yea, that may just be the best example of this. for the bass solo, the bass is really isolated.
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Geddy Lee flamenco style?
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yea, that may just be the best example of this. for the bass solo, the bass is really isolated.
Wow... I'm ten years late to this thread.... no time like the present...
anyhooo... I believe that Geddy Lee's first recorded "flamenco" technique was on "Exit...Stage Left..." on the track "Red Barchetta" during the bass solo at the end of the song...
check out 5:29-5:31....
The studio version has him playing just the two note chords without strumming through them....
5:22-5:25...
So... I'm thinking that the Geddy Lee "Flamenco" style began on the 1981 "Moving Pictures" tour during the bass solo at the end of "Red Barchetta".....
And most people think it started in 1994....... it might have been full on in 1994, but he was doing it in 1981... on one song... just maybe not with the same intent....
anyhooo... I believe that Geddy Lee's first recorded "flamenco" technique was on "Exit...Stage Left..." on the track "Red Barchetta" during the bass solo at the end of the song...
check out 5:29-5:31....
The studio version has him playing just the two note chords without strumming through them....
5:22-5:25...
So... I'm thinking that the Geddy Lee "Flamenco" style began on the 1981 "Moving Pictures" tour during the bass solo at the end of "Red Barchetta".....
And most people think it started in 1994....... it might have been full on in 1994, but he was doing it in 1981... on one song... just maybe not with the same intent....
I know some people get twisted up over replying to old threads, Internet gonna Internet. But I ain't one of them... if it's relevant, it's all good to me.
Interesting that you point this out. Red Barchetta was one of the first songs I ever learned on bass, and I learned it before Counterparts came out. And I played those chords the same way as Ged did in the videos you linked without ever having a thought of it being part of his "Flamenco Library of Flamenco".
Interesting that you point this out. Red Barchetta was one of the first songs I ever learned on bass, and I learned it before Counterparts came out. And I played those chords the same way as Ged did in the videos you linked without ever having a thought of it being part of his "Flamenco Library of Flamenco".
I know some people get twisted up over replying to old threads, Internet gonna Internet. But I ain't one of them... if it's relevant, it's all good to me.
Interesting that you point this out. Red Barchetta was one of the first songs I ever learned on bass, and I learned it before Counterparts came out. And I played those chords the same way as Ged did in the videos you linked without ever having a thought of it being part of his "Flamenco Library of Flamenco".
Yeah.. I was getting into the weeds a bit this morning and just wanted to play that and when I get really into detail, I notice things... I had to give that live one a second listen to (after I've heard it a gazillion times since it was released) and woah, that's his "flamenco" thing way back in 1981...
I've played it pretty close to that for a long time but NOW I have it exactly down and it really makes a big difference when it is played CORRECTLY... it's minute but it's big. Huh?
You know what I mean..
Wow... I'm ten years late to this thread.... no time like the present...
anyhooo... I believe that Geddy Lee's first recorded "flamenco" technique was on "Exit...Stage Left..." on the track "Red Barchetta" during the bass solo at the end of the song...
check out 5:29-5:31....
The studio version has him playing just the two note chords without strumming through them....
5:22-5:25...
So... I'm thinking that the Geddy Lee "Flamenco" style began on the 1981 "Moving Pictures" tour during the bass solo at the end of "Red Barchetta".....
And most people think it started in 1994....... it might have been full on in 1994, but he was doing it in 1981... on one song... just maybe not with the same intent....
That's not the same flicking technique he used later. It is just simple strumming.
Yeah... maybe, but it has a little groove to it..... and I'd bet he's using that technique there..
It is called flicking when it is used on one string. Strumming is mostly with two or more strings together. Strumming is done by many players but the flicking is not so common. In Red Barchetta he is just strumming some double stops.
What is called flamenco technique in the case of Geddy Lee is not a real flamenco technique. I have never seen a flamenco guitarist play up and down strokes on one string with his index finger.
That's why I put the words "flamenco technique" in quotes.. it's not really a flamenco technique.
I was just trying to say that the "flicking" he was doing seems like the very early beginnings of that "technique"..... the live version swings a bit more than the studio version on those double stops....
ahhh, who cares.
