johans
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any of you guys play a lot of chords on your bass?
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Mobay45
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I would, but it upsets the geetar players! 
johans
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once my teacher recommend me this chord bassics book by Jonas Hellborg, its more like a chord picture pocket book, pretty good, but i need more than that to learn .. how about you midopa, do you have short clip of playing chords on bass? do we have to memorize the chord pattern like we did with guitars?
.. how about you midopa, do you have short clip of playing chords on bass? do we have to memorize the chord pattern like we did with guitars?
johans
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Mobay45 said:I would, but it upsets the geetar players!
haha
you are so right
we'll take over .. the ground
Hm... I don't have any clips on my right now, but I could make some whenever I have a bit more free time. But as to what to play, I usually play something that corresponds to both the chord the guitarist is playing at the moment and the key the song is in.
What I can think of right now is a praise song called "Let Everything That". The praise team I'm in usually plays it in Emajor with chords descend from E to.. A, I think. So what I do is something like this:
G 16 16 16 16
D 14 13 14 14
A 14 14 16 12
E
So, should I feel the need, I'd play a riff with those notes for each chord or just strum them with my thumb. Hope that helps. I think, as it always is with music, it's a feeling rather than some nice theory. Granted, theory is good, too.
What I can think of right now is a praise song called "Let Everything That". The praise team I'm in usually plays it in Emajor with chords descend from E to.. A, I think. So what I do is something like this:
G 16 16 16 16
D 14 13 14 14
A 14 14 16 12
E
So, should I feel the need, I'd play a riff with those notes for each chord or just strum them with my thumb. Hope that helps. I think, as it always is with music, it's a feeling rather than some nice theory. Granted, theory is good, too.
johans
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midopa said:Hm... I don't have any clips on my right now, but I could make some whenever I have a bit more free time. But as to what to play, I usually play something that corresponds to both the chord the guitarist is playing at the moment and the key the song is in.
What I can think of right now is a praise song called "Let Everything That". The praise team I'm in usually plays it in Emajor with chords descend from E to.. A, I think. So what I do is something like this:
G 16 16 16 16
D 14 13 14 14
A 14 14 16 12
E
So, should I feel the need, I'd play a riff with those notes for each chord or just strum them with my thumb. Hope that helps. I think, as it always is with music, it's a feeling rather than some nice theory. Granted, theory is good, too.
nice
is that the Let Everything That Has Breath from Matt Redman?
by the way how do you read and play it?
G 16 16 16 16
D 14 13 14 14
A 14 14 16 12
E
TSanders
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I may be doing some gigging with Matt Redman. Hes amazing.
hankSRay
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ok probobly a noob question, but how come when i learn bass chords with my teacher theyre always sumthin like:
G-------------------
D-------5----------
A --2-5--5-2------
E 3--------------3-
Unless of course ur talkin about guitar chords here, cause then ill just feel silly
G-------------------
D-------5----------
A --2-5--5-2------
E 3--------------3-
Unless of course ur talkin about guitar chords here, cause then ill just feel silly
Aragorn35016
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hankSRay said:
Hi, that is a chord just in arpeggiated form. a G major triad with the octave added to be precise. All pure major chords on any instrument contain mainly 3 notes (root, third, and the fifth) and some octaves of those notes. A "Chord" as your referring to is all of those notes played at the same time.
Hope this helps bro
John
spectorbassguy
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Intro to "Trading My Sorrows" is cool. I also sometimes will play the 3rd and 7th of a chord up an octave when going from a root to a 4 (i.e. E to A). Also lots of Root + Up octave thirds. And Root + fifth for a mean growl.
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spectorbassguy
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Wow I'd LOVE to get that gig. Tell him if he's ever in the midwest.....ebmuscmanlvr83 said:
spectorbassguy
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Actually one of the coolest chord thingies I've done was on my SR5 fretless with a Boss Bass Chorus Pedal:
Playing a slow song in Em - hitting low E and holding it and hitting harmonic G (fifth fret on G string) and hitting harmonic F# (4th fret on D string) - Letting all 3 notes ring sounds really dissident and cool.
Playing a slow song in Em - hitting low E and holding it and hitting harmonic G (fifth fret on G string) and hitting harmonic F# (4th fret on D string) - Letting all 3 notes ring sounds really dissident and cool.
johans
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spectorbassguy said:Intro to "Trading My Sorrows" is cool. I also sometimes will play the 3rd and 7th of a chord up an octave when going from a root to a 4 (i.e. E to A). Also lots of Root + Up octave thirds. And Root + fifth for a mean growl.
hey todd
have you listen to Trading my sorrows from Israel Houghton
man ..
all crazy slap up front
want the clip?
johans
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do you all think that theory on scales and progressions are important?
i took my first lessons 2 years back ... and the scales (lydian, myxolidian etc) are too confusing for me as a beginner and i cant grasp it at all, i only know major scale since then, will going back on the scales theory improve my playing .. ?
i took my first lessons 2 years back ... and the scales (lydian, myxolidian etc) are too confusing for me as a beginner and i cant grasp it at all, i only know major scale since then, will going back on the scales theory improve my playing .. ?
johans
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by the way guys ..
this the Trading My Sorrows from Israel Houghton
enjoy
really really cool
i wonder if he's using mm bass
sounds like it
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~johans/trading.wma
take care,
enjoy
this the Trading My Sorrows from Israel Houghton
enjoy
really really cool
i wonder if he's using mm bass
sounds like it
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~johans/trading.wma
take care,
enjoy
johans said:do you all think that theory on scales and progressions are important?
i took my first lessons 2 years back ... and the scales (lydian, myxolidian etc) are too confusing for me as a beginner and i cant grasp it at all, i only know major scale since then, will going back on the scales theory improve my playing .. ?
Well the teacher should be shot for trying to teach modal theory to a beginner. The fact that he was would kind of suggest he didn't understand it himself.
Scale and chordal theory is extremely important, but I wouldn't get straight into the ionian, dorian, phrygian thing. That just muddies the water.
How are you on intervals? Do you know the difference between a major and minor third, etc.?
spectorbassguy
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johans said:hey todd
have you listen to Trading my sorrows from Israel Houghton
man ..
all crazy slap up front
want the clip?
I am THE Israel Houghton fan! Yes I have that CD and it IS incredible slapness! In fact some friends and I went to his "Going to Another Level" DVD taping in KC, MO in August. The bass player was outstanding - played a Tobias with a Ken Smith backup and the whole band was SO tasty! Dang those black gospel bass players got the slap thing goin' on!
Johans I've preordered several copies of the DVD and it will be here about mid November. If you'd like I'll send you one to preview before you buy it - just let me know. Have you heard the CD? It's amazing! In fact, check your private mail in about 5 minutes (or so).
