When I play a six or seven string, my technique stays exactly the same. My muting is good and works no matter how many strings are on the bass. So again, I say for me it doesn't matter how many strings I have, I will still sound like me. In fact, my hands are pretty big and multi-string instruments actually may be easier to play for me. i haven't played a 4 string in so long I can't remember if it was hard or not!
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How many strings used Jaco ? (4)
- Thread starter Alla
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Wow! You must be the best DANG bassist in the whole DANG world!!
More likely....it's not another string you need....but a bit more imagination and creativity....
Actually....I think a person ends up using whatever bass bass fills their musical needs. The key word there being..."their"....
Ehi be quiet ! As I said more than once I don't want to offend anybody .... Me too have a Fiat 2,000 $ And I don't have the greatest bass in the world . I only wish that people feel good with my music and my groove under the rest of band performance . Thx to John Turner .. he said what I think about the difficulty of playing a 6 or 7
Bye
And I don't have the greatest bass in the world . I only wish that people feel good with my music and my groove under the rest of band performance . Thx to John Turner .. he said what I think about the difficulty of playing a 6 or 7 Bye
My boss ain't no pig
! He just drives a big expensive car, as anyone would with his salary.
All right I didn't mean you Alla! I was insulted by the following:
The only problem I see with 4+ stringed instruments is someone who struggles on four goes out and buys a six. That just makes them suck on two more strings. (SuperDuck)
Okay, that's not "many things", but I was also referring to remarks in other related threads too, like "frustrated guitarist" or "learn the basics first, then move on", "can't think of anything that a 6 would add to the music", things in that fashion.
But I have to admit, "insulted" was a bit strong. There, happy now
?
Rock on!
Joris.
[Edited by Joris on 01-08-2001 at 06:11 AM]
! He just drives a big expensive car, as anyone would with his salary.All right I didn't mean you Alla! I was insulted by the following:
The only problem I see with 4+ stringed instruments is someone who struggles on four goes out and buys a six. That just makes them suck on two more strings. (SuperDuck)
Okay, that's not "many things", but I was also referring to remarks in other related threads too, like "frustrated guitarist" or "learn the basics first, then move on", "can't think of anything that a 6 would add to the music", things in that fashion.
But I have to admit, "insulted" was a bit strong. There, happy now
?Rock on!
Joris.
[Edited by Joris on 01-08-2001 at 06:11 AM]
YOu have a 7 and 8 string bass...hmmm Many times when I am composing or studying a jazz progressions I have to run to the guitar or the piano to "hear it right". I guess with the 7 or 8 string bass you don't have that problem.
Do the cover the full piano range? what is the highest note
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
they don't quite cover the full range of a piano - my 8 strings have a 71 note range, as opposed to 88 on a piano, but my 8's and a few of my 7's actually extend below the range of a piano.
i write or co-write all the songs my band plays, and often times i come up with melodies for other instruments on my basses. usually, though, i just compose relatively harmonically dense bass lines, then i let the other guys in the band deal with it.
i write or co-write all the songs my band plays, and often times i come up with melodies for other instruments on my basses. usually, though, i just compose relatively harmonically dense bass lines, then i let the other guys in the band deal with it.
just a couple quickies on your post
chesse may be cheese but velveta is labeled as cheese food
do you know the joke about fat girls and mopeds?
i think if victor started heavily playing a 7 things would change in his playing.
last question is why am i in this forum and who is Jaco?
was he one of the muppets?
gruff -
I've heard Vic play a 6, and guess what? He sounded like Victa, just playin' a 6! The strings DON'T make the bassist.
Paul -
If I got the call for that gig, I'd show up with my fretless 6, cuz it's all I got! (Well after next month I could show up with a 5 string EUB...) Don't laugh, I've actually done it, and after a few funny looks, they just listen and figger I can do the gig, so they stop counting strings (which is a stupid way to decide if a bassist is a good one anyhow).
I've heard Vic play a 6, and guess what? He sounded like Victa, just playin' a 6!
The strings DON'T make the bassist.Paul -
If I got the call for that gig, I'd show up with my fretless 6, cuz it's all I got!
(Well after next month I could show up with a 5 string EUB...) Don't laugh, I've actually done it, and after a few funny looks, they just listen and figger I can do the gig, so they stop counting strings (which is a stupid way to decide if a bassist is a good one anyhow).
I'm basically just restating what everybody else here has said, but I figure what the heck....got nothin better to do with my time.
It doesn't matter how many strings you have, how big your bass is, how many frets it has, what company its made by (well, this one's a little iffy...Rogue?), or anything like that. Music is from the heart. It doesn't matter what you use to convey that music to others, it just matters how well you are able to and how well you actually do convey that music to others. I think John Turner's mp3 is a perfect example of this. I've heard people play things on a 4 string (i.e. Victor Wooten, Jaco, etc..) that are absolutely incredible. Then, while JT doesn't quite pair up (sorry JT...just not quite that far yet, but close) his mp3 GREATLY impressed me. I for one would say that he did a fairly good job of conveying his interpretation of the way the music should sound (even though he had to use a 7 string).
In summary, it really doesn't matter what YOU think is what the limits for a particular instrument is...there are no limits to what you can do if you put your mind to it (Jaco proved that), and it shouldn't be your stubborness about how many strings an instrument has that it holding you back from creating that sound.
It doesn't matter how many strings you have, how big your bass is, how many frets it has, what company its made by (well, this one's a little iffy...Rogue?
), or anything like that. Music is from the heart. It doesn't matter what you use to convey that music to others, it just matters how well you are able to and how well you actually do convey that music to others. I think John Turner's mp3 is a perfect example of this. I've heard people play things on a 4 string (i.e. Victor Wooten, Jaco, etc..) that are absolutely incredible. Then, while JT doesn't quite pair up (sorry JT...just not quite that far yet, but close) his mp3 GREATLY impressed me. I for one would say that he did a fairly good job of conveying his interpretation of the way the music should sound (even though he had to use a 7 string). In summary, it really doesn't matter what YOU think is what the limits for a particular instrument is...there are no limits to what you can do if you put your mind to it (Jaco proved that), and it shouldn't be your stubborness about how many strings an instrument has that it holding you back from creating that sound.
Well Jaco used a whole orchestra on his solo albums - how many strings was that!!?? And his preferred instrument seems to be the large Jazz ensemble, which is the way he chose to present his compositions - that is, when he had enough money and contacts to form the Word of Mouth big band.
Talking about how many strings, I remember my teacher, as good on 6-strings electric and on 4 and 5 strigs uprights both arco and pizzicato - at clinics:
"Hey five-stringers remember you have only 5 notes more!"
Not 5 $80.000 BMW ...
"Hey five-stringers remember you have only 5 notes more!"
Not 5 $80.000 BMW ...
This guy used to be endorser for Smith and later Yamaha.
It's 5 years (not strings) he's used to have as main bass a '64 Jazz (and if is called, a 5-strings for recording some tunes).
It's 5 years (not strings) he's used to have as main bass a '64 Jazz (and if is called, a 5-strings for recording some tunes).
If those 5 extra notes were all that I wanted a 5 string 4, I wouldn't own one - it wouldn't be worth it.
