Artist - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Electric Bass - Guy Pratt
Difficulty - Intermediate
Hey everyone,
This week’s transcription is a tune that has seen something of a renaissance in the last couple of years (both on radio and on the function/corporate scene) and one i’ve been called on to play multiple times, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder On The Dancefloor featuring Guy Pratt (of Pink Floyd/Madonna/Tom Jones fame) on bass.
The song itself is relatively straight ahead pop but the bass line really shines, something that quite surprised me when I first played it! There are lots of little nuggets in there, little slides up to notes, ghost notes, switching between short (staccato) and long (legato) articulation…the devil is most definitely in the details here! Guy also adds subtle variation to the line here and there, double plucks on certain octaves for example!
I chose my Fodera for the playthrough mainly because I was hearing something bright and punchy (possibly a J bass) on the record, so it’s set in single coil mode, a little bass boost and the tone control 50% open. The only other thing in the signal chain was my Cali76 compressor, after which it went through the interface into the computer.
Enjoy!
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