Here’s a video showing how to play bass to Break On Through To The Other Side by The Doors.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpwzaQY6_qM
The original bass part was credited to Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek as keyboard bass. And Ray Manzarek’s ‘keyboard bass’ approach is very simple. That makes this a perfect song for beginners to get their fingers around as it’s straightforward.
The song format is:
Intro – 8 bars (2 bars of drums + 6 bars of bass)
Verse 1- 6 bar pattern
Chorus 1 – 6 bar chorus + 4 bar repeat of intro pattern
Verse 2 – 6 bar pattern
Chorus 2 – 6 bar pattern + 4 bar tag (shown in video)
Keyboard solo – 1 bar pattern shown in Chorus 2 tag over and over…
Morrison sings ‘Everybody’ – either 1 bar pattern above – or 2 bar intro pattern
Verse 3 – 6 bar verse pattern (with 4 bars prior to verse that repeats intro pattern)
Chorus 3 – chorus pattern repeated to end (apart from the ‘D’ stabs as the last two bars of the verse) – finish on a stab of ‘E’
