Bass player

no its actually very different. bigger strings, less strings, different notes, different sound, and different lines.
 
can you walk like charlie parker in 30 minutes?

Physically it's not that hard. Mentally it is. Every bassist has to know something about music theory because they drive everything underneath. Each player in whatever type of band will be listening to the bass player, singer especially.. meaning you gotta know what you're doing. In Jazz it's a whole nother world. Keeping the sine curv going while maintaining rhythm and key, not to mention taking solos..

.. yes I'm a bass player and think we should get more credit than we do.
 
i played bass in a band in high school for over a year so im not shitting on the instrument like it's easy...
obviously you cant pick it up and be rick danko in 30 minutes, but you know what i mean. and saying it's insanely different because it's got less strings and slightly different scales is ridiculous, that's not a huge barrier if you have any real ability with any other string instrument.
but yah, i mean if you want to get really good at ANYTHING it's going to take more time than that even if youve got a good bit of applicable ability to start with. my point really is that if youre ever looking for a bass player for your band or something just convince one of your 7000 friends who plays guitar to convert and theyll be very respectable at it within a couple weeks if they play every day.
 
i play piano and saxophone and the two bass players who i play with are impressive, and i give them mad credit.
 
yeah it can be easy but it can also be pretty redic. like bass players can throw down gnarly stuff. someof the TOP shit was crazy. bela felck is pretty ridic too. flea is way sick at slapping. alot of people can play the lines its just it gets tough to line it up in a band and shit
 
honestly i think it's easier to play with a band, at least after you get used to it. playing in a band is the fastest way to get sooooo much better at whatever instrument you play. if you fuck up too much, your friends will make you feel like an idiot, but the feeling of playing your favorite music with all of your friends is just as cool a feeling as skiing. so yah, it might be hard at first, but you improve so quickly and it's so rewarding that you wont even notice it.
 
ya you definantly improve like crazy. i played in an r&b band for 3 years straight and i still couldnt even fathom some of the stuff i heard. like its one thing to be good. but then there is a whole different level above that where you can just drop into the pocket. the bass will make or break a band in my opinion
 
this thread is pointless.

but yes, i play bass. i also play drums, guitar and keys.

what are you using this information for anyway?
 
i am a bass player as well as drums guitar paino.

i cant get onto youtube from school but look up victor wooten playing amazing grace on bass. it is by far the best bass palying you will ever see.
 
duh, i was in england for a semester abroad and one of the kids that lived in my building was his nephew...he has the same last name, but i didnt figure it out until like a month after i met him. it was so sick though. too bad rick was a druggie moron sometimes who couldnt stay out of turkish prisons.
 
if your just starting, i would get a 4 string

and to add to this discussion about how guitar players can play bass, i totally agree, any guitar player can play bass, but it doesnt mean they can playit well. Its a totally different style, and it takes a long time to become a good well rounded bassist
 
Yes its easier for a guitar player to play bass, because they have the expierience needed. They just cant play as good as a bassist who has been playing bass since they started. no guitar in between. if you took a bassist who has been playing a long time and a guitarist who has been playing a long time and recently just took up playing bass, the real bassist would be soooo much better.
 
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