Скачать или смотреть Azymuth - Partido Alto (bass cover)

An iconic piece from the legendary Brazilian trio comprising the late José Roberto Bertrami (keyboards), Alex Malheiros (bass), and Ivan 'Mamão' Conti (drums), taken from 1979 album Light As A Feather.

There are lots of ways to play this song as evidenced by the many different versions out there, most famously by Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. Indeed as far as I can tell, Azymuth themselves never seemed to play it the same way twice! I have been meaning to do a verbatim transcription of this particular version for a long time because I've always been fascinated by Alex Malheiros' unusual, almost idiosyncratic style of playing on it.

One of the most striking things is his extraordinary sound which I have tried to emulate, messing around with eq. settings, reverb, and phaser. Transcribing this piece made me realise that a great many of the notes are implied but not actually played. Once again, it's all about space.

N.B. This is a video only transcription. I have no charts or tab but I hope it's in some way helpful nevertheless.

The bass: Fender Precision, 1970

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