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Originally Posted by richiec
Hi All
I've been trying to figure out That's Alright Mama in the style of the original by Arthur Crudup. I know he had another guitar player on the recording, but does anyone know how Crudup played it? Was it alternating bass fingerstyle? Anything else? Most of the web says it's in the key of A. Any other info?
Thanks
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All I hear on the original is one (electric) guitar, double bass and drums. The electric is played mostly as strummed partial chords or double stops with occasional single-string lead phrases.
If there is a subliminal acoustic in the background, playing it alternating bass would have been a waste of time, and it would have been strummed. But as I say, it's inaudible anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxHQUvCkV20
It's in the key of Bb, btw, but could well have been tuned up, or played as A with capo on 1.