While looking for something else, I found a transcription for the bass line for Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" on my HD.
For you young 'uns that may not be familiar with this tune (hey, it was a big hit back in '67!!
) here's a link:This piece has 5 verses and an outro - no chorus. Interesting to hear how the arrangement makes the absence of a chorus almost unnoticeable. The bass line is very simple - pretty much a repeating of R-b3-2-5 with a b2 (a tone of the bIII7 chord) thrown in near the end. After the first two iterations of the verse in Em, it modulates by semitones from Em to Fm to to F#m to Gm.
I pulled out my bass to learn this piece, then switched to my Stick to try to duplicate the effort. It falls very nicely under the left hand.
Note that the transcription should include a "swing" directive, but that becomes obvious when you listen to the piece.
It's a great exercise for improving my ability to "pedal" on a single note, the accuracy of which is critical to getting the feel of this right. It's also a good exercise to keep the tapping on the left hand accurate as the piece modulates one fret at a time up the fretboard.
Attachment:
BobbyHebb_Sunny.pdf
