Subj : Re: bass
To   : Jim Haight
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Tue May 04 2021 10:08:00

-=> Jim Haight wrote to Kevin Nunn <=-

 JH> I can say I am a beginner even though I have been playing guitar for
 JH> more than 60  years. The first epiphany I had was that the approach is
 JH> NOT the same but, I thought it would be a great tangent during the
 JH> pandemic. In as much as you are focusing on rhythm and harmony, what an
 JH> excellent approach to theory! I have to focus on the beat and stay away
 JH> from melody. Technique is not the same if you stay away from using a
 JH> pick. I could say that guitar is more like singing and bass is more
 JH> like dancing! So far I am humbled by how much noise I make from the
 JH> strings I do not intend to hear because I am not damping them properly.
 
I refused to ever play bass with a pick, so I didn't have to 'unlearn'
anything. :-) 

I play bass like I play 'rythem guitar' - that is, with runs and such
(big bluegrass background). I CAN keep a straight beat, and if the song
calls for it, sure, but I like to 'walk' a two step or western swing.
:-)   Fun stuff!



.... I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure...
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