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05-12-2004, 08:33 AM
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pleez help!
i am having a hard time coming up with a really amazing bass solo... if anyone knows any really good bass solo tricks i could use i would really appreciate it
thanks!
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05-13-2004, 08:23 AM
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My bassist is a pretty phenomenal player, and if I asked him, I can guarantee you he's say "look at some Primus bass riffs" I'd have to agree with that. Also, Victor Wooten...Umm, lemme see, you can use slap techniques...umm, when I play bass, I usually use tapping...A cool one is to tap up the scale with a drone note every other note. So you'll go up like this:
E|--5--t7--p5--t8--p5--t10--p5--t12vvvvvv--
Like that...uhh...that one's in Am...On the low E string... and then just repeat it. That kind of thing...You could also use a walking bass, but that's mainly for blues.
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05-14-2004, 06:17 AM
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Learn how to slap, and if not, play way up high on a fretless. That usually impresses people, especially in combo with a volume pedal. If not, play exactly what you'd play on guitar. It is another guitar afterall. If not, use a pick and hammerout the notes as fast as possible. Doesn't matter which. lol.
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05-14-2004, 12:45 PM
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1. Use alot of arpeggios. Although bass can't play chords, when you play chords broken it sounds really good on bass. SO skip through some arp patterns.
2. Use pedal tones. Hit an open A while playing some crazy licks on the G string.
3. Use larger interval skips in runs. Unlike guitar where you can just run up and down scale steps, the bass is prone to more skips in 6th's and octaves. So use 'em.
4. Most important is bass is a rhythmic instrument so the more you vary the rhythm the better the solo will sound for bass. Add rests, and off beat pops.
Those are my tips for a bass solo opposed to a guitar solo. Everything else that has to do with guitar soloing will fit bass. Ex. like tapping, sweeps.
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05-14-2004, 01:55 PM
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A bass can play Chords...Les Claypool does bass chords all the time.
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05-14-2004, 09:47 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Jolly McJollyson
A bass can play Chords...Les Claypool does bass chords all the time.
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I sooo knew you wouldn't be able to resist piping up!!
 
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05-14-2004, 11:19 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by iamthe_eggman
I sooo knew you wouldn't be able to resist piping up!!
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What? All that happened was I noticed his mistake! Ah? GET IT? (and I can make smileys too.)  |
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