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Bass Line Modelling – Cracking The McCartney Code

July 10, 2020 by Paul Wolfe

Creating your own interesting bass lines is something that I know students struggle with – one quick and easy way to create an interesting bass line is to use a technique called “bass line modelling.”

Here’s a short 4 bar bass line (repeated twice).  The chord progression sounds like part of a Crowded House tune – but the bass line was created using the modelling technique with a Paul McCartney bass line.

I hope you like the bass line that resulted from this modelling exercise – more details of how to do it can be found on Day 22 of Cracking The McCartney Code.  Click the link below for more info.

Cracking The McCartney Code

 

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  1. James Read says

    July 10, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    Mostly roots, 5ths, and octaves (in 16ths on the E chord). Transitioning from I to vi chord by walking up the scale (from octave below) – to G# (3rd of I and 5th of vi). Quite a common McCartney device.

    KR
    James

    • Paul Wolfe says

      September 4, 2020 at 8:57 am

      Of course – the whole point of modelling!

  2. vanwasske@gmail.com says

    July 12, 2020 at 9:26 am

    Paul,
    I am a 70 years old bassist and love Your way of explanation. Last I used Your hppb get it on for use in my band. Is it possible to have always a pdf with the tabs, it accelerated the learning proces. I have pdf of You, the trill is gone and moondance and to have the pdf with the tabs is such a relief for me due to the fact that I am an autodidact student. In the item above a pdf makes it much quicker. Do there exist a list of numbers with the pdf that is available for everybody?
    Thanks for Your good work.

    Jos Van Wassenhove, vanwasske@gmail.com

    • Paul Wolfe says

      September 4, 2020 at 8:56 am

      Hey Jos

      I have to tread very carefully with PDFs due to legal issues and copyright. So not always is the answer.

      Paul

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