Playing behind the bear

[Wandering Bass]

Playing behind the bear is important, but also make sure you know your modes -- Brownian, Blackian, Polarian, Pandian, etc. In my opinion the Sloth Bear is the best bear for metal.





Greatest. Typo. Ever.

 

[Slevage]

Just don't run up a tree. Death sentence

If a bear climbs the tree when it is chasing you---- it's a black bear.
If you run up a tree and the bear knocks the tree down to get you---- it's a brown bear.

 

[Slevage]

Bear in mind that playing the bass is much more difficult than it appears. Some bassists bearly get by, mostly because they are trying to get a growly tone instead of a warm furry sound.

 

[4dog]

Funky situation by the commodores put me on the path to playing behind the beat...and i dont like playing any other way now...it just feeeeeels right to me.

 

[Nev375]

+1

Your comment if very revenant to the conversation.

Revenant...

If you've seen that one, you've seen a maul.

 

[Relsom]

Umm ... You think it might be too late to go back and change the title of this thread?

Ohhh- no..I made it this far. I want my damn bear......dammit.

 

[Forrest Thump]

Just "lube" your fingers up with honey and you'll be guaranteed to be behind the bear beat .

 

[SubNoizeRat3691]

This is the best typo I've seen on here. Good work Mr. L

 

[Ekulati]

Listen to Nina Simone "My baby just cares for me" about 50 times in a row. And don't only listen to bass players. Listen to singers who do it too. Sinatra being perhaps the undisputed master. Then you'll be on the right track.

 

[two fingers]

Is two not enough? Cuz I was looking for a place to post a pic of my ham sandwich. And I don't Facebook. So this seems like as good uh place as any.

There seems to be two conversations going on...

That's pretty much the norm around here. You get used to it after awhile...

 

[pbass74]

If you play behind the bear, be careful where you step.

 

[kesslari]

A bear, no matter how hard he tries, plays tuba without exercise.

 

[Forrest Thump]

You people are ice cold

 

[interp]

Oh? Please elaborate

Dragging is gradually slowing down the tempo relative to the other players, e.g. you start a tune at 100 BPM and end it at 90 BPM.
Playing behind the beat is playing at a steady tempo while playing very slightly behind the beat center, where you start and end the tune (or passage) at the same tempo.

 

[interp]

Listen to Nina Simone "My baby just cares for me" about 50 times in a row. And don't only listen to bass players. Listen to singers who do it too. Sinatra being perhaps the undisputed master. Then you'll be on the right track.

LOVE that song! And it's a great example of playing behind the beat.

 

[bass12]

Playing behind the bear is important, but also make sure you know your modes -- Brownian, Blackian, Polarian, Pandian, etc.

Don't forget about Ursa major and Ursa minor...

 

[AztecViking]

If your goal is truly to want to learn to groove just listen to loads of classic Motown, Soul and Funk. Don't worry about where the beat is being emphasized. Just turn off the lights, open your ears and feel it. And once you've internalized it by ear then jam along yourself. Here's a bunch of classic James Brown to get you going. Don't over think it!!!!!! Groove is a "feel" thing and completely NOT an intellectual/mental thing.

 

[Carl Hillman]

Revenant...

If you've seen that one, you've seen a maul.

I'm afraid our bad puns have bruined this thread.

 

[stringthrough]

In Russia bear play behind you.

 

[reddesert]

This book, "The Bear Comes Home," seems relevant: https://www.amazon.com/Bear-Comes-Home-Novel/dp/039331863X


"As Rafi Zabor's [This invalid link has been removed] novel opens, the Bear shuffles and jigs with a chain through his nose, rolling in the gutter, letting his partner wrestle him to the ground for the crowd's enjoyment. But as soon becomes clear, this is no ordinary dancing bear. "I mean, dance is all right, even street dance. It's the poetry of the body, flesh aspiring to grace or inviting the spirit in to visit," he muses, but before all else, the Bear's heart belongs to jazz. This is, in fact, one alto-sax-playing, Shakespeare-allusion-dropping, mystically inclined Bear, and he's finally fed up with passing the hat. One night he sneaks out to a jazz club and joins a jam session. On the strength of the next day's write-up in the Village Voice, the Bear begins to play around town and hobnob with some of jazz's real-life greats. A live album, a police raid, a jailbreak, a cross-country tour, and no small amount of fame later, Bear finds himself in love with a human woman--and staring down the greatest improbability of all."