![]() Free, or not to free? That is the question ![]() In order to properly execute this line and let the root note of the double stop ring out while articulating the melody we’re going to have to adopt free strokes with the plucking hand – this is where the fingers pluck upwards and away from the bass, as opposed to our normal rest strokes where the plucking fingers play into the bass and come to rest on a lower string. Hiatus Kaiyote’s bass player Paul Bender casually matches the keyboard’s lines note for note for the entire song, throwing in double stops to provide a more detailed representation of the harmony (the double stops in question start off as major 7ths, with the last two bars using major 10ths to provide variation). ![]() Here’s how the main groove looks on paper: Writing out the whole tune was challenging, to say the least. A post shared by Tom Kenrick first encountered this tune as a commissioned transcription for a client (before you ask, I no longer undertake bespoke transcription work, sorry).
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