Bass Player: Chris Squire

A reading exercise, this it the synth bass line that underpins the song ‘Onward’ from the Yes LP ‘Tormato’. The bass part is minimal in this tune and this part is essentially a quarter note ‘walking’ bass line (not in the Jazz sense but still a bass note pulse on which the harmony hangs). Bilbo admits to have taken a couple of liberties when he couldn’t really hear the note under the string arrangements but it is essentially all there. It is a useful reading exercise for relative beginners as it is about note recognition rather than reading rhythms

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