Chords on Bass Lesson #1 - Pros and Cons
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do you prefer to play bass or guitar? im a 16 year old beginner bass player. i dont know why, but there's something about bass that draws me back to it. when i played guitar i felt okay cool i can play stuff i know, but when i get back on bass i just feel something different that a guitar can never do. you understand what im saying?
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@havic5 I think you have missed my point. I am not suggesting the bass has "voicing facility" to rival the piano or guitar. In that respect I agree that the bass is limited. But it doesn't have to be case of making the best of a bad situation. In my opinion, the bass has a real advantage which is the ability to create tibral contrast within a chord - something that can't be achieved on the piano (unless using a prepared instrument). Michael Manring and Zander Zon's solo work are good examples.
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great intro, can't wait for part 2!
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amazing intro. I personally love chords on bass and can't wait for the next video!
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That being said, I think chords on bass are extremely beautiful. I am a guitar player and this channel makes me wish I had spent more time with the bass as well. One of the best music related channels on youtube. Love your videos adam, thanks
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@N1ckandFriends With less strings, there are less possibilities. I think that's what he was saying. Sure, you might not need the extra supporting notes, but if you wanted to play them anyway, you would be unable to. That is a con.
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Not sure what to make of this video. The fact that chords on bass are only appropriate in certain musical situations is not something I would consider a con. For instance, slap, which has become a staple technique in modern bass playing, is also only appropriate in certain musical situations
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ugly blahhhhh.
lol.
on note to the video, i seem to agree with what you said.
those are my thoughts to chords as well.
on the other hand i play a 6 string so its a little easier for me on the concept.
what i do try to do sometimes, in order to achieve that difference in voicings as you said is i try to sometimes think that i must only work with 4 or even 3 strings.
then i am forced out of the convenience of the 6 strings regarding to chords.
great to see you're still here in the channel for us!
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Also, it does not matter that there are only four strings. As you mentioned in the second half, the fuller harmonic content that you get with the bass means that support notes that are needed to bulk out a chord on guitar are often not needed. By incorporating harmonics, open strings and tapped notes it is possible to achieve rich chords with interesting timbral contrast in a way that is not possible on piano or guitar.
N1ckandFriends 6 months ago
@N1ckandFriends I'm a trained composer/arranger, as well as a guitarist and pianist, and I can safely say that guitar and piano have far, far more voicing facility than bass - it's not even a question. Just because notes on the bass have a little bit more beef to them doesn't mean that things like drop 2+4. drop 3, clusters, spread quartals, quintals, etc are available to us,
Like I said, part of the advantage is bass is so limited. We have to make interesting voicings with less.
havic5 6 months ago