Description
Notes From John
BPM = 139, slowing to BPM = 97 for the outro. The bass waits out bar 1, then comes in loud on a dotted figure. The chorus walks in quarters. The bridge drives straight eighths. It ends soft on a held A at the 12th fret.
For the player
It’s a wall-of-sound record, and the bass is one brick in it. The dotted figure is the riff, so serve the riff, don’t thicken it. Let the chorus walk breathe in plain quarters. Save your push for the bridge eighths. At BPM = 139, then BPM = 97, the job is the feel.
Bass Guitar Tablature for “Christmas All Over Again” by Tom Petty.
