standard tuning

[Cz93]

its the same as a guitar (eadg) is it an octave lower tho?

 

[tom once dead]

yes. accept on a 6 string bass you have BEADGC instead of eadgbe (still an octave lower)

 

[Cz93]

ok i knew that i just didnt know if it was in the same octave or not

 

[arstneio]

if it was the same octave, what would be the point to have a bass?...

 

[Stickk]

Unless you have a piccolo bass, which is tuned an octave up, like a guitar (why Stanley Clarke, why [or technically Ron Carter]?).

 

[tpmiller08]

Pretty sure I'm wrong here. But the bass is a transposing instrument. Doesn't that make it two octaves lower?

If the bass was one octave lower, then playing the 2nd octave (12th fret on E string, 7th fret on A string, or 2nd fret on D string) would give you the same octave as the guitar. I'm pretty sure [though I could be wrong] that its still an octave lower at those points.

I believe the C string on a 6 string bass gets into the guitar octave at the E (4th fret) or any of the third octaves past the 12th fret on the A, D, and G string.


-Troy

 

[tom once dead]

The bass is one octave down, 12 fret on e is guitar open e.

 

[tpmiller08]

The bass is one octave down, 12 fret on e is guitar open e.

Then bass isn't a transposing instrument?

 

[portmanteau]

The bass is a transposing instrument, correct, sounding one octave lower than written. The guitar is *also* a transposing instrument, sounding one octave lower than written.

The bass is tuned an octave lower than the four low strings on a guitar.

 

[tpmiller08]

The bass is a transposing instrument, correct, sounding one octave lower than written. The guitar is *also* a transposing instrument, sounding one octave lower than written.

The bass is tuned an octave lower than the four low strings on a guitar.

Ahhh check! Thanks man. Didnt know guitar was the same kinda dealio