Help with tabbing

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:56 am

Alright, so I want to play this awesome tune from Transformers The Movie called Autobot/Decepticon Battle on 4-string bass and I've tabbed everything so far except for this tricky little part... could anyone help me with that? It's only 25 seconds long, so it shouldn't be hard for a guy with good ears

the sample

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:15 am

Are you talking the bassline in that part itself? The beginning "busy" riff is just played in a root/fifth/octave form in E. It's a pretty "Rage Against the Machine" sort of riff.

I can't write tab on here worth a shit, but I'll try to get it to work.

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--------2---------0----------------2----------3~~~--------
-----2-----0--2------0--2-------2------0--2-----------------
--0------------------------0--------------------------------

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:36 am

Sounds good, thanks

What about the ending? It sounds simple, but I can't figure that out to save my life

Could be anything that fits melody...

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:40 am

Maelstrom wrote:Sounds good, thanks

What about the ending? It sounds simple, but I can't figure that out to save my life Could be anything that fits melody...

You mean the quarter note part where it's pedalling the root note and has that little ascending flurry of notes at the end of the measure? I can't hear exactly what the notes are due to the nature of the recording itself. . . .

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:29 pm

Get the whole song by the way, fucking great 80's synth pop-rock

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:50 pm

Mael, yer alrite.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:23 pm

I want to record a clip of myself playing it. Too bad I suck and can never play the whole thing without a single fuckup.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:29 pm

Practice motherfucker!

tweek · Post by **tweek** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:37 pm

hey, that was pretty catchy.

tweek · Post by **tweek** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:48 pm

i would look pretty bad ass if i strutted into a building with that theme music playing.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:24 pm

BassPhemy wrote: Mael, yer alrite.

Can you hear the notes at that little fill I mentioned earlier? It sounds like a really fast trill off the fifth of the root (which would make sense given the intervallic theme before) but, goddamit, I can't place it.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:24 am

Are you talking about the part that mimics the guitar near the end of the clip or something before that?

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:32 am

BassPhemy wrote:Are you talking about the part that mimics the guitar near the end of the clip or something before that?

Right near the end where the bass is pedalling quarter notes and there's that little nanosecond of time where it does a fill. Or at least sounds like it.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:35 am

The part where the drums do a fill as well?

This music is driving me nuts.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:37 am

Synth: Baa baa bum bum bum baa naa!!!

tweek · Post by **tweek** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:15 pm

post the whole song.