Ross Brown Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 New Musical Terms: (Please add you own) This one was coined by my lovely wife. Monkey Scratch. Noun. Monkey Scratch is the term for the bass line produced when the bass player is playing and singing a song for the first time. Monkey Scratch is the bass line. The term comes from the fact that the bass line could have been just as easily produced by a monkey scratching the bass with his hands. "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Talent Jockey. Noun. When one member in a band plays so deep in the mix that it is difficult to discern that they have no talent. For example, when there are two guitar players and one of them lays low so as not to stand out. Trouble occurs for Talent Jockeys when one or more members of the band are unable to come to rehearsal and the rest of the band insists on having the rehearsal anyway. The term Talent Jockey is not to be confused with the common I dont know the material because I didnt practice phenomenon. "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lug Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Lugged. Verb To foul up so bad when trying to perform a musical passage as to not only render it unrecognizable, but to actually cause pain and/or grief to the listener. exp. "He lugged that up so bad, half the audience left due to lower bowel instability." You can stop now -jeremyc STOP QUOTING EVERY THING I SAY!!! -Bass_god_offspring lug, you should add that statement to you signature.-Tenstrum I'm not sure any argument can top lug's. - Sweet Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Cornacious, cornaciated; adj.; the public performance of musical passages and/or tunes so hackneyed and/or overused that an entire band is embarrassed and/or humiliated. Ex.; "You just cornaciated the entire band, dude!" or, "What, play THAT cornacious piece of crap?" Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Instrument owner not to be confused with someone who can actually play the thing. How's his playing? He owns a great guitar. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Fretboard Diarrhea (noun) A chronic condition caused by repeated and extensive soloing of a stringed instrument. Commonly effecting guitarists and occasionally bass players. Patients with advance conditions are known to experience strange lapses of time and/or consciousness of the key or chord structure a piece is being played in. Quarantine is the usual treatment although advance cases seem to respond well to a steady regiment of taint smites. Prognoses is usually spotty at best. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Beat Off, adj., describing the musician who lugs a song or musical passage by starting one beat too soon or one beat too late. "Dude, you're a beat off." "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Malone Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I guess I could presume that the result of one who has lugged would be called a lugge. Wally Lugged. Verb To foul up so bad when trying to perform a musical passage as to not only render it unrecognizable, but to actually cause pain and/or grief to the listener. exp. "He lugged that up so bad, half the audience left due to lower bowel instability." I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Paid by the note. Describing someone who plays way too much. "he thinks he's getting paid by the note." Interesting What to say when someone plays an original song that sucks for you and asks you what you think. "Hmmm....that's interesting." Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Mama Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Instrument owner not to be confused with someone who can actually play the thing. How's his playing? He owns a great guitar. Hey! I own a great instrument! Queen of the Quarter Note "Think like a drummer, not like a singer, and play much less." -- Michele C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Interesting What to say when someone plays an original song that sucks for you and asks you what you think. "Hmmm....that's interesting." Have to say I have used that one on several occasions already Hey! I own a great instrument! Please FSM, this is a family-friendly forum so ... Oh wait, I see what you mean now "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Mustang Moment: the point during the last song of the night that you suddenly realise that you've been playing it completely on autopilot while thinking about the load out and what you've got in the fridge at home. Feel the groove internally within your own creativity. - fingertalkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Practice: see cheating Feel the groove internally within your own creativity. - fingertalkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 string Mike Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Retread When a song is played and butchered so bad it gets shelved but someone insists on trying it again and again 3-chord banger the perpetual blues jam, usually in E, A or G, where no one is leading, no one knows where to stop, and the vortex of endless soloing and noodling sucks out all enthusiasm. "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind"- George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Beetlejuice That part in a lame metal guitar solo where the guitarist plays a series of upper-register triplets because they ran out of licks. "Oh, here comes the beetlejuice part." Or, "Oh man, he's beetlejuicing. I guess the solo section is a little too long for him." Blickum The cliche drum fill found in most hard rock song. Usually used in pairs. Boggle The sound created when a talented bassist tries a little too hard to be heard in the mix. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Re: "beat off" - that could easily be misconstrued in these political correct times..... It might inspire someone to start a crusade... or do a TV program with the talking heads tsk, tsking...... Seriously, it can easily happen that you enter a beat early or late, but hopefully you'd notice and not play the rest of the song that way... or else that the singer and/or rest of the band would adapt to YOU! Cornacious? I'm from Iowa, and we are PROUD OF OUR CORN!!! Paid by the note? As a translator, I'm paid by the word, so I certainly understand the concept. If I were paid by the note in a real band, well, there might be a few less rests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCriley Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Instrument owner not to be confused with someone who can actually play the thing. How's his playing? He owns a great guitar. I always play a POS...does that mean I can actually play? Or that my playing isn't any better than the instrument? