This Love: Bass TAB Digital Sheet Music

This TAB captures one of metal's most recognizable grooves, and Rex Brown's bass work is genuinely instructional. Students get to study how a professional bassist locks into palm-muted riffs, balances root-position playing with melodic movement, and maintains groove integrity under heavy distortion. It's a legitimate window into 1990s metal bass language.

Heavy, locked, and percussive. The bass sits low in the mix but propels everything forward with deliberate attack. There's a grinding, mechanical quality to the palm-muted sections that contrasts sharply with moments of melodic breathing, creating a sense of forward momentum that never fully releases.

Bass players working through 1990s metal repertoire or anyone seeking to understand how bass can drive a groove-heavy song. Students interested in studying professional-level metal bass technique will find clear, transferable ideas about rhythmic precision and tonal control.

• Anchor the palm-muted sections with a tight, consistent attack; slight variations in pick strike will blur the riffing clarity that makes this groove work
• Map out where the bass breaks from the guitar riff to add melodic counterpoint, then practice those transitions separately before integrating them into the full groove
• Use moderate distortion or overdrive to match the recorded tone; excessive saturation will obscure the rhythmic definition
• Lock with a click or drum machine at rehearsal tempo first, then gradually increase speed once the feel is solid

Incorporate this into a bass study focused on groove-oriented metal or as a repertoire piece for advanced bass students exploring the 1990s metal canon. It works well alongside other influential metal bass lines to demonstrate how different players approach rhythm section responsibility.

• Palm-mute control and clarity under distortion
• Rhythmic precision in syncopated groove sections
• Transitioning between riff-based and melodic bass playing
• Tone shaping with effects while maintaining note definition