Run To The Hills - The Steve Harris Secret To Fast Finger Technique (Tabs & Tutorial)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2020
- What is the secret to playing fast fingerstyle bass playing? In this lesson we look at the playing of Steve Harris from Iron Maiden and how he generates the speed and stamina in his trademark galloping style.
Many Iron Maiden songs feature 16th note galloping rhythms and Steve Harris seems to have an inhuman ability to play these demanding lines for several hours, with only two fingers (no 3 finger picking here!)
So let's take a look at the secret sauce in the fingerpicking of Steve Harris and how you can easily transform your playing to improve both your speed and stamina in less than a minute!
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I grew up listening to Maiden, and Steve was one of the main reasons I picked up a bass.
PICC is illegal
Same here.
O M G , E P I C O!
@@i_am_well Yeah, S L A P up a bass*
Me too
The temptation to just use a pick is so strong
Also, for me, it definitely helped to play the bass as low as he has his strap set. It straightens the wrist, to where you rest you palm and wrist against the bass, and as you play it gives more of a procussive sound as the bass strings hit the frets.
Steve Harris and his other band “British Lion“ played here in Tampa about two weeks ago at the Brass Mug! Dude is totally down to earth!
Just saw Nicko's Titanium Tart at The Barn in Sanford. It's great living in Florida!
Mark I started teaching myself Bass in 2008, and for nearly 12 years stubbornly never took any lessons or watched any tutorials... I learned more in the last couple of months watching you than in the last decade. Really do feel like I'm becoming a bassist now, rather than a guy with a bass who can play some songs. Absolute legend
Now try doing after an hour of running and jumping around the stage. Haha...Harris is a beast! Always loved how he sings the songs the whole time he's playing.
Well I thought that was a great lesson and a real eye opener. Big Maiden fan too. Thanks Mark.
thank you, sir. This video really helped me develop some serious speed. Honestly, I wouldn't be capable of doing it without your help. You showed me that it's possible. This is great work you're doing, very good, sir. Pinkies out, gentlemen, and begin, ...one, two, three, ...two, two, three
Thank you for this! I’ve been trying to learn this for weeks! I said i need a tutorial and here you are ! Thank you!!!!!😊
Thank for the lesson, can't wait to get home and try it.
Great tip Mark. I can play most Iron Maiden tunes once before stiffness and fatigue sets in. I'll give the lighter touch a try.
do this for every important track, you're really helpful and clear man , nice video
Love these videos, keep it up!
Very good advice and very well made tutorial, thanks a lot!
Please cover the “Geddy Lee gallop” which is really a flamenco picking style. Most unusual.
The flamenco technique isn't just the four fingers, it's using them downstroke as well as upstroke, like each fingertip is a guitar plectrum (that's why they grow their nails).
To my shame, I can only do it in chord-strumming.
Harris always was my goal. You rock Marc
nice job mate !!!!!!!!!!!!
I like you tutorials thank you. The do really seem to help aid as reference to my self teaching. So I guess your actually one of my teachers. Thank you. I also have a different more obscure very light thumb picking technique that I sometimes use. My son laughs at me, but also tells me to not stop doing it, because it’s “my thing”….lol
I’m a guitarist, but I get loads of tips watching bass lessons.
Start bass.
Which makes no sense because they are two totally different instruments and serve two totally different roles iin a band.
@@ironsaint or perhaps you are omnidimensional. Animals As Leaders would agree with me and not you and I guarantee that Tosin Abasi is a far better musician than you are.
@@Wonmanbanned Who? Never heard of her.
@@ironsaint him.
Great video bro,... I have learned something from this,..cheers
thx for the explanation this really helped me :)
Mark I finally found a clear acrylic ramp on Reverb it cost $20 , it fits my Fender Jazz perfect so I'm back in business , good video kind sir..
This is awsome!
Lifesaver!
Thank you,Mark.Great lesson!I would like to see a video on Flea's slapping technique.
Where the hell was this advice in 1983 when i was an 18 yo STRUGGLING bass player...i eventually got it but my forearm looked like Popeye's by that time!
