Bassline for Rush's "YYZ"

Hi again.

This time I wanted to record my performance of Rush's "YYZ" as a workout for my advanced students. The thing is, no transcription for them this time, so I recorded two versions. I mean, at two different speeds: 100% and 75%. I really hope this will help anybody interested on learning this great tune.

And of course, I am the first one who must follow my own advice (Keep practicing!). The slower version wasn't that difficult (it doesn't mean a "perfect" result, of course), but getting a half-decent live version a tempo was a real problem. Among the many speed-related problems to fix, I feel the most important are that the main riff can sound much more articulated and the overall performance feels very rushed (no pun intended) at several points, but for didactical purposes, I think it works.

As usual, I plugged my bass into my practice amp, which line out was plugged into my sound card's auxiliary in. Normalization is the only effect applied to the recording, which was made using Sony SoundForge. Transcribe! software provided the backing track at both speeds. Video editing with TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress and MPEG Video Wizard DVD.

Geddy Lee is a true master and Rush is synonym with genius. No doubt of that.

Again, hope you find this effort useful. Thanks for stopping by! :)

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• YYZ
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• Rickenbacker
• Ric
• 4003
• Geddy
• Lee
• Playalong
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[Shadic159]

Did you get the 75% from ultimate bass playalong?

[Alvabass]

@Shadic159: No. I learned everything by ear and slowed down the backing track at home. Thank you for your comment!

[TheAlmightyBassist]

very jealous of your excellent playing. loving the ric btw. what strings might you be using for this song?

[Alvabass]

@TheAlmightyBassist: Thank you so much for your kind comment! I'm not completely sure, but I think my Ric had a set of Rotosounds when I recorded the video.

[cursedswordsman]

As soon as I saw the Ric, I knew this guy was serious :P

[SMG59]

Man, imagine if they made a 6 string ricky! people would fall to there feet!....

[bassharmonica1]

Ricks are nice instruments. Would I take one if someone gave it to me. yes (get it "Yes"). Would I take it over a P bass? probably not. Its a matter of personal preference, but for me, the simplicity in the P bass is elegance, and the tone is to me what a bass guitar should sound like. dont get me wrong, Ricks are awesome, but compared to the P bass, theres a reason the P bass has barely been changed. theyre the best in my eyes, and nothing will change that.

[Togglebog96]

Rickenbacker 4003 with a fireglo paint job. Sir, I envy you.

[prs1281]

This dude fingered a girl... and her vagina exploded in millions of pieces

[stelvans]

Why the  fuck would 87 idiots think it was cool to click dislike.

[oOSignalzOo]

Nice Ric thats a very Beautiful Bass

[ivanbravo347]

Awesome work man !!