fleabag Posted June 24, 2018 Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) I was wondering about part of the bass line for Steely Dan's track Peg, and specificully the intro, ( i can already play the bass line ) Its like a chord but only 2 notes. Just wondering if there's a techincal name for it Edited June 24, 2018 by fleabag Quote
Sibob Posted June 24, 2018 Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) It’s typically called a double-stop That said.....there’s potentially more to it than that : https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/318155-how-many-notes-does-it-take-to-make-a-chord/ Si Edited June 24, 2018 by Sibob Quote
fleabag Posted June 24, 2018 Author Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) Skidder , thanks mate but it doesnt tell me the technical name for it. Like guitarists get weird chords - demolished flat 13th sus etc etc Edited June 24, 2018 by fleabag Quote
fleabag Posted June 24, 2018 Author Posted June 24, 2018 52 minutes ago, Sibob said: It’s typically called a double-stop That said.....there’s potentially more to it than that : https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/318155-how-many-notes-does-it-take-to-make-a-chord/ Si Without trawling 6 pages Si, i'll take a guess and say it doesn't have a name other than ' double stop. Shame Quote
Sibob Posted June 24, 2018 Posted June 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, fleabag said: Without trawling 6 pages Si, i'll take a guess and say it doesn't have a name other than ' double stop. Shame Well if you’re desperate for something, you can start with ‘Dyad’: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyad_(music) Si Quote
fleabag Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 Cheers pal Dyad and double stop appear to be the same, but it's quenched my need to know Quote
SpondonBassed Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 (edited) I'm glad you cleared that up. You've arrived at the same conclusion that I did. When I asked a similar question here a while back, there was a strong suggestion that you could legitimately call two notes played together a chord. I was not alone in thinking that double stop was a more appropriate term. There were convincing arguments for both terms. The song was Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now. The middle eight in my copy of the tab (with score) was annotated with the word "overdub" where there were two notes played together throughout the section but I found it easy to play in one pass. I don't believe it was recorded with a single note line and an overdub to put the other notes in on top despite the book's assertion. I decided to go with double stop. I'd get a big head if folk managed to convince me that I was actually playing chords then I might be tempted to become a guitarist. (NOOOOOOOOOOOO!) Edited June 25, 2018 by SpondonBassed Quote
mikel Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 8 hours ago, Sibob said: Well if you’re desperate for something, you can start with ‘Dyad’: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyad_(music) Si Yep, Dyad. You should have asked the guitarist in the band. Three notes Triad. (Spelling) Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 Shouldn't this thread be called 'Bi Curious Note' then? 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 2 hours ago, mikel said: Yep, Dyad. You should have asked the guitarist in the band. Three notes Triad. (Spelling) I haven't got a band, I don't know any guitarists and I'm not Welsh. Call me by my given name please. Quote
neilp Posted June 25, 2018 Posted June 25, 2018 If you need to name it, call it what ever interval it covers, for example a double stopped minor third Quote
fleabag Posted June 25, 2018 Author Posted June 25, 2018 4 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said: Shouldn't this thread be called 'Bi Curious Note' then? How very dare you Quote
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