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Tubular Bells Finale bass - Mike Oldfield
I'm no bass player but watching the 1973 live performance and a
recent interview, it looks like Mike is sometime playing the open
E and A and sometime the note 1 octave above. Also it looks mostly
picked (plucked?) with some slides. No hammer-ons or pull-offs.
So I think something like this:
Timing:
|-01--ee--an--aa--02--ee--an--aa--03--ee--an--aa--04--ee--an--aa-|
G |--------------------------9---9---9---7-----------6---7---------|
D |----------------7s9-----------------------9---7-----------5---4-|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--0---0---0-----------------------------------------------------| x1
G |--------------------------9---9---9---7-----------6---7---------|
D |----------------7s9-----------------------9---7-----------5---4-|
A |--7---7---7-----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------| x3
G |-------------------------11--11--11---9-----------8---9---------|
D |---------------9s11----------------------11---9-----------7---6-|
A |--9---9---9-----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
G |--------------------------9---9---9---7-----------6---7---------|
D |----------------7s9-----------------------9---7-----------5---4-|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--0---0---0-----------------------------------------------------| x1
G |--------------------------9---9---9---7-----------6---7---------|
D |----------------7s9-----------------------9---7-----------5---4-|
A |--7---7---7-----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------7---7---7---5-----------4---5---------|
A |--0---0---0-----5s7-----------------------7---5-----------3---2-|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------7---7---7---5-----------4---5---------|
A |----------------5s7-----------------------7---5-----------3---2-|
E |--5---5---5-----------------------------------------------------| x1