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What if there was no such thing as bass?


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Dude gets off his flight at some African holiday beach resort. He hears drums, lots of drums, pulsing gently in the distance, and he knows he is in Africa.

He gets to his hotel to check in and again, drums, cool bananas. By the pool with a cocktail, you guessed it, drums and more drums. Dinner is accompanied by drums. Back at the bar, no letup.

Come bedtime and our tourist can't get to sleep for the incessant beats from the jungle. He goes down stairs to complain to the concierge and see if they can quit it for the night.

''Sir, drums are good! Very good Sir! When drums stop very bad. Never want drums to stop!"

''Why the heck not, I can't sleep!"

''Sir when drums stop, then we get the bass solo''.

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If there were no bass guitars, there would be another instrument playing bass lines.

As has been said, people might not hear our instrument, but they always know the music isn't sounding good if we drop out.

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7 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Trumpets and Tubas would prevail.

Drum & Tuba, a new (or least different sounding) genre.

Following that thought, would the musical genres that, at least on the face of it, were born out of and thrived because of the electric guitar and bass, still have come to pass? Certainly the size of bands would be different.

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26 minutes ago, Bobthedog said:

This and no bass would mean I would probably take up the sousaphone. Phew!

Foot up on the monitor just doesn’t look the same with enormous brass or woodwind.

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