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help with bass

Destin

Location: Cleveland, GA

Joined: Apr 09 2008

i got stuck playing bass for this band, i dont know any thing about bass i play guitar better than there other guitarist but i dont have as good an amp as him no one would be able to hear me at practice or on stage. So im playing a bass (that was free) for now. So are there any good tabs or some thing that i could do to get good quick that any of u bass players know of
Submitted on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 16:52

Re: help with bass

Noanzer

Metalhead

Location: America

Joined: Dec 30 2007

It's not that different from playing guitar. Unless you insist on finger picking, slapping and whatnot.
Submitted on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 18:46

Re: help with bass

Zelos

Location: Germany

Joined: Jan 31 2008

I'd recommend to play the same songs you already played on guitar with your bass. You already know how it sounds...I guess you would learn bass quicker that way. I'd also recommend to play "normal" music (not videogame-tabs) for now, so you get into the style the bass has in the kind of music you want to play.

By the way, I have a similar problem:
Someone offered me to play the keyboard in his band, but...well, I'm not able to read notes, although I tried so many times, but something always prevents me from doing that. I'm sure the problem is just that I always play every song by ear, and every book about learning to play keyboard has popular songs only, and I always play them by ear instead of looking at the notes. I just look at them, but I automatically play it by ear. :/
I mean, I can play things like the FF6 Boss Theme without knowing a single note, but I have no alternative than learning a song by ear or with the Guitar Pro piano, and if I forget a song I have to learn it all over, because I have no way of writing it down...
Submitted on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 07:41

Re: help with bass

SpADeD

Bazooka Tooth

Location: Spring Hell, FL

Joined: Apr 02 2008

"Noanzer" posted:

It's not that different from playing guitar. Unless you insist on finger picking, slapping and whatnot.

If you are actually going to stick with playing bass, I suggest you learn to finger pick and slap. Personally slap bass is my favorite style to listen to, alas Les Claypool, Bootsy Collins. The top four strings are the same notes as the top four strings on a guitar, if tuned to standard. Alot of bands these days the bassist just follows the guitar (Slipknot comes to mind), but try to make some original bass lines that you can actually distinguish from a guitar.

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Submitted on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 16:51

Re: help with bass

goldsac

bass guy

Location: Niagara, Ontario

Joined: Mar 17 2008

"Destin" posted:

i got stuck playing bass for this band, i dont know any thing about bass i play guitar better than there other guitarist but i dont have as good an amp as him no one would be able to hear me at practice or on stage. So im playing a bass (that was free) for now. So are there any good tabs or some thing that i could do to get good quick that any of u bass players know of

what kind of music do you like? if you're going to learn through tabs, you'd better do so playing stuff you enjoy. let me know what you like, and i'll see if i can help ya

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Submitted on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 01:51