm 13 years old, neither is give it away or aeound th world, i would say really hard bass lines are my Matt Freeman(rancid/operation ivy) He has really hard songs that he writes, the solos are sick, like MAXWELL MURDER or AXIOM those are really hard, i can almost play MAXWELL MURDER, hois songs are kind os dificult, really ther solos are and most of the solos are just arpegios with doub;led notes going up and down really fast all over the fretboard, red hot chili peppers have ok hard songs, they just have a bassplayer that blends in different with the rest of the band then other bass player do like tom cammerforn from rage.

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by bassplayer666
I disagree with most of you, higher ground nt; difficult at all and i'm 13 years old, neither is give it away or aeound th world, i would say really hard bass lines are my Matt Freeman(rancid/operation ivy) He has really hard songs that he writes, the solos are sick, like MAXWELL MURDER or AXIOM those are really hard, i can almost play MAXWELL MURDER, hois songs are kind os dificult, really ther solos are and most of the solos are just arpegios with doub;led notes going up and down really fast all over the fretboard, red hot chili peppers have ok hard songs, they just have a bassplayer that blends in different with the rest of the band then other bass player do like tom cammerforn from rage.

what are you talkign about???
i bet ya play with a pick most of the time... im sorry when i play higher ground strait through whole song i still get tired towards the end... its a draining song... and the dude from rage aint great hes a standard bassist..

ya knwo who else is great the guy from subliem he was fast playing dude

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[bassplayer666]

I dont play wa pick, i only started playing wiht a pick when i started playeing rancids MAXWELL MURDER, and i play higher ground slaping.So there u go, i'mnto trying to be ****y, but i am a very skilled 13 year old bass player, ask jsckasonNY

[bassplayer666]

That means i've only been playing with a poick fdor about 1 and a half months, and i barely use is.

[bassplayer666]

tool has hard sngs

[BassTallica]

not so much hard as speedy..

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[Jedi_Outkast]

Hunter from AFI, has some speedy basslines, not hard,
Old AFI tho, not so much the new stuff

[orestes]

learn my generation by the who, the first bass solo of all time

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by orestes
learn my generation by the who, the first bass solo of all time

john is such an awsome bassist man.. to bad he passed away i woudl love to have a lesson or 2 by him

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[rhcp182]

thank you for the help im TRYING to learn higher ground trying being main word in that sentence

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by rhcp182
thank you for the help im TRYING to learn higher ground trying being main word in that sentence

great song.. it gets me tired by the second chorus

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[JGKE]

Learn some AFI songs, their bassist plays some pretty cool stuff.

The Lost Souls and Sacrifice Theory are good ones.

[popmusic_sux]

Originally posted by BassTallica
john is such an awsome bassist man.. to bad he passed away i woudl love to have a lesson or 2 by him

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one of the best in recent memory imo

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by popmusic_sux
one of the best in recent memory imo

well hes second on my list

flea
john
cliff

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[rhcp182]

i cant get the intro timing to higher ground right howw fast is it ???

[BassTallica]

hmm its liek 1 2 3 4 and 1 2 3 4.... second 1 start the riff again its hard to explain online

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[rhcp182]

ok thanks i understood it a little :D enough to go and practice it and get it right

[neil stewart]

tool's songs are challenging at first, then get easy. i've been playing bass seriously for only 5 months or less. been playing guitar for 9 months. i use each to compliment the other so i get better at both. the cool thing about tool's songs are the bass riffs and the guitar are near identical, learn one oyu can figure out the other. i love those guys. a good song for stretching before getting serious is tool's 46 and 2. not too hard but fun as hell. then play it on guitar. if you play long enough changing between bass and guitar you get a nice forearm workout.

[popmusic_sux]

Originally posted by neil stewart
the cool thing about tool's songs are the bass riffs and the guitar are near identical, learn one oyu can figure out the other.

a lot of audioslave stuff is kinda like that too i think. probably mroe bands do that, i just cant think of them.

[t4turbo]

311-feels so good & dont well have good slap riffs on them...not really challenging at all but i love slap so....(tat had nothing to do anything,but ohwell)

[popmusic_sux]

well, slap is hard when you're first starting it out

[t4turbo]

VERY good point i forgot about when i started. i sucked....but now im just the best there is. muhahaha

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by t4turbo
VERY good point i forgot about when i started. i sucked....but now im just the best there is. muhahaha

at BASS???? i beg to differ my good friend

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[t4turbo]

well plead your heart out you scarvy sea urchent kuz i be the best there is!!!!! aaarrrggggh ........but really there is alot better then me i just like to say that.

[BassTallica]

:D :D :D :rolleyes:

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[rhcp182]

is rhcp-stone cold bush a challaging (incorrect spelling :( ) song

[GuitarMonky55]

learn symphony x-sea of lies. thats some wicked shredding on bass.

[rhcp182]

whats the finguring for the intro of higher ground?
please help me on this one if you can i dunno what fingers i should use :(

[danmaftei]

On the matter of the timing,


G----------------------
D------2-------5-----7-
A----------------------
E--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---
|_|_|_| |_|_| |_|_|
3 3


The first four are straight 8th notes, then the two sets of three are triplets.

As far as fingering goes I don't play bass so I couldn't tell you. :)

[rhcp182]

ok well thanks for the help you gave anyway :D

[BassTallica]

Originally posted by danmaftei
On the matter of the timing,


G----------------------
D------2-------5-----7-
A----------------------
E--0-0---0-3-3---5-5---
|_|_|_| |_|_| |_|_|
3 3


The first four are straight 8th notes, then the two sets of three are triplets.

As far as fingering goes I don't play bass so I couldn't tell you. :)

yea thats the best way to say it...

as for fingering personally i use my pointer finger for the D2 and then my pointer for the E3's adn E5's and my ring finger for teh D5's adn D7's... its all on how you feel comfortable.. i know bassists who use their pinkeys.. or just use their pointer finger for all the notes

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[rhcp182]

ok thanks for the help. its helped alot thanks :)

[bassplayer666]

The most chellenging bass son i have heard was by JACO PASTORIUS which was called DONNA LEE, also another hard song was with marcus miller nad jaco called tean town, look em up they kik ass

[bassplayer666]

Originally posted by BassTallica
yea thats the best way to say it...

as for fingering personally i use my pointer finger for the D2 and then my pointer for the E3's adn E5's and my ring finger for teh D5's adn D7's... its all on how you feel comfortable.. i know bassists who use their pinkeys.. or just use their pointer finger for all the notes

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Whgat i do is i slap the notes on the e string and po the others , and i use my pointer for the first note and all the notes on the e string and my ring on the notes on the d string.i find it easier that way