Favourite note

[Depth_Charge]

The other day a guitarist in my band hit a chord hard and long, then grinned at me while exclaiming in a crazy voice he loves that chord, "it just kicks you in the ribs". He was playing an A pretty sure it was in the 1st position, it's the one that sounds best when I play the open A on bass

I'm not sure if liking a note on bass is the same as liking a particular chord on guitar but on bass I really like the G, especially 3rd fret E dtring, it's like mellow to my ears, a lot of songs I write tend to start out working around G actually

So what note or chord do you like the most? And why?

[IanStephenson]

G is nice, but its gotta be open E. You can sit on it all night, pedaling 8ths and just letting everything change over the top.

Ian

[Deacon_Blues]

A dropped D is my favourite note on bass. Or wait... a drop C is even cooler.

On guitar, this Am7add9 is one of my fav's:

E  --3------------
B  --0------------
G  --5------------
D  --5------------
A  --0------------
E  x--------------

[jady]

B double sharp!!!!

[Phalex]

5th fret G-string harmonic.

[Baryonyx]

Mine might be the D, at the 5th fret on the A string.

[Barkless Dog]

The Brown note!

[manicbassman]

blue note... the flatted fifth...

[ibnzneksrul]

F, 1st fret E string. It hits like a punch in the chest.

[HomeBrewTJ]

Originally Posted by Barkless Dog

The Brown note!

No sh*t!

[stedtale]

X

[keb]

I've noticed that I seem to favor various keys/modes of B and F#... lord knows why.

[Otso]

D. I think I can tell it apart from other notes, even though I don't have perfect pitch. I just get this feeling, when I hear a song in D... And J.S. Bach composed a lot of great music in D minor.

[DigMe]

Strange question. I think any given note can vary based on the room in which you're playing, the instrument that you're playing on, the rig that you're playing through and the song that you're playing/what everyone else is playing.

bc

[ElliotBass]

F# is always good

[seanm]

Lately I have really enjoyed playing songs in Bb or F. It sounds cool down low on the neck. It might help that we almost never play in F and never play in Bb, so they have some extra mojo.

[Ripper]

my guitarist has this riff consisting of tritones that he uses to mock out all the "-core" bands... very nice, but annoying


i like the G... very nice note, and if you drop your E down to the next G, everything... i mean EVERYTHING in the viscinity shakes... one reason im gassing for a Quake

[Foamy]

Open A, all the way!

[moogboy]

G 3rd Fret E string

[evan_phi]

H used to be my fave... (for those not up on their Baroque theory, thats Bb). THe place I used to play alot used to resonate perfectly on a H.

Open E/B (depending on the bass) are my new faves.