danonearth

So, does anyone else have dyslexia? I do with reading and writing letters/words, but am starting to wonder if it also applies to notes on the fretboard? It would be a great excuse as to why I can’t keep track of or remember the names of notes! Lol 🤪🙃🤣

Strange question… I am wondering if this is a ‘wolf’ tone issue or simply technique? If I play a C on the A-string by ‘pulling’ it away from the neck (‘free’ stroke style), I get a ‘dead’ tone, If I play that same C note by ‘plucking’ it sideways across the neck (‘rest’ stroke style), it sounds great! I know of course, I can just play it using the rest stroke, (but I also like to play Rockabilly, so am just curious how to fix it but why would this happen for just this one note? Any other note that I play ‘free’ stroke style sounds great - it is just that one note that sounds dead, so I was wondering is it some kind of strange ‘wolf’ tone caused by just that one note on that string vibrating 90-degrees away from the neck (instead of across the neck) that can somehow cause a ‘dead’ tone. Thanks!

Hey all, I'm looking for a good portable recorder that can handle bass! I just want it to 'take notes' of bass lines I'm working on, etc. and do a quick recording and listen back to later (...to be able to remember it Thanks!

Hi all, I am replacing a piezo pick-up on an EUB (I know… Sorry! but I want to buy a good pre-amp first to test several different options. I also play guitar, and most my guitar pickups are Fishmans, so I am looking at getting an “Fishman Platinum Pro EQ/DI Analog Preamp” and was just wondering if anyone has ever used one on an upright with a piezo pickup? Thanks!

I've often thought this version of "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell (used in the film 'Love Actually") could literally have worked great with just her and the bass - does anyone know of any other examples of truly understated (or under-played, but perfect for the song) performances like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coNo-CrAb4g

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1496407277' post='3311169'] It sounds like a case of tendonitis waiting to happen. If you're feeling pain in your hand playing in a standard one fret per finger way, then you're doing it wrong. Your way may seem easier for the moment but it will probably hold you back. Are you playing with your bass neck angled upwards? The headstock should ideally be somewhere around shoulder height... body around about where it would sit on your lap. Your hand should be making a C shape with the thumb at the back of the neck around about parallel with the second finger. You should not be exerting any pressure with the thumb. [/quote] All of those things are correct... I play classical guitar the same way - it's just that my pinky cannot sustain the repeated use as much as my larger, stronger fingers on the bass (fretted bass, this is - my fretless is fine...

[quote name='TKenrick' timestamp='1496403156' post='3311094']This makes my hand hurt just thinking about trying it. Biomechanically speaking, your hand isn't really designed to stretch too much between the middle and ring fingers. [/quote] Lol! I agree I don't stretch them completely out... I do 'slide' up a bit, but it is still easier for me than using my pinky all the time

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1496395805' post='3311020'] All the time. I don't understand your diagrams but I use 1, 2, 4 and 3 the least of all. [/quote] Hi Chris, it was just a quick diagram of two different ways of playing a major scale across 3 strings... I am tending towards the second one, as it seems to be easier on my pinky

Thanks, Beer... I think that's what I need to do more of - never have any pain or problems on my upright, just on my elec - must need to transfer more of the 'proper' technique over

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] Good day all, I am wondering how often people use the pinky finger (on the fret hand)? I am experimenting with different scale patterns and it is starting to hurt using the traditional 'box' scale position... -----------2-4-5- -----2-3-5------- -3-5------------- ...so I am favouring a more spread out position (which doesn't seem to hurt my pinky as much, but I have also even just begun playing it with index-middle-ring fingers and no pinky at all) ---------------4-5- --------3-5-7----- -3-5-7------------ Just wondering how much I should be relying on the pinky for fretting on the bass? I use it extensively on a guitar, but on bass it tends to get a bit sore, as I think I might be over-using it a bit? Note: I have been playing for a while, so it is not a 'beginner's muscle development issue... Thanks![/size][/font][/color]

Ah, ok... I normally just fiddle with the bridge to adjust string height - will have to tackle the neck relief now! Thanks, Walbassist

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] Hi all,[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] I am relatively new to fretless elec bass (I played upright for a while) and now that I have a couple (actually 3 of them I am noticing a kind of 'meow' sound sometimes... I think it is mostly in the mid-upper register (just below the octave) on the D and G strings[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] I am assuming it is my technique (or lack there-of) and was just wondering what causes this 'unique' sound to the fretless? I have never heard it on a fretted bass[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] Thanks![/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='five-string.co.uk' timestamp='1495050022' post='3300919'] You may find this interesting [url="http://www.patriciajulien.com/non-functional-harmony-patricia-julien.pdf"]http://www.patriciaj...icia-julien.pdf[/url] [/quote] Thanks, five-strings... I also found a simpler one for me to understand... http://www.riddleworks.com/modalharm3.html ...and your own PDF's are great too! Thanks again! cheers, Dan

Thanks, Steve I agree about the unmistakable rhythm of Latin music... I'm curious though - do you think that a lot of it uses the Dorian mode (based on the II)? I've just always wondered why it seems that the 'II' is more prevalent in Latin music than in other genres? Thanks! cheers, Dan

[color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] I’ve been experimenting with Oye Como Va (the original Tito Puente version, but the Santana one is fine too…) and I just had a couple questions about the progression and use of the II (second) in Latin music[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] I find it sounds best when I think of the II (so the A, as it is in the key of G) as the ‘tonic’ of sorts (which it seems to be in the song) and solo from there… I guess that would mean I might actually be playing in Dorian mode, so I guess my question could be - is it common to play in Dorian mode in Latin music? Especially since it uses the II (second) so heavily…[/size][/font][/color] [color=#191919][font=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] Thanks![/size][/font][/color]