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The opening note is not the key of the song....
TimR replied to stingrayPete1977's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1413623971' post='2580212'] That's the sort of thing I'm on about, saying it's in C would have been better! [/quote] You still have to be careful Cmajor is not Aminor. There are very subtle differences. -
I agree. But isn't someone leading that change of tempo? I have been in situations where I've tried to play ahead of the beat and the drummer has just tried to keep 'in time' with me and the whole piece has just got faster and faster. It's certainly complicated. When are you playing ahead, when are you rushing and when are you trying to push the tempo?
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That's quite an interesting video from John Paul Jones. The beat can be 'implied' with no actual musician actually playing on the beat but all understanding exactly where it is. Describes Led Zepplin and The Who perfectly.
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[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1411999301' post='2564690'] A nice illustration; I'm not sure I'd totally agree with your concluding line, however. It's not the whole rhythm ahead or behind, it's the accents and syncopation that 'push' or 'pull'. If the whole lot is early or late, it's simply out of time, that's all, but if (as in the ride rhythm in the video...) there is a slight holding-back or anticipation of the 'middle' stroke, that's enough to 'pull' or 'push'. Applied to the bass, it would be the 'grace' notes that give this effect, not the principle root/5th fundamental notes. Just my tuppence-worth. [/quote] I think someone summed it up well upthread. One member of the band is tasked with keeping time. Usually the drummer thinks it's him, often it's the bass player. In reality there's lots of interplay thy happens. Somewere within the bar, there has to be a beat. Could be the hihat, bass drum, ride or maybe the bass player whacking out 8ths. So long as the song doesn't unintentionally speed up or slow down then it remains in time.
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[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1411982297' post='2564449'] I would love to see that video mate. [/quote] I have a YouTube link that I saved in 2008 which seems to be broken. I think it was Dave Weckl - "Developing your feel" "Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI4QZr8q1IE"
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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1411900687' post='2563614'] i never noticed that "scrappy" aspect but yes they were all over the place in a way with the drumming and the bass playing. adds a definite edge to the music. scrappy in a great package. [/quote] It was more that the roles of the instruments were not as you would expect. Bass - melody and counter melody. Dums - solid but lots of fills where you wouldn't expect them but not trampling over the vocals as would normally happen. Almost melodic in places. Guitar - rhythm. A very interesting band to study.
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I'll find a video in a minute that explains it really well. Often the hi hat will mark the beat but the bass drum can play before or after and you get the feel of the song being pushed along or held back while the actual tempo doesn't change at all. If you play with a drummer who plays everything bang on the beat it will sound like a drum machine. No drummer actually plays like this, apart from a few drummers I know who trained in marching bands. The bass can also push or pull the song as long as the drummer is solid. Listen to Crazy Little Thing Called Love. It's a swing BUT John pushes ahead all the way through where in a usual swing the bass would lag behind the beat. Compare this with the Robbie Williams version which feels lazy.
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He was originally a French horn player. That's reputedly the hardest brass instrument. He probably thought a lot differently to most bass players. I play tuba. That's hard enough!
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Don't ask me to play it now, that's was in 1987!
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[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1411830408' post='2563142'] Yes a great song. WASPs cover version isn't bad too [/quote] It's quite funny that I'd seen Qadrophenia several times before I bought Headless Children and that track stood out to me. Well before the days of the internet and TAB. I learned it and I only realised it was a who song a lot later.
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Simply the best Who song. It was released in the states as a single but not the UK so doesn't appear on the Greatest Hits album. It should though.
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I've got a 1985 Sidewinder. It was £120 in 1985. Absolutely impossible to play, the neck needs adjusting if you put it down and pick it up. A good tone can be had if the moon is in alignment with Jupiter and there are no taxi cabs within 150mile radius.
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Sounds like Pete doesn't want the old bass back. http://thewho.com/blog/2012/06/22/john-entwistle/
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Zak is almost there but I think neither he nor Pino are wild enough, just a little bit too precise and a little bit too cautious with their playing. There are plenty of places where the OX would have been throwing in tasteful and tuneful licks that just sound empty to me. The interplay is missing. However it's a catchy little pop tune.
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Ha. The wrong drummer can kill the gig. I lasted over ten years with one believing it was my playing that was poor. Then I depped with four bands and realised what the real problem was. Time to leave the band...
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Although according to Wikipedia Keith was his Godfather and only gave him his first drum kit and they never actually sat at a kit together. There you go.
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Ta Da! Roger was interviewed on Radio 2 a few years ago. Apparently Zak spent time with Keith learning drums when he was very small. They've tried other drummers but all tended to be "four to the floor merchants", "Zak is perfect for the band".
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New song from "The Who". http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29374342 Could be interesting.
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That should be entertaining advert. Wanted - Bass Player: must be willing to travel and have own 5 seater mini van.
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Some people just don't have any empathy. I went through a similar thing when my mum was terminally ill and ultimately died. One of the guys in the band just had no idea and kept having a go at my 'attitude'. I wasn't really focused on the band for some strange reason. I would chill for a bit and wait now that things have calmed down. Air your concerns about the travelling and work out whether the rest of the band really want to make it big or they're just going with the (hopelessly misguided) singer. Then go on without him. Anyway, good luck this afternoon.
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That's because even at a pro level musicians are in it for the music first and money second but it's such a fine line that the money has to be enough. No one wants to pay to play. We do two sets of an hour. Then we have an hour set up and and hour breakdown. I played on Sunday afternoon for £30. Works out £6ph including my travelling. However, I usually spend a good portion of my Sunday afternoon doing the weekly shop and scratting around for something to do. The £30 is usually more but we had some band operational costs (website etc) to pay this month. I'm not keen on less than £80 for a Saturday night.
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[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1411502521' post='2560221'] ... Perhaps I should have taken up violin so that I could blame my performances on the fact that I can't afford a Stradivarius [/quote] As you've mentioned Stradivarius twice now... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163896-violinists-cant-tell-the-difference-between-stradivarius-violins-and-new-ones
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[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1411483271' post='2559921'] that would make bobby vega's J worth about 3p per gig [/quote] That's really my point. The bass is a tool. It wears, you replace parts (pots, strings, nuts, machine heads, frets). Will a cheap bass last 10 years? Is it a cheap bass if it lasts 10years? I think it's about return on what you paid for the bass rather than absolute value.
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This is a fantastic thread that goes someway to answer your question (or not): http://basschat.co.uk/topic/231907-what-does-it-mean-to-outgrow-cheap-but-good-for-the-price-basses Cheap is a difficult quality/quantity to define. I've gigged a £400 bass for ten years. Is £400 cheap? £40 a year, maybe £2-£3 a gig? Don't know.
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[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1411315282' post='2558348'] ... Good point. Actually All of our tracks are either a w@nkfest for the guitarist or the keys-man. Right now all the good bass lines are already being done on the keys. I recon this is due to them not having a bass-man for a while. I've started working on the solos and bass-lines, so I can justify winning them back to the bass. If I don't then I'll be stuck on I, 3, 5, 3 (e.g.) forever. ... [/quote] Lesson #457: This is the common MO of all keyboard players. You may have some work to do to "re-educate" him on Left hand technique. Good luck, this may well be why their old bass player died.