Billy Idol - White Wedding (bass cover with tabs in video)

Words and Music by Billy Idol
Backing track is synced to 84 bpm.
Software - Cubase 7.5, Guitar Pro 6
Bass - Vintage Maple Board Reissued VJ74NAT
Strings - EBS Titanium Nickel Strings
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[@kylerjimenez2692]

4 minutes of you’re forearm hurting love that

[@garethstroud5586]

This would not hurt your forearm, try playing MJ's Billie Jean, thats forearm hurting with all the string changes

[@LunchMeatTrump]

@@garethstroud5586 Try playing Iron Maiden Flight of Icarus or Rime of the Ancient Mariner, MJ bass was groovy but easy af to play

[@joeluspalacius6940]

@@LunchMeatTrumpnow that hurts 😅

[@Melodeath92]

@@LunchMeatTrump with 2 fingers nonetheless xD

[@Stolle-sp9kj]

​@@LunchMeatTrump or Egel from Rammstein :D

[@deathgun149team3]

im not even a bassist but i love this bassline so much

[@davidogden8664]

I'm trying to learn this, but I keep having to start again.

[@davidogden8664]

@@Deniz-go7sv I was just making a joke. You know: "start again." (like the lyrics)

[@gerardoneri5115]

Lmao classic!!!

[@jennycraigadventures3314]

Well, it’s a nice day to 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@stevejones2310]

Pick it up!

[@MrJoeytony]

Classic.

[@pcallas66]

The music really helped. It's not difficult to play it's just harder to know where you are towards the end of the song but the music definitely helped. Thank you and great playing.

[@davidbenasulin]

I just love this tune and its bassline!! Thank you for sharing.

[@chickwithaguitar6876]

Thank u Harry ... got to recover, my right forearm & fingers are gonna fall off...

[@michalmatu.4798]

excelent music to make an exercise for the right hand and plucking!

[@canadianguitar-garrettont7368]

I love following these ones they are great for us beginners starting out

[@rattmann3170]

Excellent! Thank you for producing this video. I was able to learn the song from this.

[@faamecanic1970]

A great exercise in chugging…. Great to practice staying in time. Great work and love the tabs and notation!

[@joaquingaetemorales4639]

Yep it is! I teach this to My students to develop endurance and keep the tempo

[@josephkoenig57]

Nice job! Solid playing. Easy but iconic bassline!

[@paveantelic7876]

its actually pretty demanding for begginers

[@jacobthorns5776]

@@paveantelic7876 yeah, the change up on th 77574475 is pretty tough for us beginners. i am getting it down pretty good now just gotta do it a little faster.

[@paveantelic7876]

@@jacobthorns5776 keep it up mate

[@Shizaho]

@@jacobthorns5776 you got this!!

[@jacobthorns5776]

@@paveantelic7876 yeup, practice practice!

[@j.rmichael3777]

F’IN AWESOME DUDE!!! LOVE IT!!

[@purplebass6834]

Great cover and a fantastic teaching resource -Thank you.

[@HarryMusicStuff]

Hello again, Purple Bass :). Thank you for your comment and for your interest in my channel.

[@philslaya]

god to love that deep deep bass

[@konataizumi42]

How is he doing that with the Numbers=Tabs? I dont get the the 5-7 it looks like his Guitar would have just 3 or 4 Tabs so how is there more of Numbers= Tabs to play for? Sorry im really new to this of learning by tabs.

[@RaveWiingz]

@@konataizumi42 The highest string on the bass (the "low" E) is the at the bottom of the tabs. To bottom string on the bass (the "high" G) is at the top of the tabs. The numbers are the frets he plays on

[@espanaguy]

Great !!! Love this song !

[@inonnn]

iconic bassline, thanks for the tabs!! my forearm is unusable anymore for a few hours now though... -.-

[@mimoochodom2684]

Great job dude. Really fluid playing.

[@GSDEYNRA]

Great playing and a great tone 👏

[@sunglee2048]

So cool! Thanks Harry!

[@carlosbardo1541]

Great video! Very useful.

[@neaththeearth4926]

very nice, thanks Harry !

[@fredericknegron3560]

Eres el mejor sigue así que vas a llegar lejos

[@abnerfigueroa1636]

Thank you so much 😊

[@nathanwahl9224]

Rocking those Running 8s!!! Nice job. I've got to learn to play this one (easy-ish) and sing lead (not so easy), and then for the second half after the bridge switch to keys bass with some chords on top for the backing pad sounds.

[@donniemeyer]

Great playing!! Great tone! Thanks for the tab!

[@HarryMusicStuff]

Thanks for your comment and subscribing Don! :-) I am glad you like it! :)

[@krimoc]

Thanks brother!

[@Vaco574]

Thank for the bass tab!! and great cover!!

[@HarryMusicStuff]

Thanks Adhamo ☺ I'm glad you like it!

