PaulC57

When you work with different singers who do standards they often are a tone or semitone different because that key suits their voice and also there are male songs done by females and vica versa. We as accompanying musicians need to go with that and also it keeps us on our toes. Some songs I agree have instrumental idiosynchrasis because of the way the composer wrote it with open strings or chord shapes but there's nothing like the dreaded moment you know that is coming when vox is going to strain and struggle and you end up looking at the floor or your fingers!!!!!!!!! Not sure if I have answered the question or just agreed with nearly everyone!!!!!!

If playing mainly root notes sounds good stick with it. Try to add inversions -if you have several bars of C for example play E as you progress to the next chord to give the line a sense of direction. Also try playing C on the D string for a section and then moving down to C on the A string - this will help to contour the texture of the song. What you play can also influence the other band members! You will know when it feels right I'm sure.

Used them for a few years but experienced problems lately so would not buy them again.

Hey Just joined up - site makes interesting reading and good to join in with the bass community. Use Yamaha TRB 5, Yamaha Fretless 4 and Dan Armstrong 4 with sliding pick up! Gear - Eden CXC 10 combo for small gigs, add Eden 12 for functions! For quiet gigs use GK MB 200 with the Eden 12. Enjoy doing almost any type of gig just like most bass players.