Rush - Limelight (Bass Cover with Tab)

Bass Transcription:

[BassistBreakdown]

Newly Available! Bass Tab in Description

[knutnskar]

Geddy is supernatural playing this bassline and singing at the same time. He’s truly a master of multitasking. Singing, playing bass, playing keyboard and using pedals. Just WOW

[eddie]

while im struggling to play just the bass line, getty lee is playing the bass line, singing, and playing keyboards at the same time. truly incredible

[MortalKommentary]

Great tab and performance. The song isn't terribly technical, but remembering all the small variations from verse to verse to chorus to chorus is such a challenge. Geddy plays every section in a slightly different way, and learning the nuances becomes a huge brain strain. Thanks for all your work.

[tomhb]

I haven’t played in over 20 years, but this video and learning this song is going to be my reentry point.

[darren]

Brought back to this song after the sad events that have taken place in the last day

[jacomans]

With the advent of You Tube, everyone has brought the world into their homes, as far as seeing how other Bass players play, and where you are in the pecking order, in my home town I was a big fish in a little pond, but out here where the waters are deeper, I’m just a minnow...I played this song 30 years ago, and had to take each lick off of an LP, one vinyl line after another, lifting the stylus then putting it back on a record, physically, and here you play it effortlessly...it took me hours... great job, love the transcription to follow along, I didn’t realize the main lick was in 7/4...and how many tempo changes, great job...and thank you!

[jarrodkeiser]

Picked this as my first performance piece for class. God help me that second half

[kenarms]

Nice job. Man do I wish I had YouTube 30 years ago when my band decided to play this song. I had to learn this on bass by listening to the record over and over, bit by bit. I got it eventually, but you nailed it!

[Whirlybird]

2:34
Just putting a time stamp so I can easily loop the solo part. Or for anyone else who wants to.

[FabianoKroeffSaboya]

The alternate 7/8 and 3/4 tempos make this music impossible to understand. Only way to play this is to memorize the whole song. Very tricky if you are not a rush fan.

[mattyonke]

Hey man - Learning this one for my band. Your transcription is flawless and it’s been a huge help! Thanks so much for your work on it.

[bassistdc]

Simultaneous guitar and bass solo! Sweet!

[campchamp]

Hands down one of the best Limelight bass covers I've heard. You nailed it my man. Great job!!!👏

[mariahornosmiller]

You play beautifully! Thank you for the performance, the tablature and all your work. Geddy makes magic with his bass.

[ItsACaptainDan]

Thanks so much for the tab! I've been trying to teach myself to sing and play bass at the same time and I'd heard this is a good starter song to learn. Much appreciated

[Argonautica]

Great tone man. One-time guitarist here, setting off to pick up the bass - that finger dexterity is not what it once was after years and years in construction. I think this is gonna be my first Rush tune. I really appreciate the post - especially the tab, although watching your left hand is the best cheat there is. The only decision I would make differently is form the notes more intentionally by giving them ending points. I hear a lot of bassists letting the notes ring. Like all of their notes. It ends up making the preformance sound muddy (to my ear). Especially a guy like Geddy, if he's letting a note ring, it's very intentional for a very specific feeling - like in the solo of this song. Otherwise the dude is super succinct, staccato even, precise - like a chemist.

[brucereilly]

Awesome, the tabs help so much to remember all the variations and time signature changes!!! Thank you!!

[brianutt]

Thank you so much for posting this. It is really helping me nail this song down. Awesome job!

[murphmurph]

Whew wee, that's one fine job! Thanks a million for posting.