subject: The Rocking Nature Of The Bass Guitar [print this page] The bass guitar can be very beautiful and expensive even though they can break your heart and if you get used to playing them it can be a bit habit forming. Choosing to play this kind of guitar would offer you the opportunity to learn and grow as a person. Apart from this it is a great way to be creative, relive stress and also have some kind of fun. Undoubtedly, this guitar tremendously rocks every atmosphere that it is played in.
The playing of the bass guitar is very much easy. Indeed it is however not that easy to master any kind of instrument and this also applies to the bass guitar. With this guitar, it is possible to outline chords one finger at a time when compared to learning the fingerings for each chord. There is also the possibility of having fewer strings in order to change than the guitarist. You would however need to keep in mind that this guitar has strings that are much thicker. This sometimes makes it a bit complex because you need to play just as fast as the guitarist but with thicker strings. What this means is that you would be moving more mass in the same amount of energy or time.
The playing of the bass guitar would require a state of mind like that of a position in a band. There is the need to put the song and the other musicians before you. You have to note that you are the perfect glue between the melody and the rhythm where you straddle between the guitarist and the drummer. This indeed makes you have a third dimension to make the music very exciting. If therefore you have the willingness to put your ego on the back burner, then you can turn into a truly great bassist who is in high demand.
The bass guitar is a real cool musical instrument. Maybe it is not as flashy as other instruments or attracts much attention but it has a subdued and laid back vibe. The standard bass guitar has four strings and is tuned E-A-D-G; an octave that is below the lowest strings on a guitar in order to offer a sonic foundation for the melody to build upon. This offers you total control of all the bass frequencies that comes with the music. This makes the instrument very vital in music play.
