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04-02-2007, 12:57 PM
| | |  how can i play a fermenta?
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i'ma beginner and i've been practicing for 3 months and i've been reading lots of tabs but in Red Hot Chilli Pepper's song Californication there is a fermata i can't play it right how can i ?  
Last edited by Sara17jessica : 04-02-2007 at 01:04 PM.
Reason: spelling mistake
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04-02-2007, 01:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kingston, ONT, Canada. | | | ditto... just hold the note down for as long as is musically agreeable.
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04-02-2007, 01:28 PM
| | zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Scotland | | | Yep, fermata just means to hold the note for longer than its stated value, effectively pausing the music.
Fermenta, I think is something to do with eating beans. |
04-02-2007, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Fermatta's typically appear in Show tunes, they are a conducted hold. So you stay on the note until whoever is conducting/leading the band indicates to continue.
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04-02-2007, 09:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | I have fermatas at the end of several songs I do with the big band, so I usually just let it decay at the normal rate. If it needs to be continuous in volume until the end, I'll increase the volume slowly to match the rate of decay or at least slow it.
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04-03-2007, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | If you want to be a bit rock and roll about the fermatas, you can try putting the bass facing your amp and letting it feed back a little.
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04-03-2007, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | Rofl, great thread.
I think Fermenta is a kind of cheap wine. 
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04-03-2007, 11:41 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Usually you can't stop beginners playing unintentional fermatas!!
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