07-31-2019, 10:51 AM
(07-26-2019, 08:27 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: ...another bass player who only played the top two strings (WTH? Did they only have 2-string basses in the 70s? KB, what's the sitch?).
DM - I assume you mean the top two strings as you are looking at him. Those are the lowest strings, so they have all the lowest notes. Since most bass players tend to play mostly the root notes of the chords, one could easily play mostly those strings. And if you play higher notes on those strings, they have a lot more punch than if you play them on the upper strings. But IMO most rock bass players are mediocre as far as exploring the possibilities of the instrument, even though they may keep good time and be able to play fast etc. Maybe it's because rock became completely separated from jazz, so they never heard how the bass could relate to the chord changes. Or maybe it's just the folk music amateur style kind of thing.
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