what intruments can you play..........................

[Yetman]

Only if your an oasis root note motherfucker.

to play the bass well is an art form, look at people like John Entwhistle, martin lenoble

Getting the bass to truly enhance a song, not just follow simple chords

Then theres the virtueoso style, like les claypool

Playing the bass well isn't a piss of piss, even to a quality guitar player, not what I call well anyway

Well said, I hate guitar players who think the bass is easy cos its 'just like a guitar but with less strings'

They are the ones who will grab a bass and start either playing lead guitar on it or one note larry pom poms. Twats.

I can play bass, guitar (spanish, acoustic and a bit of electric - fat finger syndrome ) a tiny bit of the flute, same with bagpipes (although gonna learn these soon, I'm the only one in my family who doesnt play ) and didge, and basic drums. Basic keys as well I suppose. Bongos.

 

[El Sueno]

TBF re Les Claypool's talent
he's a freak

True dat.

I can't remember the guy's name, but back in college I learned the first guy to slap-bass was playing in a trio minus a drumkit, so he just went crazy percussive, approximating the kick and snare etc. and kinda invented it by accident. It is a marvellous feeling when you whip your thumb down on the bottom string, then pull up with your middle finger up the octave like you're trying to rip the string off, and keep it all in time. Bockity bockity boiiing.

I guess, more than any other instrument (percussion excluded) you really, really need to have a superior sense of rhythm to excel at the bass.

 

[internetstalker]

Well said, I hate guitar players who think the bass is easy cos its 'just like a guitar but with less strings'

They are the ones who will grab a bass and start either playing lead guitar on it or one note larry pom poms. Twats.

*high fives Yetman*

 

[stupid dogbot]

TBF re Les Claypool's talent
he's a freak

But Primus are shit...



Rob Wright > Les Claypool

or Matt Freeman, for that matter.

 

[spanglechick]

trained to sing musical theatre - so everything sounds a bit liza minelli, and i'm rubbish with a microphone - apart from that, nothing.

i quite fancy learning the ukelele.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Guitar and bass; probably equally (if not fantastically) good at both. Completely self taught. I mostly write music on guitar but bass is my favourite thing to play in a jam type scenario.

Drums; had a few lessons as a nipper but never had my own kit. Been practicing more in recent months and starting to get the hang of it again quite quickly. Wouldn't want to try and play drums with a band though, and there's still lots of beats I can think up but can't play, which is annoying.

Piano; had lessons way back but can barely play anything now.

Harmonica; the less said about my harmonica playing the better.

Violin; see harmonica.

Vocals; I can sing well enough but I think I'm probably one of life's backing singers. I do good low harmonies.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Playing the bass well isn't a piss of piss, even to a quality guitar player, not what I call well anyway

This. I learnt bass and guitar at the same time, in fact I'm not sure which I picked up first, so I consider them very different instruments and play them accordingly.

 

[chooch]

Well said, I hate guitar players who think the bass is easy cos its 'just like a guitar but with less strings' .

Aye. I played the bass before the guitar, and have really struggled coming back to playing bass occasionally. Find myself doing all kinds of wanky guitar things, and not damping properly, and not thinking in a bass way. Can't even walk any more. It goes all wandering across the strings with a limp.

Oh.
Guitar, mandolin, harmonica, bass, oboe, recorders, autoharp, to varying degrees of competence.
Failed utterly at chromatic harmonica, and ain't co-ordinated enough for piano or drums.

 

[kage]

Guitar - Used to be decent, mainly lead, I played for about 6 years but got stuck in a massive rut and lost interest.

Violin - Three years of tutition at primary/secondary school. I hated it, never practiced and was consequently crap.

Turntables (if we're counting them) - I can scratch reasonably well

Piano - Rubbish, however, i've only just started learning.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Self taught guitarist, not brilliant by any means.
Been told I can sing.

 

[pigtails]

Trombone as a kid............ I was shit.............. I stopped.

 

[6_6]

When you lots say 'shit hot', how good you actually are?

I play the piano - grade 7. No problem in reading music. I can play by ear too.

 

[Awesome Wells]

guitarists who write basslines using the low strings on their guitar are fail.

the bass isn't more than notes and rhythm. it's an entity in itself. thats why i like jah wobble and bill laswell.

amongst many.

 

[ericjarvis]

Competently or better: human voice, guitar, bass guitar.
Have been known to fart about with: ukelele, cornet, piano, recorder, church organ.

 

[The Groke]

Comb and paper.
Spoons.
The fool.
Dotcommunist's pink oboe.

 

[The Groke]

Competently or better: human voice,

How are you at non-human voices?

 

[rikwakefield]

Can any of you play like this?

 

[The Groke]

Can any of you play like this?

Better.

That guy sucks.

 

[The Groke]

Actually, in all seriousness; he may be technically gifted and relatively unique in his style and delivery, but he doesn't seem to know how to make good music with his skills.


