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11-04-2008, 09:22 PM
| | | | How does steve harris do this stage "entertainment"
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Because the bass weight isnt resting on anything...unless its his left hand...but thats moving along the neck... http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?im...harris3jt9.jpg |
11-04-2008, 09:25 PM
| | | | i'm not exactly versed in steve harris' performances, but in this picture it doesn't really look like hes playing so much as posing. His fingers on his right hand don't look like theyre going to be attacking the strings any time soon as you can see the thumb is tucked behind the body, and the fretting hand doesnt look like it's ready to do any crazy frettiing at the moment.
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11-04-2008, 09:43 PM
|  | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | | Yeah, that would be my guess. It's a posed picture.
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11-04-2008, 10:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | I've seen him do the "oh my bass is a machine gun" pose live before whilst playing.
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11-05-2008, 07:05 PM
|  | Bass - the final frontier! | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VA, USA | | | If you pull the bass forward with your left hand so the strap is tight on your body you can play with your right hand as long as you've got you're left hand fixed.
In this case (and assuming standard tuning!) I'd say SH is playing a E between the E and the A string, probably ending up a song. |
11-24-2008, 04:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Norway | | | that thumb aint behind the body, he's playing with a floating thumb, so its "hidden" is behind the rest of the hand.
Otherwise, look at his left hand, he grabs the neck, and this is usualy done whileplaying open strings, like the middle section of 2 minutes to midnight. |
11-24-2008, 05:37 AM
| | | | You guys have never seen Maiden play live?
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11-24-2008, 05:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harlow, Essex, UK | | | Iv seen them, and he holds his thumb behind the bass when doing this and playing.
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11-24-2008, 05:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I agree with the other posters - he appears to be just working the open E in that photo (which is fantastic).
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11-24-2008, 09:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ohio | | | I cannot believe this is a question.
Am I the only one who thinks about performance when learning/playing a song?
Steve already has the places he is going to use the "gun move" mapped out in his brain. Watch Maiden in concert 2 nights in a row.....you will see Harris using this move in the SAME place in the SAME songs every night. In sections where he is hanging on a single note for a stretch OR breaks where he just pops in on a note or 2.
In the band I am in we certainly have no "planned choreography" but in certain songs we make the same moves night after night. Myself I think about performance every time I learn a song. I think ENTERTAINMENT is just as important as performance in live music.
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11-24-2008, 09:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Torrance, CA | | | Like the binding on that P body! But yeah, it's not uncommon for Steve Harris to do that while playing. |
11-24-2008, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by badstonebass Myself I think about performance every time I learn a song. I think ENTERTAINMENT is just as important as performance in live music. | Indeed, I agree! |
11-24-2008, 11:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Kentucky | | | He's Steve Harris and he's invincible and he does it 'cause he can. |
11-24-2008, 11:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | still love that shot of Steve Harris though... fantastic dude to watch play live...
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11-24-2008, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by crikker | Different way than in the picture though  Here he have the arm around the body and come in behind the bridge, the other one looks like hes actually holding the bass between his thumb and the rest of the hand.. I cant actually remember having thought about or noticed it before, wich is weird, since I was sickly obsessed with him for a few years.. |
11-24-2008, 01:47 PM
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11-24-2008, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunder_Fingers Different way than in the picture though Here he have the arm around the body and come in behind the bridge, the other one looks like hes actually holding the bass between his thumb and the rest of the hand.. I cant actually remember having thought about or noticed it before, wich is weird, since I was sickly obsessed with him for a few years.. | Did a still of the video and at 3:04, you can see his hand and fingers in line with the bridge but the thumb is behind the bass, holding it and hitting a few notes. Doesn't matter where his arm is coming in from. I've seen a few vids of Maiden where he does that move. Shooting the audience and all. |
11-25-2008, 01:27 PM
| | | | I don't think about performance. I play. If the music moves me to jump off a riser or do a "move" then I do it. I don't plan out or choreograph what I'm going to do during certain parts of a song.
I agree that entertainment IS important. But I'm more entertained by watching someone who is into the music they are making than by someone doing practiced moves on a stage and going through the motions.
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