Hello,
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We are preparing for our “yearly concert” with our music teacher.
This year, my youngest son is joining the party with his Saxophone.
He will play 2 songs
Hey jude (he joins in the last par to replicate the ta ta ta ta… Ok not very clear I agree)
“Fais Dodo” which is a F / C / Dm / A chord progression (He is using an Soprano Sax)
for “Fais Dodo”
At the moment, I created a bassline based on chromatic approaches ( as I wanted to practice them" but I’m happy to get more ideas ! (II F A C (A#-B) II C E G (E-D#) II D A F ( B-A#) II A C E (G-F#) II)
That sounds pretty good already! Live recordings from sessions always sound a bit wonky, but you guys are together and it sounds like music.
Here’s my suggestion for a bass line.
Decide which instrument you follow. For example in the outro part without sax, you could go with the guitar, in the sax part you could go with the sax to start, then switch to your walking line.
Often, you can base the rhythm on the kick drum. Try to play less, e.g. root/fifths, so you have space for your baa-ba-ba rhythms.
Post the result, I think this is going to be great.
First, very cool to do this together with your sons - way to go!
Second, (and sorry for being a bit of a stickler), you guys need to tune a bit more
Third: as for the bass line - I would probably stick to triads and keep it diatonic; so, e.g., F A C (F E) II C E G (A G) II D F A (E B) II A C E (hold) II (sorry, no notation right now; I hope you can see which way I am going…)
(Note: hold the E at the end to break the “monotony” of the rhythm; then, it has more impact when you pick it up again
Finally: are you sure, it’s A and not A minor (the last chord)?? If it is A, you’d need to play a C# instead of the C
(But, it is likely A minor)
If ya want -
You can just keep the bass line exactly as is, and sometimes play the non root notes, sometimes don’t.
Sometimes play the walk, sometimes don’t.
There’s a ton of bass line in what you wrote. The only thing you need is the root, so mess around with only root, then the whole thing.
I love the variations that you can get into with a bass line like this, so I’d say -
Have a core bass line that feels good, and explore within it a bit.
Or, if that is terrifying and aweful, don’t, and just play what you wrote.
Sounds great.
the drummer is playing around with a lot technics / rythms as this is really a “recreational song” (this doesn’t help me “lock in with the drummer” as I have no clue what he is ghoing to try and he is more a 4/4
as you have seen / heard our sax can be a little unpredictable but seems to connect rather well with our 4/4
For context, our “yearly concert” is regrouping all the friends that ended up using our music teacher (their kids attented some of our lesson by accident and convinced their parents to start a band !) - so it is very amateur but it pushes all of us to work/ rehearse
I might post a few songs here but I need to sort out the recording quality (I’ve seen a few post for simple / low budget approaches but still slightly better than iphone)
Often, you can base the rhythm on the kick drum. Try to play less, e.g. root/fifths, so you have space for your baa-ba-ba rhythms. = great idea !, I was wondering if I could try to echo them (but this needs some quick felxibility as the Baa-ba-ba are a little unprediactable :-). )
