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Is electric bass a guitar ?
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? It's a chicken/egg situation : you talk about inferiority complex, I answer probably no because the music I'm into presumably doesn't lead to one and then you answer : ah ! see ! just talking about it means you have one. But let's agree on the point about making great music being more important than the instrument recognition. Arg I said it again !
Using thumb to strike (pluck ?) low strings instead of fingers on songs that call for finger plucking, right elbow position more typical of classical guitar (well I suppose so because I don't know much about classical guitar). I agree this was en extreme situation. You're right in saying that guitar techniques apply to bass. After bass is a guitar isn't it ? But if you don't teach the other techniques then teaching is incomplete. Note that it's not only technical but musical : can a jazz guitarist teach walking bass lines ? (well probably yes because they're good musicians. but you get my point : walking bass is not guitar stuff).
I was taught to play upright and to sit on a stool. So no.
Pls, don't tell any one but a guitar music is better presented in c-clef, fewer ledger lines top and bottom.
Also, do not let out the secret , that guitar music is traditionally presented one octave high. So maybe the the guitar should named sub treble or double treble ( where's Gordon soeley when we need to misquote. [Double tough])
I'M glad nobody has suggested posed "Post this question in the' Ask Forum' portion of TB" WWJBS?
Yet the trumpet, trombone, saxophone, tuba, french horn, etc are all considered "the brass section"
Is a Bass Clarinet a bass or a clarinet? How about a Bass Flute? Is it a bass or a flute? Or a Bass Mandolin (yes, they do exist)? Or a Bass Drum?
"Bass" describes the range of pitch, as in "Mama sang Bass".
Electric Bass Guitar is just a variant of the guitar family. Double bass is a variant of the violin family. Bass Marimba is a variant of the Marimba family. And so on.
"Bass" describes the range of pitch, as in "Mama sang Bass".
Electric Bass Guitar is just a variant of the guitar family. Double bass is a variant of the violin family. Bass Marimba is a variant of the Marimba family. And so on.
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F150 is a truck, not a car (although it has 4 wheels and a motor). Just like the Precision is a bass, not a guitar.
I saw a bumper sticker on a supe duty, " M y other car is a F150", who am I to argue?
Well, I'll happily interject a movie quote, rather than offering any helpful insights to the subject at hand.
I started on guitar and when I first moved to bass, out of necessity, of course I treated it like it was a big guitar. When I advanced enough to see it as a different instrument I fell in love with it. That's only my experience...unless you need a concrete definition for academic purposes, who cares?
It makes sense on some level that “bass” is bass guitar since upright bass can also be called “bass violin”. However, does this mean a cello is a “tenor violin” and a viola is an “alto bass”?
And what is a piccolo bass?
Then there’s bass flute, bass clarinet...
This whole thing can get quite confusing...
In the ukulele world, soprano, “concert” and tenor uke have identical range (although baritone ukulele tunes lower).
Bottom line, for me, is that as long as the person speaking and the person being spoken to both understand and neither is offended then it’s fine.
Now, as this is my first post here, and I’ve spent the weekend dealing with a 2-month old and a sick 4-year old (see screen name) please don’t all take me to task for any of this.
Perhaps Jeff Berlin could provide a more academic response
-DBB
And what is a piccolo bass?
Then there’s bass flute, bass clarinet...
This whole thing can get quite confusing...
In the ukulele world, soprano, “concert” and tenor uke have identical range (although baritone ukulele tunes lower).
Bottom line, for me, is that as long as the person speaking and the person being spoken to both understand and neither is offended then it’s fine.
Now, as this is my first post here, and I’ve spent the weekend dealing with a 2-month old and a sick 4-year old (see screen name) please don’t all take me to task for any of this.
Perhaps Jeff Berlin could provide a more academic response
-DBB
Who says it's not a car? Once again, semantics. And once again, don't care what you call it.
If you only use it to take the kid to music practice then how does it differ from any other vehicle, many of which are cars in a more narrow definition of the term. You can call an F-150 a pizza if you wish.
I was simply pointing out that the argument of car vs truck, carries no logical weight in arguing what to call a musical instrument.
Semantics. The electric bass (bass for short) is not equal to the electric guitar (guitar for short). The upright bass (bass for short) is even more different than the acoustic guitar (guitar for short).
Guitar is my "first love", but I strongly believe that "bass" is distinctly separate from "guitar". Different instruments that complement the song - not different sounding instruments that play the same thing.
