Chords for Top 5 ABBA Bass Lines | Julia Hofer | Rutger Gunnarsson, Mike Watson | Thomann

[Dm] Today we're going to play [A] some groovy ABBA [D] basslines.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ Hey _ _ _ _ guys, welcome [F] to Tomans Guitars [N] and Basses.
What nobody thought would ever happen, came true.
After 40 years, the Swedish pop sensation ABBA came back with a new album, Voyage.
Back in the days, the bass player for the band were Rutger Gunnarsson and Mike Watson.
Typical for ABBA basslines is that they seem very easy to play, but actually there's a lot
of variations going on, also between the different song parts.
So if you listen closely, you can hear
a lot of melodic and rhythmic improvisation, like in the first song [D] Waterloo. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [A] The hook, [D] the bassline and the groove of the next song was used by Madonna in 2005,
for her hit Hung Up.
According to different sources,
Mike Watson played on the original track Gimme Gimme Gimme. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ [Dm] Rutger Gunnarsson mainly used the Fender Jazz Bass and he liked to play at the bridge position,
which gives you more attack, but [Ab] less low [A] end. _
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[A] _ _ [G] The basic groove of Dancing Queen is always
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So here is one of Gunnarsson's most famous basslines.
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[D] _ _ of my favorite basslines is [G] in the verse of the song Knowing Me, Knowing You, released in _
1976.
The bass is following the vocal melody line.
Check it out.
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ The last song I want to show you is Vula Voo and it is on the album of the same name.
The bass player is Arnold [Em] Passillo. _
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_ _ _ [Em] you guys for watching, I [C] hope you liked this video.
If you have got any other favorite
ABBA songs, please leave a comment down below.
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Bye everyone! _
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