bass easy?

**Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:49 am**

is bass easy to play?

**Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:27 pm**

I suppose it's like everything else, it's easy to sound ok, but very difficult to sound brilliant.

**Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:15 pm**

I'm finding it easier to take up than the guitar. Couldn't quite get into that darn 'strumming' thing! My hurdle on the bass at the moment is to train the 2 less dominant fingers (pinkie and the one next to it) to play there part in holding down the chords. I always wanted to play bass - since a teen - and I think that helps... to play an instrument you are naturally drawn to. The last instrument I seriously played was the coconuts in the school nativity play 26 yrs ago - so its never too late. Good luck!

**Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:04 pm**

is better to play with fingers or use a piece

**Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:16 pm**

bass is easier to be "ok" on...definetly. you have way less chords to remember. (yes, there are bass chords) going from playing guitar, to playing bass is pretty easy.

a couple of things to make you second guess.

LES CLAYPOOL
john entwistle
victor wooten

**Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:03 pm**

Tom Wade wrote:a couple of things to make you second guess.

LES CLAYPOOL
john entwistle
victor wooten

Sting is quite the bass player too - 'least he was when The Police were still a going concern.

**Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:07 pm**

Don't 4get Daryl n Ciat.

Flea from Red Hot Chilli peppers.

**Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:46 pm**

it's easy to play simple punk songs, but other than that bass is hard.

**Sun May 01, 2005 9:00 pm**

Phoenix Saint wrote:The last instrument I seriously played was the coconuts in the school nativity play 26 yrs ago

You're the first ' serious' coconut player I have 'met'. All music should be a breeze after that!...

**Sun May 01, 2005 9:39 pm**

The coconuts are a very complex instrument - and also quite hard to come by - you need to go 'underground' to get them - y'know May Fairs, PTA fundraisers etc.

**Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:07 pm**

I guess it wouldn't take too long to learn playing along to Pogues songs, because you can work with 1-5 most of the time. And while a mediocre or bad bass player won't add much to a band, a great bassplayer can push it into the stratosphere!
But you don't have to play like James Jamerson to sound good. So I guess you could have fun with the bass after not too long a time (if you got rhythm, that is!)

Website · **Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:27 am**

The most important thing about playing bass is NOT actual techique. The ability to sync in with the drummer, to play right on the kick drum, is of great importance. I would always prefer playing with a bassist with limited "chops", but tight with the drummer, than with one of those "slap-happy - hey Mom-look-at-me" stylists any day. And Darryl definitaly fall into the category of
"in-the-pocket" bassists. A good example is "Birgingham Six" where Darryl and Andrew are just ripping up the chorus.

THAT is a rythym section at work!

**Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:08 am**

Shadey wrote:
Phoenix Saint wrote:The last instrument I seriously played was the coconuts in the school nativity play 26 yrs ago

You're the first ' serious' coconut player I have 'met'. All music should be a breeze after that!...

Have you never heard Patsy´s coconut playing in Monty Python and the Holy Grail ?

**Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:48 pm**

goodbar wrote:it's easy to play simple punk songs, but other than that bass is hard.

Rancid "Maxwell Murder"

As any instrument, it can be easy or difficult :wink:

depends on what you want to play

**Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:25 pm**

Billie wrote:Rancid "Maxwell Murder"

Putting aside my disdain for everything that this band has released after their very first album, I have always thought that Matt was one of the best bassist in the biz. Truely talented/gifted.

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