Help with tabbing some songs

[jedw]

I cant understand that jada one at all
doesnt seem to bear any similarity to sara.


i tend to make it up as i go along on sara. I would play on the verses:


"Drowning ..."..............."in the sea of love"..............."where everyone".............."would love to drown"

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--------------------------0-3-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--3--1--1-1--1-1--1-0-1--3--3-3--3-3---
----1--1-1--1-1---1--1-3-------------------------------------------------------------

[jld92]

I've looked at several of the songs that have been transcribed professionally over the years. Usually they are just piano, guitar and vocal. It would be awesome if they would include the bass part though.

Thanks for the "Sara" tabs. I love that song. I sing it to my sister, Sarah, all the time and it annoys her to no end. I've always wanted my band to do it but we've never gotten around to it. Oh well, maybe someday....

[Moz]

I'd love to see one for I'm So Afraid, Sisters of the Moon, Oh Daddy.. and for pre-Rumours: The Ghost, Jewel Eyed Judy, Hypnotized... ah...

[jld92]

Originally Posted by Moz

I'd love to see one for I'm So Afraid, Sisters of the Moon, Oh Daddy.. and for pre-Rumours: The Ghost, Jewel Eyed Judy, Hypnotized... ah...

I have searched the world for a bass tab of Hypnotized! My friend and I were digging through some old records one day and put on Mystery to Me. When Hypnotized came on we were absolutely blown away. I download the MP3 and we must have listened to that 80 times that day. Good Times...

[David]

Originally Posted by jld92

I've looked at several of the songs that have been transcribed professionally over the years. Usually they are just piano, guitar and vocal. It would be awesome if they would include the bass part though.

The guitar magazines -- Guitar, Guitar Player et al. -- have published guitar tablature for numerous Fleetwood Mac songs. Check out the back issues, especially issues published around THE DANCE (1997-98).

There's a musician's bass magazine, too. I think it's called BASS PLAYER. It might run bass tablature from time to time.

There are also about three folios of music published of FM songs with guitar tablature, & one of them (that I know about) has tablature & staff notation for every song on RUMOURS. It was published in 1992 or 1993. It's probably out of print now, but I bet you can find it on eBay. I own a copy of it & while I don't read tablature, the staff notation for the various keyboards is very accurate.

In fact, I just found some info from one of the Nicks Fix pages:
http://www.nicksfix.com/songbook.htm

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac, Off the Record (1992)

International Music Publications Limited
Southbend Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 8HN, England
order reference number - 18282

[jld92]

Thanks. I'll have to look into that.

[jedw]

No snobbery intended, becasue my bass playing is very amateurish.
But I think tabs are a last resort on bass,
first you should always just try to follow a song by listening, and playing EXACTLY what is on a record isnt always necessary anyway; all the pro players- they never do quite the same thign twice. Not even John McVie possibly the most no-nonsense guy I've ever seen on a stage.

[Moz]

Is it possible to figure out the bass part of a song by looking at piano sheet music (of the same song)?

[jld92]

Originally Posted by Moz

Is it possible to figure out the bass part of a song by looking at piano sheet music (of the same song)?

I usually just look at the chord progression and play something that fits. I use guitar chords but I suppose you could use the piano part as well.

[Moz]

Originally Posted by jld92

I usually just look at the chord progression and play something that fits. I use guitar chords but I suppose you could use the piano part as well.

I don't know how well that works will bass, but I tried it out anyway with SOTM. Here's a very bare bones intro....

G
D
A
E 5555555555-0-111111111111-0-55555555555-0-11111111111

The chorus is kind of hard for me because there's sliding and little high notes everywhere.

[jld92]

Originally Posted by Moz

I don't know how well that works will bass, but I tried it out anyway with SOTM. Here's a very bare bones intro....

G
D
A
E 5555555555-0-111111111111-0-55555555555-0-11111111111

The chorus is kind of hard for me because there's sliding and little high notes everywhere.

I just try to get a feel for key and chord progression that way. I'm not saying that it is the end-all-be-all to bass playing. I usually just try to imitate what I hear but still make it my own. I know I'm not John McVie so why should I have to play every note to perfection? If it works then it works. I don't know...that's just the way I look at it (which may sound totally ridiculous).

[Moz]

I've figured out the rest of SOTM and now Walk a Thin Line, but I'll probably put those up here tomorrow as they're driving me nuts now.

[Moz]

Originally Posted by jedw

I cant understand that jada one at all
doesnt seem to bear any similarity to sara.

Hah, yeah, I'm trying to figure out what song it's supposed to be!

Just finished playing some IDWTK; here's how I play the entire song:

Intro
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4--2--4-2-4-----4--2--4--------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------2-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------2-----------------------------|

Chorus
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--2--4----------4--2--4----------------------------------|
A|--2---------4------2-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------2-4---------------2-------------------------------|

And sometimes I change it to:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4--2--4----------4--2--4----------------------------------|
A|---2---------4------2------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------2-4-------------2-------------------------------|

Verse/Finally baby...
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2--4-4~---------------2--4-4----------------------------|
A|--2-2-------------------2-2------------------------------------|
E|--------------2-2-2-----------------2-2-2----------------------|

Outro
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------4--2--4-2-4-----4--2--4--------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------2-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------2---------------------------|