Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Multi-angle Bass Cover

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Here I am covering one of my all time favourite bass lines by my all time favourite bass player. James Jamerson knew how to lay down a groove - he could give you something of such complexity, but equally something of simplicity!

Ain't No Mountain High Enough takes more of the simplicity form. What's incredible about the bass line is he never plays anything more than an 8th note! How can something so rhythmical be so simple?! The mind boggles...

I would like to point out that I am in no way trying to imitate Jamerson's style or technique - merely paying homage to the man as my main influence. A full transcription of this bass line can be found at The Bassment (www.thebassment.info)

Here's the techie stuff...

Bass: Lakland DJ4 (with foam near the bridge, all parts are stock)
Strings: DR Hi-Beams 40's (the strings are about 2 years old)
Amp: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0
Audio Interface: MBox 2
Camera: Panasonic Lumix G2
Software: Pro Tools (audio), Final Cut Express (video)
Made on a Mac.

You can find many, many more transcriptions at www.thebassment.info

Comments welcome... my first go with Final Cut Express (edited in around 3 hrs) so please go easy :)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• marvin gaye
• tammi terrell
• ain't no mountain high enough
• james jamerson
• bass cover
• simon merrick
• the bassment
• bass guitar
• motown

[Sinisterfish]

wonderful version. Have you rolled the bridge pickup all the way off? i play a jazz with a mute too, just curious about your tone. I'd buy a P bass if i was loaded but i have to emulate jamerson on my Jazz.

[thebassmentinfo]

@Sinisterfish Yes, correct. Neck pickup only ;)

[frednoxTheFly]

cud u send me the sheet music again please? niscool at hotmail

[thebassmentinfo]

@frednoxTheFly Sheet music is on The Bassment website.

[LostInFunk]

Nice one, Si. Got "The Hook" going, bit of foam under the bridge is a nice touch too.

Multi-angle!!!! Show off! ;)

[thebassmentinfo]

@LostInFunk Thanks mate. Yeh, a bit of hook - not intentional, I just tend to use that finger most, but mix it up with my index and ring finger a bit. I think you can see that sometimes in the video.

[MultiMixa1]

Wow they only have notation for it, now i have to learn how to read music.