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05-13-2006, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Ibanezzer ....was just thinking of that. I have been playing for a while but I wouldn't say i'm extremely fast, I try to be accurate more than anything. Like right now as a challenge I am learning Hysteria by the Muse. It is really fast. I can play it at at about 2/3 speed with it sounding good right now but when I try to keep pace it just sounds awful. So I guess what i'm trying to say is that speed isn't always that important its more in how it sounds and do you like what you are hearing? | Hysteria is easy. :-/
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05-13-2006, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Suckbird I can play faster than 16th at 200bpm using 3fingers... another guy (kiwi kid) on this board does 16th at 260bpm uising 2fingers... that's fast.. | not only is it fast, its bull****. http://media.putfile.com/260bpm
Get me a recording of that with 2 fingers.
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05-13-2006, 08:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | This thread has the potential to get really complicated. I've never heard of speed/tempo as an "average". Which average are you interested in? Mean, Median, Mode...
I'm not sure what the point of an average tempo would be... 
A fast tempo doesn't have to mean fast playing. A slow tempo doesn't have to mean slow playing.
Half-notes at 160bpm isn't "fast".
64th notes at 60bpm could be considered "fast".
What's the tempo? What's the rhythm? What kind of notes gets one beat?
There's a lot to consider here...
Sorry if I complicated things.
Joe
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05-13-2006, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassline_Delux bassist4life: Are you sure about those numbers? cause 16th's at 150bpm is 10 notes a second. (11.33 at 170) | Make sure you put spaces in bassist 4 life's name please. As you can see; without the spaces, it would be me. 
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05-14-2006, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Vosk |
LOL!!!
Maybe he's Neo, and can slow down the "Time-Space Continuum"!! 
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05-14-2006, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Vosk | Not a chance can anyone play that fast unless you are some sort of tapping wizard with a 10 string bass. There would be no accuracy at that tempo, plus if you got off or the drummer's arms fell off after 2 bars what would you do to recover. Sorry, would be impossible to be 100% at that tempo. Also think of this, playing one string is different than running scales or playing a line. Try running a major scale up and down using 16th notes at 120bpm. Not as easy as you'd think. Oh and one other thing, we are all aware that there are four 16th notes for every beat, right? I though so, I have faith in all of you.
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05-14-2006, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ibanezzer Like right now as a challenge I am learning Hysteria by the Muse. It is really fast. I can play it at at about 2/3 speed with it sounding good right now but when I try to keep pace it just sounds awful. | That's a fun line, it took me awhile to learn too. Just use a metronome, make sure you're using alternate fingers, and start slow. Click your metronome up a notch everytime you nail it on beat and eventually you'll be playing at full tempo. The string chagne parts are the hardest so you'll probably have to drill them a bit.
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05-15-2006, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassist4Life Make sure you put spaces in bassist 4 life's name please. As you can see; without the spaces, it would be me.
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Joe | Lol I know man, I've been wanting to contact the admin to change my name lol. Me and yours are exactly the same except with spaces.
So, anybody know how I can contact the admin to change my name? |
05-19-2006, 12:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Italy | | | ALL 16th at 260 bpm sounds to me little much, don't blame me, but I wonder if Di Giorgio can stand this speed ! I think average speed depends on the genre of music you play. A metaller should at least reach 120, but mainly playing the same note. Is it more difficult to play the same note at 180 bpm (all 16th) or to perform a major scale on the biggest frets at 120 ? That's the question. I love speed, but speed is not everything. There many other issues in bass playing such as dynamics, funk rhythmic patterns, which are as important as speed...
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05-19-2006, 04:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montreal, Rive-Sud | | | Somehow, i doubt some people are really playing 16th over 200 bpm. In the latest Bass Player, Alex Webster talks about how he has problems doing 16th over 200 bpm.
If HE has trouble doing these, i am somewhat doubting some kid on this forum can do 16th at 260 bpm. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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