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bonK's Guitar Theory for Assholes and Pederasts

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited March 2007
    Practice scales, learn your notes and how music works, not just how it sounds, and practice over and over again. Using a metronome is good at helping you keep accurate time, which is essential for a bassist, as everyone is going to be looking to you and the drummer for tempo.

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  • DaySleeperDaySleeper regular
    edited March 2007
    Practice scales, learn your notes and how music works, not just how it sounds, and practice over and over again. Using a metronome is good at helping you keep accurate time, which is essential for a bassist, as everyone is going to be looking to you and the drummer for tempo.

    and there's a pretty good chance that you're going to be carrying the drummer because man, drummers

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited March 2007
    DaySleeper wrote: »
    Practice scales, learn your notes and how music works, not just how it sounds, and practice over and over again. Using a metronome is good at helping you keep accurate time, which is essential for a bassist, as everyone is going to be looking to you and the drummer for tempo.

    and there's a pretty good chance that you're going to be carrying the drummer because man, drummers

    if it wasn't for the fact that they were the only one in the band that could lift the big Marshall amp into the back of the van, every garage band in the world would have switched to a drum machine.

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  • DaySleeperDaySleeper regular
    edited March 2007
    DaySleeper wrote: »
    Practice scales, learn your notes and how music works, not just how it sounds, and practice over and over again. Using a metronome is good at helping you keep accurate time, which is essential for a bassist, as everyone is going to be looking to you and the drummer for tempo.

    and there's a pretty good chance that you're going to be carrying the drummer because man, drummers

    if it wasn't for the fact that they were the only one in the band that could lift the big Marshall amp into the back of the van, every garage band in the world would have switched to a drum machine.

    Also sometimes the drummer is the only one with any kind of vehicle even if it is an 86 chevy nova with 2 spare tires

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I'm a total embarrassment to musicians. I don't know didley squat about musical theory, and yet I'm technically a signed artist :/


    But as a bassist, rythm is the most important thing. you can have musical theory coming out of your ass, but if you're not tight as a gnats asshole with the drums, it'll sound wank.


    The simplest of melodies can be fucking awesome if the rythm is good.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Way to sell out

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Our guitarist carries the "musical validation" of the band :)

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    Silmaril wrote: »
    I'm a total embarrassment to musicians. I don't know didley squat about musical theory, and yet I'm technically a signed artist :/


    But as a bassist, rythm is the most important thing. you can have musical theory coming out of your ass, but if you're not tight as a gnats asshole with the drums, it'll sound wank.


    The simplest of melodies can be fucking awesome if the rythm is good.

    sil can i be your new vocalist

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    i can't sing and don't live in england

    but holy shit, i am awesome

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Spooky.

    We could actually do with a vocalist. Out lead guitarist handles it all at the moment, and he, well, would rather concetrate on his guitar.


    On a scale of 1 to fuck-me, where does your awesome sit Knob?

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Awwwww you can't sing?

    Damn.


    We have ridiculous harmonies in a couple of the new tracks.

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    i can't sing but i am a vocalist anyways

    my guitarist also lives in england :O

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    it isn't that spooky

    there's a big VOCALIST WANTED advert on your myspace

    i am a solidly in between a 9 and a date rape

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    (i sound awesome if i run my vocal track through ten gallons of autotune and a fuzz pedal)

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    it isn't that spooky

    there's a big VOCALIST WANTED advert on your myspace

    i am a solidly in between a 9 and a date rape

    I refuse to have anything to do with out myspace page now. Our freinds list is full of hot goth chicks.


    ...




    ...






    Fuck.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited March 2007
    oh it's heavy metal music

    that's a shame

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    oh it's heavy metal music

    that's a shame



    D:

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    they are really good tube

    like there are parts that are all SCREEEEAAAAAM DEATH BLACK METAL

    but then there are really pretty vocal harmonies behind it


    and there are these giant guitar parts that are all CHUGGA CHUGGA FREEEEOOOOOW and then all of the sudden there's an acoustic breakdown with all of this classical guitar

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    it is the carl jung of heavy metal music

    or maybe it is the most brutal folk band in the universe

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    We need more marimba threads.