Great lesson Mark as always. I never studied Steve’s technique because I only had vinyl so I came up with my own. I use a very different technique, 1. bass slung a lot lower Al a Steve 2. Arm and wrist hanging naturally and wrist straight and relaxed. 3. I use 3 fingers in various combinations, this is obviously different to Steve other worldly approach but as mentioned this was 1980 ish. It’s more like a Billy Sheehan style a mate mine had it nailed and shared his way of doing it and we shared or interpretions. The one thing that is the same is the light touch there’s no way you play this hard unless you’re Eddie Hall or Thor
Steve always plays with only two fingers, and he really plays very light to get the speed. So in this point the video is totaly cool. But TalkingBass leaves out the real fast parts. There are much faster and more dificult parts in that song then just the gallop. Try out the little basssolo that lies under the long scream of Bruce. That one is really fast.
yeah i use the three finger, index flick technique here. using ring, middle index in gallop on the string and as my index comes baack to reset the ttip brushes the string right before the ring restarts gets a neat quad ripple add the fingers slapping the neckboard you get an audio kick too.
sweet , thanx
RJ
Great video! I learned to play bass in the early 80s, pre-TH-cam or internet, and the way I figured out how to achieve his Steve's gallop was to use 3 fingers. Kind of like drumming your fingers on a table. Works really well, I'm able to hit the strings harder (which I like) and its less strenuous.
Fine work! I´d love to see how one can play blackened by metallica with downpicking in the original tempo when talking about stamina :)
I love SH sound!!! If you ever isolate his bass lines they are kinda sloppy BUT and I say BUT it works for his sound. He’s playing at such a fast bpm and the music around him you don’t really notice it. I heard isolated The Trooper and you can really tell.
Yeah it’s crazy how with the isolated track I’d never imagine it working with the song but when it’s all blended in it sounds great! I know little about recording but I do wonder if the isolated track is of a different quality or is not yet edited or something.
I would have liked to see you doing ALL Run to the hills also behind the solos in wich he goes completely in 16th without gallopping!!
man,great video
your precision sounds like my jazz,unbelievable with gk 200bk
Damn, I love that sound of a dry P bass.
Steve Harris, Phil Lynott, Billy Sheehan, Sting, Roger Waters, The Clash, Marcus Miller, Larry Graham, the list goes on, into an old Ampeg SVT and a 810 cab...
That,- and C.F. Turner and Paul McCartney´s old Rickenbacker 4003 from the BTO and the Wings days!
Unbeatable.
Wonder if I should get myself one or two basses?...
I´m a a metal guitar player......
Ulf Danielsen MM and Graham play j basses
Спасибо за видео! И отдельная благодарность за произношение, я прекрасно понимаю каждое слово, хотя мой родной - русский. Thanks a lot!
One of the best if not the best everm
The 3rd note in the "Gallop" is actually a dead note by briefly lifting the left hand off the fret. Doesn't sound possible but, I assure this is how he does it. Insanely hard to get down and when the gallop actually starts to happen it's almost magical, like it shouldn't work but it does.
Instead of playing 1 2 3 4 (4 quarter notes) play 134 by combining your 1&2 beats into a half note and finish with 2 quarter notes.
Very useful lesson, it's good for preventing injury as well as an added benefit.
When it comes to touch, it's the opposite of Geddy Lee. Because Lee really manhandles that bass, that's the key to his sound. But then again his lines are very different.
Thx for covering my bass idol
Great 👍
It will be very nice to see you play and explain, Rock Bottom, from UFO, and Pete Way style, which was by the way a big influence from Steve Harris... Thanks.
Oh, haven't been here in a while. You finally bought a normal bass! Gratz
I've always had normal basses. My main gigging bass for the past 30 years as been a Fender Jazz. I have an assortment of Jazz and Precision basses.
@@talkingbasslessons Nice, man! My main is a Fender Jazz as well
This will help me right on time by chilis I reckon. Nice one
Maybe a technique video on the popping part of slapping, or precise talk on fingering (e.g downwards towards the bass vs upwards )
Hello! I would like a lesson specifically about those quick double pops. I don't what the actual name for it is, but it's the thing when you quickly pop twice when you're slapping for the gallop feel. For an example of it I would say check out the "Emerald Hill Zone" from sonic lol
Thanks for the great lessons!
Awesome! Thank you soooo much for this content! Steve Harris is my fav Bass player! \m/ * - * \m/
master: I want a whole lesson on how to improvise on bass?. i mean. how to develop our vocabulary for groove and solos? could be analizing Janek Gwizdala, Gary Willys, and other bassist. Cheers
I have been trying to work on triplets for a while, and I think you showed me why I am having problems. I am playing to hard and not able to get consistent volume or speed, using 2 fingers or 3. I'm going to try to lighten up and see if that works. Great lesson!
Those are not triplets, those are an 8th followed by 2 16ths :)
@@magtak I'm only saying I can try the same idea for triplets
One year later: you didn‘t, did you?!
@@SevanStick Yes, I did. Did you?
@@alanb287 congrats how is it going? I do but I suck big time. Especially from 140 and up.
Would love to see a compehensive overview of essential music theory when it comes to playing the bass guitar.
Already done a complete comprehensive music theory series here on TH-cam. If you go to Talkingbass and the Lesson Map page, just check out the Music Theory section. It's all organised there.
