Under the Northern Star picking rhythm?

#1

I cannot for the life of me figure out if the bassist is picking 3 note groups or four note groups in the fast bassline part of this song (bar 65)
Songsterr shows 3 note groups: Under the Northern Star Bass Tab by Amon Amarth | Songsterr Tabs with Rhythm but after watching many covers and slowing down the original track, it feels like the drum is going 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 etc. Thoughts?
Original track:

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#2

Not sure the tab is correct, but those are triplets. Josh talks to these in Lesson 10 Module 6. Take a look at that lesson and then I would go back to the song and see if it makes sense.

Almost sounds like it should maybe be straight eighth notes…

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#3

I hadn’t bothered with note beaming yet… Seems there are rules, at least for standard notation :sweat_smile:

So it’s basically straight eighth notes at the beginning like @Sully indicated.
[edit] I didn’t read the question correctly, so nevermind my ramblings :sweat_smile:
It seems to be straight eighth notes though.

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#4

The Songsterr version of the tabs seems however to diverge from the UG “official” one. Here’s what I get for the bars 64-66 :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Screenshot 2022-01-31 at 18-25-26 Amon Amarth - Under The Northern Star (Official)
Screenshot 2022-01-31 at 18-25-26 Amon Amarth - Under The Northern Star (Official)1492Ă—381 10.4 KB

And they write it for a 5-string bass, BEADG tuning…

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