[@mauricioparedes3329]

Excelente trabajo amigo. Está difícil para mi nivel, pero como me gusta mucho esa línea de bajo, la hago. Gracias bro.

[@cyrilanimateur]

Merci !!

[@94dfk1]

Thanks for this! Just really need to get the bass hook down and I'll be on my way.

[@goranbojic5451]

Nice video!

[@pipistrelloteoturci8376]

top numero 1

[@brenoalexandre2817]

r/suddenlycaralho

[@halenball-vant1772]

Thanks man!

[@philtennant2435]

Easy technically but lots of changes to remember where to drop the bass lines in with the guitar chord changes. Great when you get it right. This is one where you need to split it into sections and learn each one individually rather than rush to play the whole song all the way through. Following the moving tab helps loads but you can't do this to play live so head down and learn it!

[@precisionbrown6829]

My Bass teacher and friend played with Billy in the studio and the album.

[@likkidixx]

What was your first song as a student? 😀

[@donshogo1971]

dobre

[@user-ns3xi8pw7f]

Это лучшая минусовка,сам играю на басу 40 лет

[@B2Bass]

@Harry - Music & Stuff what software are you using for the tab?

[@nathanwahl9224]

In a 4 hour gig a bassist will play for about 190 minutes; at 140 beats per minute times two for running 8s that would be approximately 53,000 notes!!!!! Thank goodness they're not all like this one!!! But actually playing 15,000 in a night isn't really unusual. Just so you're thinking about it! Oh, and the drummer hits many more things, but uses four limbs independently.

[@tomsixto660]

Very good performance Harry, very helpfully stuff for beginers like me. can you add "Fascination Street" from The Cure in your Videos?

[@SIX-SH00T3R]

fascination street would be amazing, as well as Burn the witch from Radiohead

[@leonelvillaalta2971]

touch one of scorpions still loving you

[@katevttuop4325]

Fingers fitnes) thnx!

[@alenzfrenz8157]

Excellent! Hey little sister what's your vice and wish?

[@chickwithaguitar6876]

Hello Harry, do you have Rebel Yell in your collection? Thanks in Advance.

[@coffeest]

Is the basslines really SO simple? When I cover this track in my band, I play a walking bass over the whole song! Wonder where I've picked THAT up? :p

[@likkidixx]

Walking lines can be more complicated, but don't always fit the song

[@Vinyari]

How about Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield

[@kevinruiz185]

How to avoid copyright? :)

[@GlennKidd]

Hi. My brother, Phil Feit is the bassist who played on White Wedding. He plays this song with a heavy pick not fingers. And the opening riff is played B on E string at the 7th fret- D on E string at the 10th fret- F# on A string at the 9th fret- E on A string the 7th fret to D on E string at the 10th fret back to B and repeat until open E to D on A string at the 5th fret. 😃

[@GlennKidd]

PS. The picking with a heavy bass pick is all downstrokes in 8th notes.

[@robertmarr5664]

I looked at a video and it sure looks like the bassist played B on the E string and the next 3 notes on the A string with a shift. Is this Phil? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZvKpYqwrpKXhqc. I find the 7/10/7/9/7 move rather awkward, but I'm a total beginner. You can see the pinky reach for the shift at 2:07

[@GlennKidd]

@@robertmarr5664 That’s Steve Webster in the IDOL’s Rebel Yell Tour who replaced Phil in the middle of recording Rebel Yell. The way I wrote the pattern previously is the way how Phil played it. The intro is all between the 7th and 10th frets on the E & A strings. The pinky stretch on the E string at 10th fret is correct. Cheers!

[@likkidixx]

@@GlennKidd Wow, nice to see this kind of expertise. I'm into rock history and a bass player, but I never bothered to learn music theory.

[@lineboss58]

I really enjoy your work but do you have a problem with the little finger of your left hand?

[@HarryMusicStuff]

I hated my pinky finger since I started playing guitar. But it got better! Check out my newer videos :)

[@horstnasenblut8364]

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[@konataizumi42]

Hey Little Sister what have you done? Hey Little Sister whos the Surpreme King Number 1? I let you go for King Kong . Its a nice Fry to Start again come on its a Nice Fry for a Night Wedding.

[@robertmarr5664]

If you really want, you can watch this video at half speed and see how the bass player really plays it (this one on this show anyway) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZvKpYqwrpKXhqc

[@systemlfo]

Are you sure wasn't played with a pick ?

[@likkidixx]

Very good line to learn for beginners, I did at least. Just slow down the tempo in guitar pro, this video or whatever and increase tempo until you get it. There are no shortcuts if you aren't god's talent, sorry to say.

[@oldbridgemaker2094]

This bassline would be WAY easier with a pick.

[@paulmacca]

I came to the comments to say this. Would sound better too. You just can't get the right chug with fingers

[@markusmeissner6382]

first try to learn how to play 8th