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Here's A Hint has a discussion about bass solos and why there shouldn't be any. If that's how he/she feels, here's to hoping that he doesn't catch any of the Canvas shows...
Only when you understand why almost no one wants to hear a bass solo, can you begin to understand what it would take to actually play one that was listenable (your first clue is that not even Flea works a bass solo into every song). Just because you can play in 11/14 doesn't mean it's creative or interesting.
This makes me think of something that I've heard both Victor and Anthony say a few times: "It's easy to play solos for other bass players; they're impressed by technical stuff. It's much harder to play for a kid; they only care about whether or not the music sounds good."
I actually have to write a solo for Sunday's show (the original plan fell through -- Sorry Rob). While I know I could just throw together a bunch of chops, that won't make anyone happy, least of all me.
Posted by Casper at December 7, 2004 01:38 AM11/14? So you are writing eighth notes, with a "14" above in brackets to indicate the tuplet, but only eleven per measure. That's wacked.
Posted by: Scott Spiegelberg at December 7, 2004 08:51 AMIs that how you would write fourteenths? I've never encountered them, so I learned something today. And yeah, just a wee bit on the wacked side (even with his/her sarcasm).
Posted by: Casper at December 7, 2004 10:03 AMWell, as 14th's would be fourteen notes to the whole note, or seven to the half note, it could be eighth notes with a 7 written above, to show seven eighth notes in the space of four normal eighth notes. Then the beaming would be seven plus four for the 11/14 measure. Still wacked.
Posted by: Scott Spiegelberg at December 8, 2004 12:25 PMHey no problem Casper. It'll give me time to brush up on that whole 5-string fretless tenor thing. :)
Posted by: Rob at December 10, 2004 10:14 AM