[Kemiroch]

Hey guys,

 

As people who follow my thread might be aware of, I’m currently working on 19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones. It’s about 98% completed, but there is one part that is confusing me for some reason. It is a little descending pattern that repeats towards the end of the song, that I would like to author on bass. Here is a video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU1kTuVSUOw

 

The part in question starts at 3:29.

 

My issue is, I can’t quite figure out how exactly to author it, and it does not appear on any of the tabs/midis that I have found for the song. I could really use some advice!

 

Thanks.

[bsbloom]

There is a bass tab online:

 

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_rolling_stones/19th_nervous_breakdown_ver2_btab.htm

 

It looks like the author treats this as a descending scale, like OOOBBBYYYRRRGGG etc.

[Bansheeflyer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQX5HGWaLdc

 

This actually shows how he plays it live. Ke kinda slides down the neck but it sounds like there’s about three notes before the next transition. Like bsbloom said, I’d author it OOOBBBYYYRRRGGG.

 

Cool piece on Bill Wyman’s part!

[Kemiroch]

Cool, thanks guys!

 

Edit: Hmm on further reflection it looks like this is going to have to wrap at least once, probably more. Any advice on best way to do that?

[Dash Riprock]

If I recall it’s over two measures with a triplet feel, so perhaps

 

OOOBBBYYYRRRBBBYYYRRRGGG

 

?

[Bansheeflyer]

I think as long as it starts with Orange and ends on Green you can wrap it however you feel it should go.

[bsbloom]

Wrapping is a tricky issue – I remember asking on the show floor about wrapping, and no one answered, so I just wing it.

 

In the bass tab I found, the author tabbed 15 triple notes, making wrapping easy – O-G three times.

 

Personally, I try to keep consistency with the previous measures. So, if the sequence starts on a note that was, say, B, in the last measure, I’ll start with B before wrapping. Likewise, if it ends on a note just above a common theme, and that theme starts with Y, then the wrap has to end on B.

 

The cases that drive me crazy are when a musician plays a bunch of four note sets, at changing pitch. So, maybe OBYRY, then repeated, but lower, and repeated lower. I never know how to chart those. Usually, I make the third one YRGOG, wrapping one note there. It looks weird, but sounds right. Any ideas there?

[Farottone]

I think as long as it starts with Orange and ends on Green you can wrap it however you feel it should go.

 

How “you feel it” though is the key. Does the song have a triplet feel? Is the scale divisible in beats? Are there accents in the pattern? Etc.

[Kemiroch]

Well. You’ve all managed to at once make it easier and vastly more complicated. Thank you ” src=”/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/default_SA_smile.gif” />

[MFX]

OOOBBBYYYRRRBBBYYYRRRGGG

Exactly what I’d say.

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