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04-03-2007, 12:25 AM
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My girlfriend wants me to "teach" her but if I don't want to teach, "just playing for me would be hott".
I like performing in front of lots of people in a band setting but I don't like one on one ****. Anyone got suggestions for licks I can play for her or teach her?
She's big into Greenday if you know any catchy basslines from them. |
04-03-2007, 12:33 AM
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The "solo" from welcome to paradise?
That's all I can think of atm
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04-03-2007, 12:35 AM
| | | | +1 on longview...
though you probably should skip the beginning measures of the intro for her.
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04-03-2007, 12:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dyersburg, TN | | | My girlfriend (past tense) used to like for me to play too, although she liked for me to play an E over and over while she sat on the speaker cab. I think is was sexual, but I didn't care. |
04-03-2007, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jackson_bass  My girlfriend (past tense) used to like for me to play too, although she liked for me to play an E over and over while she sat on the speaker cab. I think is was sexual, but I didn't care. | If you would have bought a 5 string, and played that low B for her over and over, she might not be your ex-girlfriend today  |
04-03-2007, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 98dvl If you would have bought a 5 string, and played that low B for her over and over, she might not be your ex-girlfriend today |
Or played in Drop A for that extra pizzazz  |
04-03-2007, 04:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX | | | Now that I think about it, maybe she wanted you to thump on her G-string, not your E string...
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04-03-2007, 04:44 PM
| | | | maybe you could just record her a song - happy compromise without the lameness of a bass serinade. |
04-03-2007, 04:49 PM
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04-03-2007, 04:50 PM
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04-03-2007, 05:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Poulsbo,Wa | | | A bit of advice here; when ever a girl asks you to show her how to play don't hestiate but to show her. Thats how I met my wife 20 years ago. Don;t worry about what to show her I'm sure something will pop up.
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04-03-2007, 05:06 PM
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Show her two basslines - Brainstew from Green Day, then tell her it's the same as the classic Chicago song 25 or 6 to 4 (which it is, with chorus modification of course). The other is Stone Sour's "Through the Glass" (3 notes - not too hard).
However, the trick is "how" you show her - don't just give her the bass then point to where to where the fingers should go...
Strap the bass on to her, then move behind her and show her where to put her fingers - it's a "dance," dude!
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04-03-2007, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by KeithPas ...Don;t worry about what to show her I'm sure something will pop up. | ROFL!!!, I love the last line there!
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04-03-2007, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by T. B. Player However, the trick is "how" you show her - don't just give her the bass then point to where to where the fingers should go...
Strap the bass on to her, then move behind her and show her where to put her fingers - it's a "dance," dude! | for that you can just take her to the closest pool room and teach her 8 Ball the same way.
thats of course if you dont mind for the sleaziness of that move....
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04-03-2007, 05:22 PM
| | | | umm.... teach her brainstew? its so easy a caveman could do it. lol. |
04-03-2007, 05:35 PM
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04-03-2007, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | I'd go with the Chili Pepper's "Soul to Squeeze". It's a fun bassline to play, makes you look really good, and it has an emotional feel to it. |
04-03-2007, 07:37 PM
| | | | Every girl loves Stand By Me and it's simple enough that you can probably sing along. Even if you can't sing worth a damn, give it a shot. Her eyes will light up. |
04-03-2007, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bowling Green, KY | | Green Day+Pretty Sounding Bass= No One Knows. Seriously, its awsome, and wont take forever to learn. Also, T.B. Player's advice on how to teach works wonders
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04-03-2007, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jackson_bass My girlfriend (past tense) used to like for me to play too, although she liked for me to play an E over and over while she sat on the speaker cab. I think is was sexual, but I didn't care. | +1 on the Drop A
Play some slap in Drop D
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