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 string Mike Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Instrument owner not to be confused with someone who can actually play the thing. How's his playing? He owns a great guitar. I always play a POS...does that mean I can actually play? Or that my playing isn't any better than the instrument? Nah, just that owning an instrument and being able to play it are not mutually inclusive. We've all seen the guitard who can barely play chords, has no sense of rhythm and sorta plays one basic pentatonic pattern and thinks he's Santana's long-lost twin. "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind"- George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Five Beat Fill Noun. Term used to describe a momentary sonic characteristic drummers can employ unknowingly playing an extra long fill. Ie, He had a few Five Beat Fills but overall he played well. Not to be confused with Beat Off, since Five Beat Fills are momentary lapses and a Beat Off can last quite a while. Five Beat Fills can also happen to guitar players on the turnaround in Mustang Sally (in this situation the drummer and bass player just wait it out). Guitar players can also Beat Off. "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 But do we guitarists beat off in five, like "Take Five"? I guess if we're playing that song, or a handful of others. Or if you're playing fusion, and it's a badge of honor and/or rite of passage to do fast, tricky unison passages in 13/8, regardless of whether the melody or harmony is any good. But at least it's PROGRESSIVE... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 dream theatrical: Having limited or niche appeal. Yeah, I went there. :-} carriered: Stumped by gear purchase indecision, manifested by confiding in peer musicians and participation in the ongoing purchase-sale dialectic. rizzoticism: Participation in the ongoing gear purchase-gear sale dialectic. overplaying/underplaying: Playing more/less than someone else thinks you should, regardless of whether they're right or wrong or in any position to judge. Often such judgment comes from instrument owners (see above). Peace. --s-uu spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 dream theatrical: Having limited or niche appeal. Yeah, I went there. :-} Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Could you pack a few more innuendoes into your comment? "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCriley Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 You know...I think every one of these terms applies to my playing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 overplaying/underplaying: Playing more/less than someone else thinks you should, regardless of whether they're right or wrong or in any position to judge. Often such judgment comes from instrument owners (see above). Peace. --s-uu That's just cold.... "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 It's all luv, mang. Peace. --Dub $$ spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Baroque - What most bass players are after the rent is payed. Cantata - The inability to ata. Consonance - The letters that aren't vowelce. Diminished Fifth - My dad's bottle of scotch after I found the key to the liquor cabinet. Homophony - A straight guy who pretends to be gay to get a job in the chorus. Klangfarbenmelodie - A tune written by Mr. Klangfarben. Metronome - An urban dwarf. Minstrel - The wrong time of the month to bring home a new bass. Polonaise - A sandwich spread made from chickens. Relative Pitch - The meatball your Uncle serves up to your little sister at the family softball game. Tutti - A prefix. Usually followed by "frutti". Wokka wokka wokka! http://tomcharris.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fozzie.jpg Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Bullsheet Music - Tab. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham56 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Here's some taken from a very old post... 4-stringer A style of bass played by those who accept that they are not good enough to be guitarists 6-stringer A style of bass played by those who cant accept that they are not good enough to be guitarists 5-Stringer A style of bass played by those who are too lazy to move their hand up and down the neck Body What bass players often have too much of Bottom End See Body Middle See Body Pick-up Dont worry about this one, it never happens to bass players Pup Nickname for a younger and better bass player that steals your gig Slap Most effective method of dealing with a youthful guitarist J-Bass The shape of the neck after over-enthusiastic truss-rod adjustment. Load-in Pre-gig intake of food, drugs and/or alcohol Load-out The end result of too much Load-in Root note When all else fails. Minor Second Root note played on a fretless Sixteenth Note The partial note played when your finger slips off the edge of the fretboard Audience A group of people looking at a guitarist or singer. Combo Used to tidy your hairo before going onstage Covers Band A group of three or more musicians who are bored but get paid Originals Band A group of three or more musicians without paying gigs Pushing the boundaries A term used when playing music that nobody else likes Metronome A clicking device which loses or gains time when you play along with it. Diminished Scale Played when a string breaks mid-tune Clipping What you should have done to your fingernails before you went on stage Cheers Graham www.talkingstrawberries.com - for rocking' blues, raw and fresh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Minor Second Root note played on a fretless Cheers Graham "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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