Recent content by brimfire

"Hey dude, what've you been up to?" "My dear man, you should never end a sentence with a preposition."

That's exactly what I was getting at, thank you. I just didn't feel like the talk of subdominants and "minor second" as meaning simply a half-step were answering the OP's question, even though I don't have the necessary knowledge to answer it correctly :-) You might have given the above answer...

It kind of makes sense, if you say you're plucking 2/3 down the string when playing an open note by plucking at the neck, plucking closer to the bridge when fretting a high note might maintain that 2/3 for an equivalent timbre. But that's ignoring pickup placement I guess, just thinking about...

Thank you for that correction in nomenclature, but I hope I was getting to the heart of the OP's question on why it's a minor second when the second isn't actually minor (two different contexts of "minor"). So it's a minor second chord, but not a minor second note.

One of the first online bass lessons I went through stressed walking up strings and dragging down. I guess it's situational though, it definitely helps in the fast solo section of Dazed and Confused by Led Zeppelin, but if you're skipping strings it would be tough.

The way I look at it (I'm new too), if you're in a major key and start an arpeggio on the root, that's major. If you start on the second note (2-4-6), that chord is minor. So a chord progression would be ii-V-I, not II-V-I.

JTE, your posts always bring inspiration, as well as despair.

search for his double thumb (thump?) technique, I think that's what you're talking about . . . he hits the string twice with his thumb (down then up) then picks with index then middle finger.

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] ? I'll reserve the "please refer to the Tablature section of our forums and don't forget to search before posting blah blah" for the more experienced guys on this forum :) Welcome!

Someone posted a link to this book, I don't have it but it looks pretty good. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Wow, I hope you didn't hold your breath for those answers!