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Teaching myself bass guitar...
himynameisjulien:
Pick up every album by The Who ever recorded. Right now. John Entwistle is the best bassist ever, period. This is an undisputed fact. Listen to the song "My Generation", it is the reason for bass players to live. I have a hard time playing that solo on guitar, with two extra strings that are much easier to fret and pick. He was actually originally going to make the solo even more complicated, but he wanted to use a Danelectro bass, because of the twang, and kept on breaking strings. Turned out, no one dealt Dano strings, and he had to buy a new bass every time he broke a set. He ended up just making the solo easier.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: PassiveTheory on 01 Jul 2008, 02:02 ---The whole idea of limiting yourself to one instrument is ridiculous.
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Unless you, I dunno... want to?
Albatron:
Quick question, a friend of mine keeps telling me I need to learn chords, but I know you can't play chords the same way on bass that you do on a guitar, so do I just play the notes of the chord in succession or what?
Nodaisho:
Why can't you play chords like on a guitar? It would be more difficult, given the heavier strings, but I don't see any reason you couldn't make chords the same way as you could on the lower four strings on a guitar. I could be wrong, though, I have limited experience playing a bass.
Chad K.:
--- Quote from: Albatron on 02 Jul 2008, 14:01 ---Quick question, a friend of mine keeps telling me I need to learn chords, but I know you can't play chords the same way on bass that you do on a guitar, so do I just play the notes of the chord in succession or what?
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Bassplayers tend to use the word "chord" in a different sense than its customary usage in the guitar world. A chord is just an interaction between three or more distinct notes, which may be reflected simultaneously, or in sequence. So, yes, one way of playing a chord is playing the notes in succession. For example, you could play a "C", "E" and "G" in succesion over a guitar's simultaneous playing of those notes, both of which would be a C major chord. Typically, though when people use the term "chord" they are referring to playing notes simultaneously. It is less common to do the latter on bass, but I really love playing simultaneous chords on bass.
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 02 Jul 2008, 14:13 ---Why can't you play chords like on a guitar? It would be more difficult, given the heavier strings, but I don't see any reason you couldn't make chords the same way as you could on the lower four strings on a guitar. I could be wrong, though, I have limited experience playing a bass.
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Because, on ocassion it sounds like ass. I play must simultaneous chords toward the upper register to get some definition. You are more likely to see a bassplayer play a diad, which is a grouping of two distinct notes played simultaneously, such as a power chord.
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