![]() You rarely understand the time for which you play each note, the strength with which you pluck the string or even if there is a hammer or a slide between two notes. The trick with the bass is, these tabs usually show only the basic ‘play this note after that note’ pattern. Then change strings and play the 3rd fret on the A string, then the th fret on the same, followed by the 5th fret on the E string thrice. What the above tabs tells you to do is start on the E on the 1st fret. That said, I assure you that being a bassist is intensely fun and just as awesome (if not more) than being a guitarist. A bassist can effectively make or break a song depending on what he plays. There are a lot of differences, both visible and subtle, that separate the instruments by quite a gap. Also, they both may look pretty much the same, but that doesn’t mean they are played the same way. I’m not saying that you can’t play both, just that the reason for you to pick the bass shouldn’t be anything apart from your interest in it. Bassists like these are found everywhere and end up struggling with basic bass concepts. Most people think that if they cannot play the guitar, they can switch to the bass because it has only 4 strings so it should be easier. In fact, if you’ve decided on playing the bass early on, it becomes that much easier. Bass guitars are different from acoustic and electric guitars and have certain peculiar characteristics attached to them.īefore we begin, I’d like to resolve a common misconception amongst musicians that you need to learn the guitar before the bass. A chord progression is also helpful in the process.A bass guitar, exclusively used for generating a low musical notes, is widely used in various genres of music like, jazz music, rock music and instrumental songs. You need to know the song first, listen to a recording of one song and familiarize with the melody and somehow get the chords or the tabs from it. If I would interject, that is what transcribing music really is. You could strip out everything but JG guitar and vocals and drums and have a really convincing listenable song. Mickey toms largely assume the rhythm guitar role. For the most part everybody except the lead guitar is in the rhythm section. Unless everybody in the band is going to decide that you are going to learn and play with guitar the exact version of the same song it will just never really sound right.įOTM is a great example. There is no one right way to play a Phil part, or any dead song part. Seanc wrote: Unfortunately, I am with scoob on this. ![]() At times you need to decide really who IS the melody section and who is the rhyth section and what side of the fence the bass is on.įOTM is a great example. As a bass player, you then need to figure out what everybody else is going to play and bridge the gap between the rhythm and melody section. At that point you can at least start to put together a starting point. The best way to approach these songs is to KNOW the song. ![]() ![]() Unless everybody in the band is going to decide that you are going to learn and play the exact version of the same song it will just never really sound right. ![]()
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