velvetkevorkian
The beat starts here
There we go then. That's this thread sorted.
Next up- world peace.
Next up- world peace.
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normal, but with the bass transposed down an octave to super-low D:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3782113/super low, HYPERBASS.mp3
Hyperbass is fucking boss.
The future of music: An octave lower than music.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3782113/Look Away For A While.mp3
More unison bass "evidence", this time in drop Db.
^ They do reach the frequency, just the fundamental isn't nearly as loud. Thicker strings on any given scale length (i.e. tension - the tension of bass strings is twice as much as guitar strings typically) lose higher harmonics, which is why basses sound a lot more of the fundamental.
So yes, the roles should not change.
I've used a capo on my bass since I started playing. I started on a 5 string, learned that the lowest tuning I would be playing was ADGCF, tuned to that, and used a capo for higher tunings.
#1 reason you need a bass player... You can't slap an 8-string
No way. In fact there's some pretty obviously audible bass in Stengah, especially in the original mix. You can really hear it starting around :48 when the guitars are semi-muted and the bass sustains.
I remember hearing something about one of the guitarists also playing bass at some point. Maybe that's what happened if they fired their bassist before recording.
I play bass in standard (deviating only maybe a half step down). I finding tuning a bass to be cheating. Dick Lövgren does this. He tunes half step down whine Frederik and Martin are in F.
I even have a friend who totally denounces anything other than standard. He transposes anything; he's a fantastic musician.
There's a lot of room for creativity, too. Anyone remember Ned's Atomic Dustbin? Not metal, but they had two bass players - one that held down the low end, and one that played higher up doing the melody. Their guitarist does more rhythmic, sometimes ska type stuff.
And then there's Primus, where the bass takes up room for the guitar because Claypool is a maniac on his instrument.
So IMO we should be experimenting with alternatives to the bass playing the root of the guitar one octave lower.