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07-09-2006, 10:34 PM
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Hey all, just wanted to show you my the fruits of my latest project - applying ragtime piano principles to the 7-string bass. Here's a video of my attempt at the Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin, that I recorded a month or two ago. Since then, I take it significantly slower than I played it here, just so you all know.
Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fduv3nF-kFA#GU5U2spHI_4
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07-09-2006, 10:45 PM
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07-09-2006, 10:48 PM
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07-10-2006, 10:25 AM
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07-11-2006, 02:49 PM
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yeah, i am smiling and i am proud of you Adam for improving. You have come a long way. Your time center is more solid and the figures are much more rhythmically accurate. Well done!
I am just getting around to making videos this year. I play this tune using my right hand for "Stride Bass" and the chord melody is played with my left hand. I think as you continue, you will want to play the piece as written an include the intervals that make up the chord-melody.
Also there is nothing quite like playing stride bass.
Anyway, I admire your tenacity, keep up the great work! |
07-11-2006, 03:59 PM
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07-11-2006, 05:42 PM
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I'd love to be able to get through this on piano, never mind bass!
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07-13-2006, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Garry Goodman yeah, i am smiling and i am proud of you Adam for improving. You have come a long way. Your time center is more solid and the figures are much more rhythmically accurate. Well done!
I am just getting around to making videos this year. I play this tune using my right hand for "Stride Bass" and the chord melody is played with my left hand. I think as you continue, you will want to play the piece as written an include the intervals that make up the chord-melody.
Also there is nothing quite like playing stride bass.
Anyway, I admire your tenacity, keep up the great work! | Thank you!  I was hoping you'd see this thread. As for playing the chord melody, I've tried several times to start incorporating more of the harmonies, but I've run into problems of not having enough polyphony and having to sacrifice notes in the left hand for the right hand's performance. But I haven't actually worked on that aspect for very long, so I think I'll start devoting some practice time to it.
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07-17-2006, 04:50 AM
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07-17-2006, 07:35 AM
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I can do it on a 4 string but it sounds more like Wild Thing 
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07-17-2006, 08:47 AM
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Gruff, I can play that on one string, but it sounds just like the A 440 over and over again. 
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07-17-2006, 09:06 AM
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07-19-2006, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Blisshead Excellent.
Gruff, I can play that on one string, but it sounds just like the A 440 over and over again. | Dude, you've GOT to send me the tabs for that version. 
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07-19-2006, 10:17 PM
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07-19-2006, 11:08 PM
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haha, i love XBladeX510's comment: Quote: |
Originally Posted by a n00b wow.........tat is jus awsome! how u learn to play it on guitar? | ...typical 
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07-20-2006, 03:00 PM
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07-20-2006, 03:37 PM
| | | Very nice playing.... These extended range basses and tapping are quite amazing to me... but more in the sense of 'watching a monkey juggle'.... interesting and impressive... I sure can't do it... you rarely see it....but I can't quite figure out what it is or what its use is 
Seriously, quite amazing! |
07-20-2006, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by KJung but more in the sense of 'watching a monkey juggle'...
Seriously, quite amazing! |
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07-21-2006, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by HaVIC5 Dude, you've GOT to send me the tabs for that version. | Careful man the RIAA will sue us! They own the A note. 
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07-22-2006, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by velvetkevorkian Good stuff man! Did you take it straight from the piano score? | Yeah, pretty much. I had to rearrange some parts and take out/add notes here and there, but it's pretty much straight from the piano score. Quote:
Very nice playing.... These extended range basses and tapping are quite amazing to me... but more in the sense of 'watching a monkey juggle'.... interesting and impressive... I sure can't do it... you rarely see it....but I can't quite figure out what it is or what its use is
Seriously, quite amazing!
| I know exactly what you mean, actually. I've come up across plenty of people who are impressed with my playing, but there isn't any sort of connection to the music. I feel as if a lot of it can just be considered technical exercise. I get into the music a lot more when I'm doing normal fingerstyle on a solo, and while not as impressive, the general layman tends to appreciate it a lot more.
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