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Should the bass guitar follow the rythm or lead?

I dont think i can, the bass has its own rendering , but i try to sink it with the drums. Is that ok.

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Elevatorpitches · F

its exciting when it starts out with a theme, like the outlay of a ground bass in baroque music...here's an old classic rock example:[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxyOhFBoxSY&list=OLAK5uy_m7KTh7Y4TYbT6B2EBcdTXpit-ifNoqvRI]

jhontomreturns1 · 36-40, M

@Elevatorpitches thank you

Elevatorpitches · F

@jhontomreturns1 and I also love hearing the bass line singing the main melody. I love the idea of any part in the band becoming the leader just for the muisicality of it. The rock band "The Band" felt the same about their singing..

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jhontomreturns1 · 36-40, M

@MalteseFalconPunch in the start of the song, there are no drums, its silence and then a vocal, can i do the bass as i feel like.

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Abstraction · 61-69, M

It can do anything. It depends what you want to do...
It has a strong rhythm section role and should work with the drummer. But it can pick up counter melodies, bounce of what the other instruments are doing, counterpoint...
If you're inexperienced - stay close to the drummer.

jhontomreturns1 · 36-40, M

@Abstraction ok..

hunkalove · 61-69, M

Bass is the melodic side of the rhythm section.

DDonde · 31-35, M

Bass if a part of the rhythm section
You can give it a kind of melodic focus though

jhontomreturns1 · 36-40, M

@DDonde ok, thanks bro.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

Bass should be in sync with the drums, but you can definitely play bass leads and bass solos. See Entwhistle for example.

jhontomreturns1 · 36-40, M

@basilfawlty89 thanks

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