defining styles in a few words

[lojo]

The reggae thing has come up in the battle of theory vs Groove saga, can you define styles relating to bass in a few words

FUNK either you play a note or you don't (read that in a book)

Reggae, Im sure I read at the top of a sheet of music once, "lazy feel"


So, how about, Jazz, Rock etc..

[lowdown]

Disco - melodic with a regular bass beat... Wiki i think.

Or was once written at the top of a Bass part i had on a strick tempo dance competion...
[b]Foxtrot tempo, muted, played with pick ala 'Bert Kaempfert style'... [/b]
By the time i had read all that lot the tune had ended..




Garry

Edited November 10, 2010 by lowdown

[icastle]

[quote name='lojo' post='1018910' date='Nov 10 2010, 03:53 PM']The reggae thing has come up in the battle of theory vs Groove saga, can you define styles relating to bass in a few words

FUNK either you play a note or you don't (read that in a book)

Reggae, Im sure I read at the top of a sheet of music once, "lazy feel"


So, how about, Jazz, Rock etc..[/quote]

Before anyone takes offence, at least three of these apply to me

[b]Acapella[/b] - the inability to play a musical instrument.
[b]Classical[/b] - Safe music as the well armed band often outnumbers their unarmed audience.
[b]Country & Western[/b] - an excuse to sing songs about a mans love for his horse with no danger of arrest.
[b]Drum N Bass[/b] - the inability to find a guitarist.
[b]Easy Listening[/b] - specifically designed to cause no change in heart rate, often used in funeral services to combat the possibility of customers changing their minds.
[b]Folk[/b] - a retrospective musical feast often involving ferrets, fairies and oddly shaped root vegetables.
[b]Funk[/b] - the crossover point between using a bass guitar as a musical instrument and something used to fire arrows.
[b]Jazz[/b] - as long as the first note and the last note match the tune vaguely then it'll do.
[b]Pop[/b] - Visual viagra for early teens. Dance routines usually more intricately rehearsed than the music.
[b]Reggae[/b] - Environmentally friendly as it requires only one string.
[b]Rock[/b] - the ability to play extended solo pieces at 1000dB with a rolled up sock as a genital enhancement.
[b]Roots[/b] - Quorn based. Usually involves instruments with names containing (a) no vowels or {b} all vowels. Does not usually include fox hunting.

[size=1]Note: Please do not be offended if I have not picked on you, its nothing personal and I'm bound to catch you at some point in the future... [/size]

Edited November 13, 2010 by icastle

[Chris2112]

Punk: sloppy feel, awful playing and awful tone.

Latin Jazz: fast swinging feel around the angular piano lines