YES - Close to the Edge (parts i & ii) [bassline / bass cover]

i) The Solid Time of Change
ii) Total Mass Retain

Dear friends, I decided to have a try to cover one of the most incredible songs by Yes, and also one of the most beautiful basslines created by Chris Squire. I must say that this sole bassline can be a matter of lengthy study. From the chaotic intro to the most subtle note choices and rhythmic interplaying, there is a lot to contemplate. The most important, I feel, is to just listen to the music. Besides the technical difficulties of the bass playing, there is also the sound. It's really hard to recreate a similar tone as in the recording. Even more difficult cause the original tone changes a lot in different sections of the song, either by effects added or simply because all settings (accidentally or not) were changed. Some of you may know already how Yes would leave a song unfinished in the studio and take all their gear to do a gig, coming back later to finish the track, so that all settings were never quite the same. Nevertheless I tried to stay as close as possible (and reasonable), namely using my Malekko b:assmaster to play the "fuzzy" middle section. I did have an old plugin (used on the Siberian Khatru audio transcription) which was pleasantly close to the kind of tone present on the Close to the Edge album, but I really have lost it and I don't remember its name :) I hope you will enjoy this video, and for those who are still not familiar to Yes, I suggest to take the chance to listen to the original recording - the magnificent "Close to the Edge". This title track, especially, will be a whole musical experience for you! Thank you for reading and watching!

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[log1c420]

perfection. i learned thiis song when i had mono and couldnt go to work lol but u do it so good. keep it up man

[miguelbass]

@log1c420 Thank you very much for watching my cover.

[MXLUDO]

Enormous!



[miguelbass]

@MXLUDO Thank you very much!

[pyrgos1947]

Sir you are a genius, Chris Squire isn't bad either. Well done!!

[miguelbass]

@pyrgos1947 Well put xD Thanks :))

[yuraitube]

excellent

[RHCParian]

YOUR FACE

[blissengine]

Miguel you could play bass in front of 50,000 people. this is immaculate. too ! oh the fuzzy bass part is too much fuzzy, but you can't control everything, specially with this media. thank you for this pleasure : it is close to the edge : the feeling of watching master Chris recording this title song is wonderful. thanx brother Miguel !

[Chriskkboongg]

Simply breathtaking. Mr. Squire must be proud of you, bro!

[shyshift]

Miguel, I love what you do man. But where's Part 3 of Close To The Edge?

Rand.

[SeverFromWithin]

I dont play any kind of instrument, and i still think this is awesome

[purity91]

absolutely amazing. learned the song with your video! big thanks :)

[Airnando]

Another amazing cover

Miguelbass, keep them cumming

its wanderful to see your playing

Gracias hermano.

[Drsinewy]

Does ANYONE know where I can find this tabbed out correctly? Ultimate guitar, songster, all the other big tab sites have most of it wrong. This is an immaculate bass cover in my opinion. Great job.

[MadrigueraRecords]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooowwwwwwwww estáaas encabronado vato!!!!!