Frankly I would rather only know 4 chords and craft a fantastic song with them, than wank around hitting an instrument supposed to be strummed and/or plucked in the vain hope that it draws the listening ear away from the the dark, sterile musical void in my soul.

 

[rikwakefield]

Actually, in all seriousness; he may be technically gifted and relatively unique in his style and delivery, but he doesn't seem to know how to make good music with his skills.


Frankly I would rather only know 4 chords and craft a fantastic song with them, than wank around hitting an instrument supposed to be strummed and/or plucked in the vain hope that it draws the listening ear away from the the dark, sterile musical void in my soul.

What about this kid?
Edit, holy shit, this kid is amazing. He's 10 years old here: . How many 10 year olds have that much soul?

 

[The Groke]

What about this kid?

Are you just trying to goad me into being mean about a child?




I hear he is an utter shit to his parents and younger sister.

 

[Corax]

Other people's frontal lobes.

 

[rikwakefield]

Are you just trying to goad me into being mean about a child?




I hear he is an utter shit to his parents and younger sister.

lol

 

[matt m]

Better.

That guy sucks.

Yeah, someone once sent me a link to that bloke (Andy McKee, is it?). To be honest I don't think he even is that technically gifted or unique. He's got a fast, well co-ordinated right hand, but he's not doing anything very interesting with his left hand.

I mean, there are players who aren't my bag, who I think are a bit tasteless and/or lacking in attitude - a bit too 'music student' - but I still can appreciate the fact that they can play the hell out of it their instrument. Martin Simpson is a good example.

Then there are/were guitarists like Dave Evans or Ramon Montoya, who basically sound like they've got 8 arms and are playing their guitars via some recombinant matter-distorting ESP or something, and also have more harmonic suss and beauty in their souls than there ever could be in a million years of fast-track evolution Newton Faulkner or John Smith or Andy McKee.

I've never heard any good come out of that slapping the guitar body business. It just doesn't make a good noise. Now a banjo, that sounds cool when you hit it, as does a double-bass

 

[ericjarvis]

Other people's frontal lobes.

As percussion, strings, or wind?

 

[ericjarvis]

This. I learnt bass and guitar at the same time, in fact I'm not sure which I picked up first, so I consider them very different instruments and play them accordingly.

In my view they are entirely different instruments. For a start they generally have a completely different function in a piece of music. I've always found it really hard to switch between the two simply because I have to play them with completely different mindsets.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

balalaika- mind you, it's not hard. You just need an overactive right hand, heh. it's all in the wrist

otherwise, drums (passable) guitar (average- bit of bottleneck, bit of fingerpicking- nothing spectacular), and vocals (rather good actually )

I can also just about get a tune out of a penny whistle, a piano, a harmonica, and a Peruvian nose-flute. I'm not quite sure what tune I get out of a Peruvian nose-flute, but it certainly sounds Peruvian

 

[Awesome Wells]

Actually, in all seriousness; he may be technically gifted and relatively unique in his style and delivery, but he doesn't seem to know how to make good music with his skills.


Frankly I would rather only know 4 chords and craft a fantastic song with them, than wank around hitting an instrument supposed to be strummed and/or plucked in the vain hope that it draws the listening ear away from the the dark, sterile musical void in my soul.

I thought it was a nice piece of music. How you can just denigrate it because you don't approve of the technique is ludicrous.

anything that ain't 'three chords and the troof' is bollocks eh.

This guy has developed his own style, plays well and cleanly, sounds good and performs a perfectly decent piece of music.

not liking it is one thing, denigrating it out of ignorance is just sad. should people not innovate on their instrument (though granted he's not the first toi play this way).

 

[danny la rouge]

All of them.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Yeah, someone once sent me a link to that bloke (Andy McKee, is it?). To be honest I don't think he even is that technically gifted or unique. He's got a fast, well co-ordinated right hand, but he's not doing anything very interesting with his left hand.

I mean, there are players who aren't my bag, who I think are a bit tasteless and/or lacking in attitude - a bit too 'music student' - but I still can appreciate the fact that they can play the hell out of it their instrument. Martin Simpson is a good example.

Then there are/were guitarists like Dave Evans or Ramon Montoya, who basically sound like they've got 8 arms and are playing their guitars via some recombinant matter-distorting ESP or something, and also have more harmonic suss and beauty in their souls than there ever could be in a million years of fast-track evolution Newton Faulkner or John Smith or Andy McKee.

I've never heard any good come out of that slapping the guitar body business. It just doesn't make a good noise. Now a banjo, that sounds cool when you hit it, as does a double-bass

I've heard it all now.

can't use the left hand too much, can't use it enough. hitting the body percussively is wrong.

what a sad, unimaginative and uncreative world you live in.

this site is hilariously ignorant at times.

People are judging the music on the unorthdoox visual performance. Had you heard it only you'd have a much different opinion, and whilst you might not like the music you certainly wouldn't air such laughable prejudices.

Let's hear about the correct way one should play the acoustic guitar then?