Cyril Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Hey! Anyone play electric bass around here that can actually read music (not tabs) and can play some classical etudes? I enjoy playing things by Bach, like the left hand on some of his "Well-Tempered Clavier" things. :D It's loads of fun to do this, and I think that people who play electric bass should learn some classical etudes, or at least some classical-like etudes. Like back when there was a "Bass Guitar" magazine I used to learn the things that Tommy Shannon gave which were model classical etudes. So am I the only one? Oh yeah... string bass guys are invited too, but you have your own thread. I'm talking about the guys who don't play or choose not to play string bass. :D Also, tell us all your favorite genre to play! Quote
Will Kirk Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 So am I the only one? Oh yeah... string bass guys are invited too, but you have your own thread. I'm talking about the guys who don't play or choose not to play string bass. :D String bass? :huh: Do you mean upright? As far as playing etudes on bass, one of the first full things I learned on electric bass was Bach's Chromatic Fantasy arranged by Pastorius, I guess you could count that as an excersise And I do read music quite proficiently Quote
Cyril Posted January 25, 2008 Author Posted January 25, 2008 Upright, string bass... beh, I've heard both. Cool :D I was afraid I was the only one, I forgot to mention (and I will edit my first post) that any electric bass players should also tell their favorite style to play! I play rock and metal, but since I always wrote out my parts on MIDI first I had to be able to read. Quote
Young Prodigy Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 I can read music, however I mostly do jazz and not classical stuff. Quote
Will Kirk Posted January 26, 2008 Posted January 26, 2008 Jazz mostly and my own fusion thingy is my main style I also dabble quite a bit in Progressive rock, which actually is pretty easy to me, it might just be my forte' :P Quote
P.J. Meiser Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 I play a little bit of bass, but I'm barely good enough to get by in our second jazz band :P. Quote
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