Chords for Ska Bass Lesson: Dave Marks, Skattershot Solo (Part 1 of 3)

_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ So the Scattershot bass solo starts with a descending run that gets out of the melody
and into the solo.
There's a couple of different ways you can play this because it's just a
chromatic run from B down to D so there's no one exact fingering for it.
_ There's two
that I would commonly use, I had to commit to one for the magazine.
So the one in the
magazine is this, start on the _ 9th fret of the D string, finger [B] 1, _ _ _ _ and then play from
the 13th [G] fret of the A string, fingers 4, 3, [A#] 2, 1, [G#m] _ [G] _ _ and then 14th fret of the E string,
[C] 4, 3, [F#] 2, 1, [F] _
[E] _ and then move your 1st finger down to the [B] 10th fret _ and slide.
_ [A#] _ [A] _ [G#] _
[F#] _ [F] _ [Em] _ [D#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
The other
option that would work would be to play with the 4th finger starting on the [G#m] 9th fret of
the D string, you play 4, 3, 2, 1, _ [A] _ [G#] _
_ [E] go to A string 10th fret, _ _ _ same again, and then the
11th fret of the E string, _ _ fingers 4 and [B] 3, and just slide [A#] down.
_ [G#] _ [G] _ [F] _ [E] _ [G#] _
[Dm] _ _ _ [N] That gets you into the
bass solo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
First bar of the bass solo I just sort of played a little _ fat groove because
I quite like the way Darren's drum part [B] sounded.
_ _ Let's _ _ _ _ _ do a little close up for the hands on
that.
_ So I slide up to the 7th fret _ _ and _ I play _ _ _ [G] _ from the 7th fret to the 5th fret and
back, _ _ _ then up to the A string 5th fret _ and then back down, [E] _ _ 7th and 5th frets on the E
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ string.
We get to the next phrase and this [Em] involves a little repeated trill pattern.
A trill is when you pluck the [Am] 1st note, then you hammer on and pull off, _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G] that kind of thing.
So in this I'm starting on the 1st finger _ on the D string 7th fret and I trill between
my 1st and 4th [A] fingers _ and _ then come [F#] down _ [B] with the 3rd finger on the 9th fret of the
A [A] string. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [G] So that's just a good exercise to practice around the [E] neck.
_ [D] _ [A#m] _ _ [Am] _ [B] _ [Am] _
_ [A#m] _ [D] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G]
So take that phrase,
work it around until your hand's comfortable [A] with it _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] and then [A] 7th fret _ [B] _ to 9th and a slide
[C#] _ [B] up to the [A] 11th. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ There's a little muted [N] note that I play just before the trill, so there's
a little sort of percussive hit on the A [A] string _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
and then you do that quick slide.
You don't
want to hear it going, _ it needs to be _ _ _ just getting into that 2nd [Em] note. _ _
Back down to the
7th and 9th frets, [A] _ [B] _
_ so we get _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] then up to the 9th fret of the G [E] string _ _ [G] and this time [E] instead
of a slide it's a hammer on.
_ [Bm] _ [G] _
Then we come back down [E] _ [D] _ [C#] _ _ _
[D] _ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ and play that phrase.
_ [D] 7th fret to
the 9th, _
[E] _ _ _ [D] 7th [C#] fret to the 6th, _ _ then 6th, [D] _ _ [A]
7th, [F#m] 7th to the 9th _ [B] and that last one's a slide
[E] 7th to 9th.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
So the whole [A] phrase is_ _ _
[B] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _