Re: brotherhood of the bass/base

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 11:27 AM -0400 5/2/03, Paulzric@aol.com wrote:
>I've been a guitarist forever and I just don't think like a bass player.

Something I forgot to mention from my own experience:  I did a lot of 
choral singing at one point, as a member of the bass section. This 
also helped train my listening and harmonic concept. It also helped 
that this was during my college music studies, when I was also 
studying harmony and counterpoint. Later during this period (and 
concurrent with my punk bass stint) I was part of a West African 
percussion ensemble and had another look at and listen to the way the 
"big sounds" support the "little sounds."

I've also grown to think of equivalences between rock and classical 
instrumental function. Violins are like lead guitars. Violas are like 
rhythm guitars. Cellos and basses are like...you get the idea.
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