Best way to accompany

[Negret]

With what kind of Bassline would you accompany this clean Guitarline (just an example)? Without distracting from it...

E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------7-------7-------5-------5-||
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------7-------7-------5-------5---||
A||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----7-------7-------5-------5-----||
E||--0-------0-------0-------0-------|--5-------5-------3-------3-------||

(80-90 bpm)

 

[Christopher]

Just drop out?

Another option is to play a simple melodic fill on the high strings.

 

[MrSaturn]

If you have to play, a whole note of the open E, and then a half note of open a; and then open G as a half note;

If it sounds like i think it sounds a the open strings give it a better feel and still outline the chords.

 

[josh_m]

Depends on the feel, is there another instrument that would have the melody? Maybe a vocal line?

You could make it bluesy using chomatics like this:
E C B Bb A Ab G Gb as straight quarter notes or swing in a couple of seconds or something.

There is a lot you can do, and it really depends on the feel and what else is going on, that was just the first thing that came to mind while I played it on guitar. (Well, second, the first was man that chord is ugly.)

 

[Negret]

The Riff is just an example.

I made another riff in the same style as verse for a new Song of my band, and there's also a vocal line. But I have no idea for the bass part. So I wanted to know what you would play...

Just playing a whole note of the E and then an A and a G as half notes...Don't know. I think it's too boring.

 

[josh_m]

The Riff is just an example.

I made another riff in the same style as verse for a new Song of my band, and there's also a vocal line. But I have no idea for the bass part. So I wanted to know what you would play...

Just playing a whole note of the E and then an A and a G as half notes...Don't know. I think it's too boring.

Sometimes boring isn't bad, think about what would suit the music best, and if thats it then thats what I think you should play. You could put in some RnB-esque syncopation.

 

[DemoEtc]

Maybe a slow halftime walk? If those are 16ths, then play quarters or eighths hitting every other chord tone.

 

[Pacman]

Not technique related. General Instruction can have this.