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This is the classic bass groove from the song "Money"
by bassist Roger Waters of Pink Floyd. It is an easy, yet very
distinctive and recognizable bass part.
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One unique thing about this bass groove, is that
it is in an odd time signature. It is in 7/4 time. That means
that there are 7 beats in a measure, with the quarter note getting
1 beat.
Here is the the tablature showing the 7 beats.
The underlying chord that is being played by the
guitar player is a Bm7 (B minor 7). This entire bass line comes
from a Bm7 arpeggio.
Below is a Bm7 Arpeggio. The numbers in red are
Bs, the root or the chord.
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Bm7
Arpeggio
|-1-|---|-3-|---|
-1st string
|---|---|-3-|---|
|-1-|---|---|-4-|
|-1-|---|---|-4-| -4th string
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2nd fret
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If you were to play this bass groove using the arpeggio
fingering above, it would look like the tablature below. Then
you could transpose this groove to any key by just moving it up
and down the neck.
------4------------------------------
---------4---------------------------
---2---------2------------2---5------
------------------2---5--------------
Here you are replacing the 4th string 5th fret with the open
2nd string, and the 3rd string 5th fret with the open 2nd string.
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Bm7
Arpeggio
using open strings
||---|-1-|---|-3-|
-1st string
0||---|---|---|-3-|
0||---|-1-|---|---|
||---|-1-|---|---| -4th string
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2nd fret
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