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09-18-2006, 03:53 PM
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i went to my lesson today and my teacher handed me some new music. i suck at sight reading so i fallowed the chord chart and made up a root, fifth rhythm on the fly
and i my teacher said "i like that root, fifth thing you are doing"
i feel like i am one step closer to being a real bass player 
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09-18-2006, 04:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: cheltenham(UK) | | Good man...just two notes can sound great, especially when you add some ghost notes in there. Its all in the rythm!!!  |
09-18-2006, 04:49 PM
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09-18-2006, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Linas What song were u guys doing? |
some latin piece that he made up.
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09-18-2006, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX | | | lol, thats what I started doing when I was a bass player. Simple root 5th stuff. Then some triads. then descending/asending runs. then some 7th licks.
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09-18-2006, 04:57 PM
| | | | It's amazing what one well placed ghost note can do to the pulse of a rhythm section. It's a cool thing to work with, especially if you're working around simple two-three note riffs. |
09-19-2006, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5 i fallowed the chord chart and made up a root, fifth rhythm on the fly
and my teacher said "i like that root, fifth thing you are doing" | You'll find that the root-fifth thing will serve you well.
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09-19-2006, 06:49 PM
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09-19-2006, 06:54 PM
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Endorsing Artist: John Doe Guitars | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rochester, NY | | | What else would you do for basic latin grooves? Root, Fifth, Octaves, those are like the meat of that style. |
09-20-2006, 12:00 AM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | A simple root-fifth-octave vibe with the right rhythm can be a very effective line. I loves me some claves.
One of my favorite latin sounding lines is just i-iii-iv in the root i-iii-iv in the fourth and then a scalar descent from the vi of the root,( which, if I'm remembering right is the iii in the fourth.) set against a 3-2 clave.
Whoa, wow, woe...That sounds SO much more confusing in print than the actual line is to play. I suck at tabbing but maybe I should try that to express it. It's a really simple line, and darned useful.
G---------------------------------------------
D-------------4---7------------4--------------
A----4---7--5----------4---7-7-7-5-4---------
E--5-----------------5----------------7-5-----
Okay, those are the notes. And the rhythm fits against a 3-2 clave. Here, listen closely and I'll clap it really loudly. Lean in close to your monitors.
Like that. Okay?
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09-20-2006, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5 i went to my lesson today and my teacher handed me some new music. i suck at sight reading so i fallowed the chord chart and made up a root, fifth rhythm on the fly
and i my teacher said "i like that root, fifth thing you are doing"
i feel like i am one step closer to being a real bass player |
No, you're one step closer to being a Country bass player
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09-20-2006, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by buzzbass No, you're one step closer to being a Country bass player | It's in plenty of non-country songs, too!
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09-20-2006, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by buzzbass No, you're one step closer to being a Country bass player |
what country song uses bflat with a flat 5 and a flat 7?
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09-20-2006, 03:53 PM
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This is a nice, easy to apply way to take that foot fifth thing up a notch - BAM! |
09-20-2006, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by tZer | thanks
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