What, in your opinion, is the minimum 'gold standard' BPM a bassist needs to sustain in order to be acceptable/respectable?

[thodrik]

19 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

New Romantic!

What if a person is into Disco?

The 'gold medal' disco tune is Dancing Queen. Which was influenced by Jive Talkin'.

So you're looking at 100-104 BPM.

Well if you are fan of movie soundtracks and don't play with a pick, then to be a respected professional you will need a Goldfinger capable of playing to 104 BPM...

https://songbpm.com/@shirley-bassey/goldfinger

[Ricky 4000]

4 minutes ago, thodrik said:

Well if you are fan of movie soundtracks and don't play with a pick, then to be a respected professional you will need a Goldfinger capable of playing to 104 BPM...

https://songbpm.com/@shirley-bassey/goldfinger

Oooo, I love a bit of Bond. 👍

I'd work up to that 104 BPM Bond sound by perfecting Sour Times @ 94 BPM...

https://getsongbpm.com/song/sour-times/73KrB

[Bleat]

How about we adjust the question slightly.

"What!!!? In YOUR opinion"!! ! Is the minimum BPM "gold standard"? A bassist needs to sustain in order to be acceptable/respectable!  

 

.....Discuss

[mikel]

On 08/03/2021 at 09:18, TJ1 said:

This is true, but I believe the ability to be competently busy, to a realistic standard, is key to all round versatility

Never been asked how fast I can play during any audition.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

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[JeezyMcNuggles]

On 08/03/2021 at 00:47, TJ1 said:

I've got my own ideas on this but it would be interesting to see other people's opinions on this momentous,foundation subject.

That is the minimum finger/plectrum string strikes per minute across all/any notes on the fretboard.

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That is insanely hard to do.

[MacDaddy]

To give the OP a serious reply:

I still love me a bit of shred. I can't play as fast as I used to be able to, although if I practised nothing but shred for 2 hours a day for the next 3 months I would probably get up to speed (see what I did there  ) but at my time of life I'm not prepared to do that.

The point is, I could shred faster than than the tempo of 'Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick', yet I found HMWYRS far more challenging to learn. So IMO it's not about the bpm's it's what you can do with them.