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12-22-2006, 03:06 PM
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I was jamming with the guitarist and drummer from my band this morning, and my guitarist brought up the idea of a bass vs. guitar battle. I did fine the first 50 bars or so, but then I eventually ran outta things to play...
Can anyone write me something to play in a bass vs. guitar battle? Or what do you usually play in a bass vs. guitar or bass vs. drums battle? 
Anything is great, open-ahmmer-plucks, double thump/double plucks, whatever's groovy =) Thanks
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12-22-2006, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland | | does it not depend on what the guitarist plays ? How can someone write for you something that you are meant to be improvising ? I think you should stop being lazy and do the graft yourself 
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12-22-2006, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Summit, NJ | | | No it doesn't depend on what the guitarist is playing. If you write something in G, and guitar is in E, I'll just transcribe it =)
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12-22-2006, 06:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | Mate, by all means have someone write a set routine for your "bass battling", but expect to get completely hammered very quickly. Much better to train your ear to work off his made up lines...it's meant to be "anything you can do I can do just as good, or better", not "hey check out this routine I just learned to beat you" 
Look up a song called "Duelling Banjo's"...that will give you a good idea of how improvised instrument battlers work off each other and still keep things flowing so as to be fun and entertain a crowd that may be listening, it is still meant to be music, not just a one on one technique fest.
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12-23-2006, 07:58 AM
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12-23-2006, 08:21 AM
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going to NAMM last year put that kind of playing into a new perspective for me. first, yeah - I wish I could do that and I have about an 8th of an ounce of sour grapes, but more importantly - those guys truly are a dime a dozen. just about every bass booth I stopped at at NAMM had some guy playing blizzards of notes, and I couldn't help but to think how much time they spent learning to do that. It seemed like practicing and learning some magic tricks that wow people, only problem is it fades in a matter of minutes. Like, "WOW" I can't believe he's doing that, and then "OK, I'm bored now, and he's showing off and not really saying anything anymore." Before long it usually becomes annoying.
I take some Jamerson stuff, stuff like Penny Lane - things that reach out, grab your heart and never let it go - over wankery any day.
As for the original post - I think you're gonna get your butt kicked here today. |
12-23-2006, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by htotheh  No it doesn't depend on what the guitarist is playing. If you write something in G, and guitar is in E, I'll just transcribe it =) | yes, it does matter 
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12-23-2006, 08:49 AM
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12-23-2006, 09:07 AM
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12-23-2006, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by htotheh No it doesn't depend on what the guitarist is playing. If you write something in G, and guitar is in E, I'll just transcribe it =) | Don't you mean transpose? |
12-23-2006, 09:08 AM
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12-23-2006, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by vindy500 you need to hold the neck at the 1st-3rd fret then smash the bass like an axe onto his guitar... then we'll see who wins the battle.... | True. True.
Basses weigh more, that's one way to win the battle...I suppose. |
12-23-2006, 09:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Summit, NJ | | | I'll try the smashing guitar technique... Our battle isn't like a jazzy improvising battle, but it's more like "A Show of Technique." I have the technique, I just need to figure out something to play... or I could just play all muted notes, but that wouldn't be fun after a while...
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12-23-2006, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Roland777 | That guitarist was playing something, but the bassist was just throwing random notes.
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12-23-2006, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by htotheh That guitarist was playing something, but the bassist was just throwing random notes. |
Hmm...I can't say that anything the guitarist played was all that much more musical....his tone just sucked less, and you could understand the notes a bit better.
Frankly, they're both a pair of wankers. |
12-26-2006, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by vindy500 you need to hold the neck at the 1st-3rd fret then smash the bass like an axe onto his guitar... then we'll see who wins the battle.... | I've found it more comfortable to hold at the 3rd and 11th, mainly because it has much more control, and the majority of the force goes into the butt of the body, causing a LOTTTTTT more damage...  |
12-27-2006, 01:17 PM
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12-27-2006, 06:05 PM
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02-24-2007, 01:00 PM
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