Bass Lessons - Cassical Rock N Roll bass tab

The classical Rock 'n' Roll.

Tabbed by Marcos Prieto (marcrow_ps@yahoo.es)

If you want to make and play a classical Rock 'n' Roll follow the

next steps:

1- Choose a chord (for example 'A').

2- Select the 4º and 5º from A scale (no matter major or minor) ->

T 2º 3º 4º 5º 6º 7º

MAJOR: A B C# D E F# G#

^ ^ ^

3- The song structure is like this (in bars):

2 bars T, 1 bar 4º, 1 bar T, 1/2 bar 5º, 1/2 bar 4º, 2 bars T

If we replace that for the choosen chords then:

2 A, D, A, 1/2 E, 1/2 D, 2 A

4- Now let's use the mixolidian scale. The mixolidian scale

is like the

major scale but changing the 7º, that in mixolidian is 7b, half tone

down. For example, the mixolidian from A is:

G|----------------|

D|----------4-6-7-|

A|----4-5-7-------|

E|5-7-------------|

T 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

We'll use this scale for all the bars except for the E - D bar.

5- Finally you can see the structure. Move this structure depending

on the chosen chords. The structure is this:

A D A

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

G||----------------|----------------|------4-5-4-----|----------------|

D|·------4-5-4-----|------4-5-4-----|--4-7-------7-4-|------4-5-4-----|

A|·--4-7-------7-4-|--4-7-------7-4-|5---------------|--4-7-------7-4-|

E||5---------------|5---------------|----------------|5---------------|

E D A

+ + + + + + + + + + + +

G|----------------|----------------|----------------||

D|--6-9-6---4-7-4-|------4-5-4-----|----------------·|

A|7-------5-------|--4-7-------7-4-|------567-------·|

E|----------------|5---------------|5---------------||

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