Jet bum notes (frightened city)

[negninegaw]

I took this from from my posting on the recent thread on Frightened city, it did not really belong there (and also nobody answered
I just listened to the slow version of the 'solo’ of ’The Frightened city' (12th fret);
I can’t help thinking that (after the last solo notes) Jet Harris accidentally plays the bass notes to an E chord
where Bruce plays an Am chord. Then after two notes Jet quickly changes to Am. It sounds uncomfortable to me.
What do you think? Do you copy those 2 bum notes when you play it live, because it is more like the original?

[Patrice]

Hi Negninegaw,

No mistake from Jet here !
He pays the right two notes of the right chord because just after the break there is an half bar of E.
And only then an Am...
Listen carefully to Bruce: He plays first an E and then the Am and not only always Am

Cheers
Patrice

[Gary Allen]

I ve never noticed it.

[JimTidmarsh]

Yes, definitely E before reverting to Am. That's how we play it!

[Iain Purdon]

I've listened all the way through The Frightened City and everything Jet plays fits it perfectly. However, I would say that Mark Griffiths played it not quite the same on the Final Tour and yet his version is also fine. As I see it, as long as you play all the 'hooks' and maintain the feel of the track throughout, there is room for variation so if there's a note you don't like and another one you think works better, why not use it?

If you want a bum note from Jet, try Man of Mystery

[noelford]

I don't really understand the suggestion that there is a bum note involved. I agree with Patrice (and Jim), the half-bar of E before the Am is absolutely correct and without it it wouldn't sound right at all.

[Billyboygretsch]

Mmm perhaps someone else has been playing the bum notes lol

[negninegaw]

Thanks for your ideas. All of you seem to agree that the somewhat strange half bar of E is correct.
I will listen more careful if Bruce plays an E too.

[Uncle Fiesta]

No bum notes as far as I'm concerned, definitely half a bar of E before the Am.

[negninegaw]

Correct, Iain showed me so.