Members dick wiggins Posted November 9, 2014 Members Share Posted November 9, 2014 I have a controversy with my band the bass player is saying I should not play any chords across all 6 strings only use at most 4 b/c he only has 4? Is that generally accepted as the best/most fair thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted November 9, 2014 Members Share Posted November 9, 2014 Time for a new bass player ... this time, one with an elevator that goes all the way to the top. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted November 9, 2014 Members Share Posted November 9, 2014 ^ Yep LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted November 9, 2014 Members Share Posted November 9, 2014 I agree with the bass player. It's a well known fact that the key to functional harmonic support is proper stacking of the harmonies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted November 9, 2014 Members Share Posted November 9, 2014 I play a lot on the high B and E strings, it does cause tension in our band sometimes. I can tell that our bass player is jealous. He doesn't own such strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted November 9, 2014 Members Share Posted November 9, 2014 Like, for reals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wesg Posted November 10, 2014 Members Share Posted November 10, 2014 If this is a Big Band playing 1940s music, then this is basically correct -- concentrate mostly on the inner strings, sometimes playing as few as one string if there are a lot of horns in the band -- think of yourself as the tenor harmony to the bass. If you are playing any other kind of music then your bass player is a crack-smoking monkey. Wes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jasaoke Posted November 10, 2014 Members Share Posted November 10, 2014 Then again, if you're playing big band arrangements, you won't be playing many chords in which you can finger 6 notes. In my band, I play guitar, the bass player plays bass. The fair thing to do is let everyone do their own job. Seriously, though, they are different instruments, with different voices, in different registers. Bass has 4 strings because its not made to play chords. Guitar is. Sure, sometimes the song doesn't call for a 6-note chord, sometimes it does. Has this guy every played with a pianist? THAT guy's got 88 keys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted November 11, 2014 Members Share Posted November 11, 2014 Has this guy every played with a pianist? THAT guy's got 88 keys!! LMAO!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted November 11, 2014 Members Share Posted November 11, 2014 His mind would officially be blown!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceNorman Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 Has this guy every played with a pianist? THAT guy's got 88 keys!! Or even worse - a keyboardist!!!! I usually have a total of 225 keys on stage (88 on each of my upper and lower tier keyboards plus 49 on my keytar!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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