guitar more difficult than bass! HA!

[hrodbert696]

Instruments are not easy or difficult to play -- it's the music that's easy or difficult.

Piano, for instance, is MUCH easier to play than bass -- if all you're trying to play on it is the bass line to "Mony Mony." If you're trying to play a Rachmaninoff concerto, by the way, that's also easier to play on the piano than on the bass. My point is that the reason people think the bass is an "easy" instrument is not that the INSTRUMENT is easy, but that the music WRITTEN for the instrument is all too often easy. If anyone wants to change the stereotype, then make a habit of playing more complex music.

 

[CherryWood]

My point is that the reason people think the bass is an "easy" instrument is not that the INSTRUMENT is easy, but that the music WRITTEN for the instrument is all too often easy. If anyone wants to change the stereotype, then make a habit of playing more complex music.

So true. I used to think bass is boring (or easy, if you like), but now I think otherwise (duh), I changed my mind for good when I first heard interesting (or more challenging) stuff played on it.

 

[Emanuel Apascaritei]

A friend of mine with whom I´m starting a new project is the singer and the acoustic guitarrist. He told me he plays better when he hears the bass.

The bass is crucial in music...just MHO. Try to listen to a song without the bass line and it´s empty.