I may be confusing guitars played in a lower range with actual bass guitars.
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2006 10:32:00 am PST #2777 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sean K - Mar 28, 2006 10:50:20 am PST #2778 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Can a bassline be melodic?
You bet. John Entwhistle was very melodic on his bass. Les Claypool, bass player of Primus, almost always carried the main melody, though calling Primus' music "melodic" is very subjective, to be sure.
Chris Squire, occasional bassist for Yes, would regularly play Amazing Grace solo on his bass, and you can't get much more melodic than that.
DXMachina - Mar 28, 2006 10:51:08 am PST #2779 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Why not Beat Girl or Optical Sound?
Beat Girl starts with the lead (on one of the lower strings, probably), with the bass line coming in a couple of measures later.
For Optical Sound, the bass line and lead line start simultaneously.
Can a bassline be melodic?
Sometimes. Hec mentioned Entwistle, and Graham Maby, who played with Joe Jackson, did on occasion. Dave Edmunds occasionally plays his leads on a six-string bass, although you probably wouldn't call them bass lines.
Tom Scola - Mar 28, 2006 10:52:52 am PST #2780 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
In every reggae song, the bassist is playing a counter-melody.
Hayden - Mar 28, 2006 10:53:39 am PST #2781 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
On the 1 and 3 off-beats, moreover.
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2006 11:12:51 am PST #2782 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
::head spins dizzily round::
Frankenbuddha - Mar 28, 2006 11:16:57 am PST #2783 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
::head spins dizzily round::
Like a record?
Sean K - Mar 28, 2006 11:20:44 am PST #2784 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Right 'round, baby. Right 'round.
Sean K - Mar 28, 2006 11:21:30 am PST #2785 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Serial:
So music theory is Theo's math?
Theodosia - Mar 28, 2006 11:23:28 am PST #2786 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Much like one with an off-center hole.
Does Beat Girl even have a lead guitar? It sounds more like a bass to me, because I thought the horns were carrying the melody? (Granted, it's not what I'd term terribly melodic.)
Maybe I'm being fooled because that "dim dim dim" sound seems played in a basslike manner.
Another stupid question: are bass guitars picked or plucked or strummed, generally? I'm realizing that I don't know. My areas of ignorance are vaster than even I suspected.