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View Poll Results: How fast do you play?/What type of Bassist are you? (check all that apply) | |
Speed = Slow (around <80-90 bpm)
|    | 28 | 27.18% | |
Speed = Medium (around 120 bpm)
|    | 62 | 60.19% | |
Speed = Fast (around 200+ bpm)
|    | 36 | 34.95% | |
Style = "Hold it Down" (Groovin')
|    | 63 | 61.17% | |
Style = "Up Front"/Solo (Jaco, etc...)
|    | 25 | 24.27% |
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02-26-2006, 12:29 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | | How fast do you play?/What type of Bassist are you?
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The other day I was playing and suddenly realized that I was playing rather slow with a lot of long notes. Started to experiment by slowing down some other s**t I've come up with and it all sounded way more powerful, even if I played with a pick instead of fingers.
I'm just wondering how many "slow" players are out there?
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The second part of this is: How many of you like to "hold it down" as opposed to "being up front"?
I'm more of a "hold it down" kinda dude  |
02-27-2006, 12:38 PM
| | | the bands songs are 160-200bpm, but when i try to solo at that speed without a plectrum it goes balls up  |
02-27-2006, 01:57 PM
| | | | i play at the speed im told to play
i got no bag...
but i enjoy ubber fast....f**ks up my fingers though...
imfacked im doing that right know |
02-27-2006, 01:57 PM
| | | | now* |
02-27-2006, 03:40 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | | Interesting... The results are almost exactly what I imagined they'd be.
Oh, and I tracked one of my riffs only to find that I play it at around 100-110 bbm. Still, I figure thats pretty slow for metal. The damn genre seems to be always speeding up. I find a lot of the music seems to have no "feel" anymore... |
02-27-2006, 03:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England | | | I like to lay down a solid groove - tight with the drums, but keep up with the guitarist when the need arises. |
02-27-2006, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bronx, New York | | | I play slow and less than 120 beats per mintues.
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02-27-2006, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | I always thought the goal was to be able to play at many tempos. 
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02-27-2006, 04:06 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | | I also think that being able to play at any tempo is a goal everyone should have. But, I'm more interested on the majority of peoples playing.
for ex.: I play slow (to medium) tempo most of the time |
02-27-2006, 04:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | I play at all speeds. |
02-27-2006, 04:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | I prefer to be the "up front" kind of bassist, I hate being buried under the guitar/drums/vocals/whatever else there is. I don't need to be taking solos all the time, or at all, but I want to at least be heard and be an important part of the band. Not "just a bass player", if ya know what I mean.
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02-27-2006, 05:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY/Boston, MA | | | My band plays at around 120-160 bpm. I play with timing though, im not always playying 8ths/sixteenths at all. |
02-27-2006, 05:22 PM
|  | Looking like a born-again. Living like a heretic. Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: California | | I usually play at the tempo of the song the band's playing.
I get called back more often that way. 
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03-01-2006, 11:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | You can't just skip from 120 to 200+ I usualy write stuff that ends up being around 140-160 beats per minute, but I play at all speeds
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03-01-2006, 12:51 PM
| | | | depending on the band's tempo, my current band usually plays at 120 to 220. I usually hold the groove since I'm not a solo player. |
03-01-2006, 01:02 PM
|  | Secret Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | When ever someone ask what type of player I am, I always look for the "untalented hack" selection. |
03-01-2006, 01:13 PM
| | | I always play at 179 BPM, no matter what.  |
03-01-2006, 01:37 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | I play what the songs needs. |
03-01-2006, 02:06 PM
| | | 100-130 is my usual speed.
we dont have a guitarist in our band, so i can do whatever i want pretty much.  |
03-02-2006, 07:56 AM
| | | | I pefer a medium-medium fast playing(the fastest song I enjoy playing is Metallica's 'Battery')
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