'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ is a classic Stevie Wonder track, recorded on the Motown label back in 1970. It reached the top spot on the US R&B chart when released and continues to be enormously popular. This track features Motown bassist Bob Babbitt, who worked alongside James Jamerson at the label. Bob’s bassline on the song fits the piece perfectly, playing a supportive role throughout. There are some challenging fills to get your fingers around however, making this a great line to study. Be sure to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF transcription for this piece. The transcription is available WITH TAB and WITHOUT. Please note that a backing track is NOT included with this course. The track used in the play-along can be purchased from www.karaoke-version.co.uk. This course contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:
This video is a demonstration of the bassline for this song, performed on a Fender Precision Bass, strung with flatwound strings. Foam was inserted beneath the strings in order to further dampen the tone.
In this lesson I’ll be taking you through the Intro section, which features a simple two-bar riff that is reused at various points throughout the song. This lesson covers bars 1-4 in the transcription.
In this video we’ll be working through the first two Verse sections. This bassline is great fun to play and is reused with variations for the subsequent Verses. This video covers bars 5-12.
In this lesson I’ll be demonstrating the line from the Chorus. This video covers bars 21-32.
This final video covers the fourth Verse section, which includes some great bass fills from Bob Babbitt. These lines are classic Motown bass licks and are certainly worth studying.