tnb Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phil Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Originally posted by Sweet Willie: What songs/pieces/compositions/tunes/etc. that utilize the lowest notes of the low B string do you think just wouldn't sound as good or sound "right" if you were to play them an octave higher?Definetly some heavy metal and Rock Songs that are played in "Dropped D". If you play the 2nd string D, it won't give it the same feel. Also in some ballad type rock songs, the low B string notes give a nice prescence if played in the right spots. http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/blue.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/black.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/fuscia.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/grey.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/orange.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/purple.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/red.JPGhttp://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/dots/yellow.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebrownbass Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Virtually any Baroque composition in an orchestra in the key of D, A or G uses a low D. I invariably use scortadura tuning to get those notes. Interestingly enough, I don't do it for Handel's Messiah. Barber's Adagio for Strings...the melodic bass line goes down to Db, and it's absolutely essential. I tune my URB to a C so I can vibrato that note. On electric, I sometimes need the b string (and I don't have it on my main ax) for profundity. However, I can make any line I ever use work up one octave. "Let's raise the level of this conversation" -- Jeremy Cohen, in the Picasso Thread. Still spendin' that political capital far faster than I can earn it...stretched way out on a limb here and looking for a better interest rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Originally posted by bassaddik: man! is it just me, or is that tab stuff just too weird to make out?? seriously people, if you got the brains to figure out tab, PLEAS learn notation! I know Jeremey and Bumpcity put up tab for the sake of being able to use text.. and that does "look" line what i used to play for Larks... sorry for the outburst... http://www.briantimpe.com/images/LDL/larks.jpg There. Happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 http://members.aol.com/jeremyzone1/music.jpg Happy, everyone? Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassaddik Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 yous guys are badasses!!! Praise ye the LORD. ....praise him with stringed instruments and organs... Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. excerpt from- Psalm 150 visit me at: www.adriangarcia.net for His glory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 Originally posted by bassaddik: yous guys are badasses!!! No argument from me! Thanks, fellahs, I can sleep peacefully again now that my fears that you'd been converted to tab have been put to rest. OK, any more "must play note lower than E" tunes to suggest? 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...
tnb Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 I just left Bumpcity's thread about his new gig. There are some great synth bass parts that work beautifully on 5 string. 2 must knows are "Flashlight" and pianist George Duke's "Reach For It" including the bass (or bass synth - no sure) solo. Also mandatory would be "Funkin' for Jamaica" by Tom Brown. Where is Mecca J? He knows all of this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I seem to recall some Twisted Sister requiring all four strings to be tuned flat. I don't think I could be coaxed to tune down half a note, let alone a full one. Close on my house tomorrow, this time next week there will be a 5 string in my immediate future! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Youth of the Nation - POD - 5 string warwick detuned a full step There is no way that song would have the same sonic undertones if the bass was not so low. Everthing from the overly sythed guitar to the tom based beat to the low, rumbling bass works together to mesh in a sort of deep sonic mixture, making the song sound completely origional and unique. - of course that goes for all POD songs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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