    Edit: I am serious.

    Fake edit: The above edit was fake too.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Does that mean we can talk about "Music for 18 Musicians"?

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    okay marimbas

    marimbas and the best bass player ever

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLrdgnq6eM

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  • HomelessHomeless Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    that bass player is brutal

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator mod
    edited March 2007
    he basically invented how to rock

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    okay marimbas

    marimbas and the best bass player ever

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLrdgnq6eM
    They actually showed this on AMC or TCM or one of those movie channels as part of a pre-feature for some classic film a few weeks ago.

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  • MavinashMavinash Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Palm muting. How does one do this?

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Uh, press the edge of your palm against the strings near the bridge while picking. Vary the pressure to affect the sound and see what you like.

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  • DaySleeperDaySleeper regular
    edited March 2007
    If you lean to heavy, you get almost no sound. If you don't lean enough, the strings ring for too long. Fool around with it. It'll depend per guitar as well. If you have a floating "Floyd Rose" style bridge (sticks way the fuck out from the guitar, can whammy up or down), you have to have a really delicate touch because pushing too hard can change all your pitches.

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  • MavinashMavinash Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I mostly have problems when muting chords. I'm not good at strumming as is, but with muting it's even harder.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Unless you're arpeggiating the chord, if you want a muted sound, play a smaller chord shape.

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  • MavinashMavinash Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Unless you're arpeggiating the chord, if you want a muted sound, play a smaller chord shape.

    Arpeggiating what? I'm talking mostly power chords.

    And as a side note, when strumming you don't use the wrist as much as the elbow? Or is it the other way around...

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Uh, press the edge of your palm against the strings near the bridge while picking. Vary the pressure to affect the sound and see what you like.

    You actually keep the side of your hand against the strings as you pick? I had the idea that you pressed it against the strings after strumming something to mute it.

    Or is that what you do for acoustic palm muting?

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Mavinash wrote: »
    Unless you're arpeggiating the chord, if you want a muted sound, play a smaller chord shape.

    Arpeggiating what? I'm talking mostly power chords.

    And as a side note, when strumming you don't use the wrist as much as the elbow? Or is it the other way around...

    You move your whole forearm more than your wrist when tremolo picking at least, I know.

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  • HomelessHomeless Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Fallout wrote: »
    Uh, press the edge of your palm against the strings near the bridge while picking. Vary the pressure to affect the sound and see what you like.

    You actually keep the side of your hand against the strings as you pick? I had the idea that you pressed it against the strings after strumming something to mute it.

    Or is that what you do for acoustic palm muting?

    Yeah you rest your hand right by the bridge.

    Acoustic and electric muting are pretty much the same thing. Muting after you pick does a stacatto effect depending on how fast you mute the string afterwards.

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  • DaySleeperDaySleeper regular
    edited March 2007
    Fallout wrote: »
    Uh, press the edge of your palm against the strings near the bridge while picking. Vary the pressure to affect the sound and see what you like.

    You actually keep the side of your hand against the strings as you pick? I had the idea that you pressed it against the strings after strumming something to mute it.

    Or is that what you do for acoustic palm muting?

    If you want a chord to ring out and stop abruptly, you do what you suggest. If you want the 'thump thump thump' or 'chug chug chug,' you want to rest the hand while you're picking or strumming.

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    ahh ok.

    thanks guys!

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  • HomelessHomeless Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Daysleeper explained it so much better

    i gotta stop sounding like a faggot musician

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited March 2007
    You shouldn't be picking from your elbow. You shouldn't have any tension in your arm at all.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    You shouldn't be picking from your elbow. You shouldn't have any tension in your arm at all.

    But what about all those Fallout Boy videos I saw?

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited March 2007
    Man I like fallout boy

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