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Rock N Roll that requires a 5 string.
- Thread starter Clark W
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Between The Buried & Me - Dan uses a 5 string. Not exactly simple songs.
LIST:
[Songs that aren't rock'n'roll]
and/or
[songs that don't "require" a 5-string]
if MIRACLE
[songs that are rock'n'roll and do actually "require" a 5-string]
END
[Songs that aren't rock'n'roll]
and/or
[songs that don't "require" a 5-string]
if MIRACLE
[songs that are rock'n'roll and do actually "require" a 5-string]
END
All of them? The way I play them, the B string is usually being used.
Required? None
There's always a way around anything.
Required? None
There's always a way around anything.
Rock and roll... rock 'n' roll ... Rock N Roll...
I think of "rock and roll" as from before, say, 1965, when "rock music" started to become a thing. So the answer according to that criterion would be "none."
Basses with a low B string didn't really become popular until what, late 1980s? If you want to sound just like the record, I'm sure there are countless examples. If you don't mind doing without the 5 lowest notes, you don't need five strings.
No music requires a five string. If your bass will play all eight notes of the octave, and it's related # & b's you've got all you need.
Straight up rock and roll? Probably not much. Modern country demands it. Fusion, prog rock, metal. Rock and roll not so much.
Oh good. Another condescending post from someone not contributing to the thread.
It's not about needing a fiver, it's about listing some music that is done a on five string. Since I just got a fiver over the weekend I would like some music to to use it to work on.
Thanks for all your help. Next time go play somewhere else.
Funny about country music. Guess I might be learning some.
I'm looking for music, preferably rock, that the original recording the bassist used a fiver on. I picked up a fiver over the weekend and used it on some recording stuff I had been working where I was using a 4 string with the E string tuned down to D. Just looking for more stuff to put the bass through it's paces with.
I was looking for music, mainly rock, that the original bassist used a five string on. Picked one up this past weekend and wanting to find stuff to play on it that I can use the lower register of the B string on. I can use it all the time cause most of the stuff I do is half a step down. But I can do that with any of my 4s.
I will definitely have to work on that one since I get to play it regularly half a step down anyway.
Band I was in years ago had maybe 8-10 songs we did a half step down. Bought a cheap (NYPro) fiver to tune down. That way I only had to do a quick bass swap for those songs. Kept them all in one place in the set too.
I stay involved in two different projects all the time and it never fails, one stays in standard all the time. The other half a step down all the time.
This past weekend I went out to buy some XLR cables and came home with a Peavey Millennium BXP 5. Still trying to figure that one out. I knew was in trouble the minute the neck was in my hand before I even made a sound with it. All around its a pretty solid bass. A lot easier to play than what I thought a fiver would be. I played it all weekend.
This past weekend I went out to buy some XLR cables and came home with a Peavey Millennium BXP 5. Still trying to figure that one out. I knew was in trouble the minute the neck was in my hand before I even made a sound with it. All around its a pretty solid bass. A lot easier to play than what I thought a fiver would be. I played it all weekend.
When I got my first fiver, I went total immersion. Locked up the four and MADE myself learn that five. Now I use both.
After playing it this weekend I dont even care about picking up one of my 4s. I have six of 'em. The neck on the five is just so "right" for my hand for whatever reason that it makes playing easier even if I'm not using the B string on a song.
