What is overplaying ?

[steveksux]

He is playing with the drums pretty much spot on though, seems pretty tasteful IMO.

On the verses not so bad. He's busy, but matching with the drums. On the chorus the wheels come off. Maybe the drummer is overplaying and he's still locked in, but it sounds like he's trying to play at about 120% of his ability, and the groove evaporates into mostly noise.

Randy

 

[Beginner Bass]

My definition is when a player plays so many notes in the songs that the song loses it's mucicality due to the high quantity of notes being played. This typically results in a busy feel, and often a self-destructiong tempo. This can occur for several reasons. It may be the musician attempting to show off (Dragonforce), it may be he thinks it sounds, or just not listen.

 

[Florox]

I believe a lot of pocket bassists here have taken the liberty to classify anything an old lady can't play as overplaying. To me, overplaying is not about how much you add to the song as long as it doesn't sound out of line. I definetly love to do a lot of fills, yet I know that it is a fill, as in filling some space in the song. Overplaying comes from filling the song too much, much more than it can carry.


I personally think that playing very little is just as bad. It's boring and even more, it doesn't say anything. At least to me.

 

[thehangingmist]

over playing is when you dont leave any room for the singer to sing

 

[MattAT]

It does not have to be fast to be considered 'overplaying.'

 

[AltGrendel]

This:

 

[okcrum]

What you mean by saying it ?

Overplaying is what I am doing if I'm playing the notes in the groove that the listener's ears are supposed to be filling in.

 

[Blunt]

over playing is when you dont leave any room for the singer to sing

I am playing with a jazz band that does mainly vocal tunes from the 20's through to standards of the 40-50's.
I have to adjust my lines. Its been an amazing experience to just keep it simple.

 

[IvanMike]

If you have to ask, you're probably doing it.