by The best Beatles bass line isn’t something that everyone will agree on, but I definitely have my favorite.
It’s May 5th, 1969.
Paul McCartney arrives at Olympic Sound Studios, plugs in his bass and records what I believe is his absolute PERFECT Beatles bass line.
It’s ultra-melodic and singable, but still supports the song.
It’s delicate and tender when it needs to be, and big and brash when the song calls for it.
To me, it both glues the song together and is just as memorable as the actual melody of the song as well.
So today, I want to peel back the layers of this song and show you how Paul wrote the best Beatles bass line – and we’re going deep!
You’ll learn:
- The three almost ‘invisible’ skills that Paul used to create this bass line
- How you can use these skills when you’re creating your own bass lines
- Why skill #3 is probably THE most important (the entire bass line was built around this skill)
Check out the lesson here:
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There are also two very curious things about this bass line. Firstly, Paul didn’t actually write this particular song – George Harrison was responsible for this one.
And even more interesting is that according to the Beatles’ recording engineer for this song, George at one point was telling Paul that he needed to ‘greatly simplify’ what he was playing.
But the bass line that ended up on the recording is fairly busy and active, so who knows whether Paul ignored the request, or whatever he was playing before he was asked to simplify was even busier and more complex.
Whatever the case may be, the best Beatles bass line – along with the song as a whole – ended up being truly iconic, and hopefully, you can use some of the ideas in the lesson when you go to create your own bass lines.
Good luck with the lesson and happy playing!
Cheers,
Hi Luke
Another brilliant upload from you,but I can’t seem to access the tabs.
Regards
Alec
Thanks so much Alec – I really appreciate it. I just had a look in my back end and it looks like you received the tabs a few hours ago, but if that’s not the case, just let me know and I’ll take care of it for you! – Luke
Really enjoyed the video and very important lessons you bring out.
Cheers
So glad you enjoyed it Sami! Thanks for watching.
I just finished watching this video and your Jack Bruce “Cross Roads” video, it is amazing how you have already covered 2 of my all time favourite bass lines. Are you up to attempt the hat-trick and do one of these great videos for John Entwistle? Everything he did was amazing but I tihnk his best work is on Quadrophenia on “The Real Me” and “Drowned” (“Dreaming From the Waist” on The Who By Numbers is also epic). Cheers, Daren
I’d LOVE to do something like this for Entwistle Darren – and Quadrophenia is definitely a great album to look at for sure!
Hey Luke I have been away from bass for a long time but I,m back on track. jim