Good job. Subscribed (going to check your other videos)
MAIDEN!!! rocks!
I really wanted to learn sweep Picking on Bass;)
I'd like a few tips on how to use a pick; when to down/upstroke, when to use alternate picking, playing fast on strings which are separated from each other e.g. E and D, A and G strings
Check out Allen woody n berry oakley. Two of my main influences. Particularly woody. Govt mule 94 2000. I use a pick as well but it's got that warmth of fingers with how my tone is. I find myself picking in a circular motion to get the speed I want instead of a up down. Definitely check woody for what ur looking for.
How about a lesson on the picking technique used on the intro's to "I'm A Man " by Chicago and "Whipping Post" by the Allman Bros?
Steve "Fingers of Iron" Harris 😃👌
Can we get a lesson on speed and accuract on the fretting hand
hi there, some proper warm up exercises, or even pre-practice warm up advice would be appreciated,
A lower position of the bass relaxes the right hand, so you´ll get a more accurate SH sound ... check it out
Hi Mark and this might be more for practicing on your own but I have trouble with singing and playing at the same time. Is there a technique that can help with this as it's like tapping ya head and rubbing ya stomach at the same time(lol) . If not ,, no worries and a great video once again ..Cheers mate 👍
* turns video to 0.5x speed *
Hmmm, yes, that indeed feels effortless.
Very nice, thank you Mark !
What is your prefered right hand finger for the gallop ? 121-121-121... or 121-212-121... ?
You asked us about other lessons you maybe able to cover. What about Jean Jacques Burnel's heavy strumming style at the end of Down In The Sewer and at the start of Get A Grip On Yourself. It sounds very chunky and rhythmic.
Maybe video about Geezer Butler technique?
I think it's tough to teach the Geezer Butler technique because he has many techniques depending on Tony Iommi's guitar playing.
He plays the bass like a rythym guitar and tha bass at the same time to compliment Iommi's huge riffs.
No wonder he influenced a lot of metal bassists including Steve Harris, and even influenced Flea in his finger style of playing. He influenced me as well that's why I'm kind of fan-boying over him. Haha.
@@sandipbiswas766But at least it's worth to try :) I'm fan-boying him too. I'm learning his technique like 3 years. It's not easy, but it's not impossible. I must admit, it's a hell of a hard road to reach that skill.
Wow, better believe I'm going to be practicing some Maiden tonight after watching this
Good fortunes!
RIP your plucking hand.
Could you do something on cliff burtons harmonics use and influence of classical music.
I would love to see a series on how James Jamerson constructed his legendary baselines for all those Motown classics. He came from a jazz background so was most likely improvising everything, but it would nice for us mere mortals to have a theoretical analysis of what made his baselines so damn good.
Even a four hour video wouldn't cover that! Check out the old guy on Real Bass Lessons He's covered all the basics of it extensively on his channel.
@@martinheath5947 - I did use the word 'series' in my original comment. No one single video could ever come close to explaining Jamerson's genius.
@@tribeshift Yeah that's why I suggested Real Bass Lessons youtube channel
I’d like a beginners lesson on tapping! Not sure if there is already a tutorial you’ve done yet
Done a whole series on tapping. Just search for tapping on bass Talkingbass in TH-cam search and you'll see them all.
Thanks man! I can already play faster using that feather light touch :)
I used to know a pro bassist from Dallas who told the same thing. I keep forgetting.
Tickle the strings thats the key to his speed took me a while to figure this out. Can gallop with the best of them now without tiring or straining 😅
Sometimes a single word can make all the difference. Thanks!
Nice lesson, thank you, - my biggest problem is probably fast scales such as the one in Master of Puppets and also Zepplin's Immigrant song has some beastly scales in it for the bass player. JPJ isn't really known for speed but the scales in that song give me fits!
I don’t know as I’d call them “beastly”, but I know that, when executed accurately, they make guitarists smile big time!
listen to the Lemon song that groove will send a chill
Mark - Fast playing involving lots of left hand muting. Need more lessons in that. Love your videos by the way!
Done a ton of ghost note tutorials. Check them out on the channel.
I would like to learn how to sweep on bass. Can you teach us that? Thank you
Awesome video and great lesson. I got 1 question tho. What is the finger order. Do you alternate between the two or always start with one. For example. Do you go 1 121 212 121 or do you go 1 212 212 212?
You're 👍😊
Hi Mark, I would haveb never even tried a two finger technique. I would use three fingers for the gallop. Seems to me a more economical motion. I would use it on Mob Rules and some Rush tunes.
