Back to theory
3 posters
Page 1 of 1
Back to theory
I used to be able to read sheet music when I played piano, but that was several years ago now and I have forgotten it all
At the moment i feel that im not progressing very well and that I should brush up on things like scales and theory so that I may find the muscial world a little less daunting. So anyways I was on Playbassnow.com and I was looking at the following stuff
http://playbassnow.com/wp-content/uploads/podcast/bass_reading.pdf
It tells you to play the notes from E to A, and I was just wondering, why dont you do this up one string instead of moving across every string? Is it a scale?
Cheers in advance
At the moment i feel that im not progressing very well and that I should brush up on things like scales and theory so that I may find the muscial world a little less daunting. So anyways I was on Playbassnow.com and I was looking at the following stuff
http://playbassnow.com/wp-content/uploads/podcast/bass_reading.pdf
It tells you to play the notes from E to A, and I was just wondering, why dont you do this up one string instead of moving across every string? Is it a scale?
Cheers in advance
willba- A resident.
Re: Back to theory
You can technically play it anywhere you like
The reason you'd generally play across a few strings rather than up and down one string is purely to make it easier (think back to dman's bit on economy of motion). You can play all the notes mentioned on that playbassnow pdf without moving your hand if you go across strings - however to play on one string, the A octave (Fret 2 on the G string) would be fret 15 on the E string... That's a little bit of a stretch Plus if you then needed to go back to the low G (3rd fret E string), that'd be one huge jump. However you can reach the 3rd fret E string & 2nd fret G string without breaking a sweat
The reason you'd generally play across a few strings rather than up and down one string is purely to make it easier (think back to dman's bit on economy of motion). You can play all the notes mentioned on that playbassnow pdf without moving your hand if you go across strings - however to play on one string, the A octave (Fret 2 on the G string) would be fret 15 on the E string... That's a little bit of a stretch Plus if you then needed to go back to the low G (3rd fret E string), that'd be one huge jump. However you can reach the 3rd fret E string & 2nd fret G string without breaking a sweat
Smaz
Back to theory
Ah thanks Smaz, seems kinda obvious now you explain it >< Well i still class myself as a beginner until ive got to a certain point in the bass learning pyramid
willba- A resident.
Re: Back to theory
Totally, I'll be a noob in my eyes for a few years and I'm sure many wouldn't disagree hahawillba wrote:Ah thanks Smaz, seems kinda obvious now you explain it >< Well i still class myself as a beginner until ive got to a certain point in the bass learning pyramid
BlackF89
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
|
|