creepy basslines

[spudmaster34]

I doubt it would be considered "creepy" but whole tone scales are fun

C,D,E,F#,G#,A#,C

is one of them, the other is bassically all the notes that aren't in the first one, it sounds hypnotic

[slybass3000]

Originally Posted by lowenduser

The theme to Jaws!! The creepiest 2 note bassline I've evr heard!!

Oh yeah! Good one!

SB

[tradition_2kill]

the bass line to frantic disembowelment is super creepy

[Poop-Loops]

The Thing That Should Not Be is kind of a creepy song.

[ryco]

"Boris the Spider" by Entwistle is not only creepy, it's creepy crawly! Just in time for Halloween

[All_¥our_Bass]

try messing around with maj7 #11 chords

Example:
Emaj7 #11 (no 3rd)
G|-8
D|-8
A|-7
E|-7* [lowest note optional]

[gelanomi]

maybe if you saw "Broken flowers" movie, you have noticed the truly creepy sound of ethiopian music.

try to look for Mulatu Astatke, Mahmood Ahmed, and others, they have the most groovy, creepy bass lines i've ever heard

in ethiopia they have word "tezeta" that is nearly the same as blues in english. i dont know exactly what mod they are using, but its very simple play and very creepy....

[hateater]

tritones used to be outlawed by the church because they were the devils intervals (or something like that), so it has the original creepy sound. Dom7#11's are simply the tritone an octave up with a dominant 7 chord below it, so whoever suggested that is right on the money.

However, you can play any tone and get an undesired effect if you don't have a good groove going on, so work on a different rhythmic feels with whatever bass line you come up with.

I think the classic creepy sound is something with a lot of floor tom on the drums and minor sounds from all other instruments.

[SpankyPants]

Listen to Reveille's (I know... rap metal.... not my favorite either) song "Aftertaste" for an example of an easy, creepy bass/guitar line. Ostinato's always help me when I'm trying to do something creepy.

;-D

Good luck!