Open strings....(shalamar content)

[diskwave]

Band leader has just thrown There It Is by Shalamar my way and a lot of fun to play it is too...Beautiful chunky bass line all over open strings...Cant thing of  another tune I play using open strings.

[Dad3353]

2 hours ago, greavesbass said:

... There It Is by Shalamar ...

I expect that your drummer is delighted, too. 

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[Nail Soup]

This doesn't sound much like Shalimar 😉 , but is an interesting (IMO) example of open strings only ........

The Fall - "Who Makes the Nazis" is based around a riff from the 4 open harmonics . The riff was composed by non-musician singer Mark E smith on a toy four string plastic guitar, and bass Player Steve Hanley played it as harmonics. Warning, this song is not particular accessible, even by Fall standards.

 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

This doesn't sound much like Shalimar 😉 , but is an interesting (IMO) example of open strings only ........

The Fall - "Who Makes the Nazis" is based around a riff from the 4 open harmonics . The riff was composed by non-musician singer Mark E smith on a toy four string plastic guitar, and bass Player Steve Hanley played it as harmonics. Warning, this song is not particular accessible, even by Fall standards.

 

Now that Mark E Smith has, for the first time, reminded me of Alan Partridge, will he do so every time I listen to him? I hope not, I've been intending have a good thorough Fall phase for ages