It's how Steve Harris does it
Hasta donde se Harris usa un compresor antes del amplificador , que es parte del tono , toca relativamente suave , compresiona la señal , la pre amplifica y luego va a los amplificadores principales , también usa pastillas modificadas , seguramente de más alta ganancia que las originales
He escuchado lo mismo, pero no compresorrs de pedal, compresores de rack
I would like a lesson on how to not suck at bass playing. 😂. I picked up the bass a few years ago I’ve reached a point in my life where I feel like it’s my favorite guilty pleasure but I know my fundamentals are sorely lacking. I think it mainly comes down to playing consistently. I travel for work I’m gone for days even weeks at a time. I bought a short scale Ibanez which travels much easier than a full scale bass. However since it’s a 32 inch scale it’s much easier to play than a normal scale bass, I do notice that when I come home a practice on my Sterling that I have to stretch more to reach the notes, that’s simply something I’ll have figure out on my own. However I think what hurts me the most is simply knowing what to practice, there are so many lessons and areas to cover that I find myself gravitating towards just practicing a song I like. I try to tie in different lessons when I practice a song to kill two birds with one stone but I feel that there are areas that I’m missing completely. For me I think I need an organized path forward so when I’m on the road I can practice one set of skills then when I get home go back to the more structured lessons.
Great tutorial to the technique, but I have to say that it's so much more fun to be inefficient and just smack those strings. It was really exhausting though until I've built up the stamina.
Che bidone sto tipo!! Non ha tocco ed è leggermente stempato
I start playing bass when I was 16. It was the 1992. No youtube, no internet. No downloadable tabs, nothing.
Just a cassette deck and play&rewind. It was a pain, I had only 2 cassettes, Use your illusion and Killers.
I started with killers and "Omg, playing bass is so hard!"
XD
Please do the Alex Webster multifinger technique
I’ve been trying to think up some spatial awareness exercises to improve my sight reading ability, could you give me some tips.
Unsure what you mean. Are you meaning playing without looking at the fretboard? To be honest, position shifts can be practiced that way but knowledge of the fretboard (without looking) just comes from hours, days, weeks, months then years of practice. It's a result of reading over long periods as the muscle memory sinks in.
Is the “light touch” technique used with Billy Sheehan as well? Do you use it with your three finger technique?
Please answer this question
The bass solo in Prumus song "Jerry was a race car driver" is insane and almost impossible to play... Can you digg it? :) BTW great work with Talkingbass
Already done it along with a bunch of other Primus tunes. th-cam.com/video/nlS_w77wV3Q/w-d-xo.html
Hi Mark, can you clarify your fingerpicking pattern? I've read that Steve doesn't strictly alternate fingers but instead uses the same repeated pattern (i.e index-middle-index; index-middle-index) similar to the pattern you taught for the disco/funk basslines (without playing octaves). I can't tell for sure if you are doing this or alternating (i.e. index-middle-index; middle-index-middle). I've heard that repeating the same pattern as Steve does gives slightly more emphasis to the 1/8th notes which occur on the beat. Thanks!
Could you give "Psychonaut" from Fields of the Nephilim a try, please?
I'm trying to imagine a teenage Mark with long hair and a Iron Maiden t-shirt.
I put up a picture in the FB study group recently showing exactly that (although I think it was a Megadeth T-Shirt)
I want a whole lesson on how to give good bass face!
You just have imagine biting a bitter lemon then BINGO you've got yourself a Bass Face!
Practice getting that funk grove down (key: jam on the one) and the bass face will come
Just eat four really hot curries, hold off from going to the toilet for 2 days et voila. You'll be bass facing for the Olympics. Boom.
Watch any video with Jason newsted in it. ( Before he left the band)
Watch Robert Trujillo.
Need a Geezer Butler video now lol
good lesson, need to keep breathing as well.
Beginner slap bass videos would be great
Should do this with a Helloween song
Can you make a cover of Take That man by Four Of spades I am sure that has a much more faster tempo than that...
Flatwound strings
Smooooooooth picking
Super low action
COMPRESSION-COMPRESSION-COMPRESSION!!!
Some people abd magazines said Harris use top quality compressor as part of his sound
The Gallop
I would love to access those drum tracks to play along but it keeps sending me to Sound Cloud. There it says user has no content or something like that. Anyone know how to play these tracks off the links provided?
Great lesson as always Mark. Could you clarify the right hand fingering? I figure it is either (i = index, m = middle):
1) i - imi - imi
2) i -mim - imi
I personally hit a wall around 150 bpm using option (1), and I think I see you doing option (2), but I'm not quite sure. Thanks!
Number 2, that is a much more natural way of doing it. I have found that if you use the first method you mentioned, timing is a bit of an issue.
I think Steve does option 1. Bassbuzz talks about it