Ideas for new bass lines and riffs inspired by Bach!
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
- Do you get stuck in a non-creative place where you just play the same things over and over again? I sure do! In this video, I will outline a strategy I use to get unstuck - get inspired by J.S. Bach! By taking elements of the melodies, progressions and harmonies from Bach pieces and adapting them to different modern styles, I find I can allow my creativity to unfold into new and different places. I will demonstrate this using 4 different playing examples in different genres/styles.
Feature melody: Bach Fugue #2 in C minor
Short scale basses featured:
F Bass VF4 short
Landing fretless
Hofner Club bass (Contemporary series)
Fender Mustang PJ
00:00 Intro
01:23 Bach's C minor fugue
02:10 Adapting elements to modern styles
02:58 Rock genre. F bass VF4 short scale bass
04:29 Changing the time sig to 6/8. Landing short scale fretless
06:05 Urban type groove. Hofner Club bass
07:21 Drum 'n Bass type groove. Fender Mustang
08:46 Outro
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Just came from a video talking about how music is inherently spiritual, but part of the discussion centered around how sacred music, like Bach in particular, is objectively beautiful. Wasn't sure I agreed...but now I'm starting to be convinced
Awesome content! Awesome channel! Keep it up!
Thanks for watching and commenting!! Bach is so melodic!
Wow... this was fantastic! Thank you veery much.
Thanks so much for watching!!
Great video, very creative and informative.
Thanks so much for watching!!
What a Great Video !! ❤
Thanks so much for tuning in!
SUBSCRIBED! This is so good!
Thanks so much for watching and supporting my channel!
Such fun stuff, I for one would encourage you to continue to add content like this . . .
Thanks so much for watching! I would love to make more content like this. I hope it reaches viewers!
The Landing sounds great . . . . Always wondered about their basses . . . @@jonathanwong458music
This one is very acoustically resonant, always a good sign. TI flats. Sounds better top loaded. More mwah! No idea why…the vintage Ibanez P pickup also playing a sonic role.
Nicely played as always by possibly the most tasteful bassist on RUclips right now! Btw, which octaver are you using? It tracks really well!
I’m not worthy of such praise! Thanks!
I am using the built-in octaver in the Line6 pod go. It’s supposed to be a model of the EBS octave, but having owned the real thing, it’s similar vibed, but not quite the same. But yes! It does track well! You still have to be careful about how hard you pluck, like the real pedal. For octave up effects, I still prefer the EHX pog for tracking, over the line6.
Thanks for watching and for such positive comments!
Yeah you are! 😊I've had a few EBS pedals over the years and yes, I think you're right: that model doesn't sound particularly like the real thing, but I think I actually prefer it to the real EBS! It sounds even more 'synthy'. I guess using flats helps the tracking too in a way, but that sound was almost like it responds to the dynamics of the note, a bit like an envelope filter and octaver combined. I think you always get great tones out of that unit, although as always it's 90% in the fingers!@@jonathanwong458music
Thanks so much! Agreed, flats help with octave pedals. Fewer artifacts. I'm quite happy with the Line6 Pod Go. The helix was way too overkill for what I need out of it. It has really simplified the live rig and (knock on wood), it's been reliable!
Well there seems to be a growing phenomenon of bassist who aren't handling business. Especially those who're isolated geographically or just never learned how to ground harmony. So without even getting into rhythm y'all need to internalize 1,5,1,connect. Then completely internalize which 3rd is called for and when. Then which 7th is called for and how that might relate to line construction. Then if you're playing standards how to stack minor 3rds for Diminished chords. Then how to add that extra half step that glues your line together and how that relates to all that sh!t I already said then why learning to arpegeate ∆#5 chords help so much advanced harmony like why its the foundation of post Wayne Shorter stuff like when you play dom7#11 where that ∆#5 fits or when you play an Alt dom7 where that∆#5 fits or when you play a minor∆ chord where that major7#5 fits. Or when you play that sus(b9) chord in trane tunes where that ∆#5 fits. Also Øwith a non locrian raised 9th where that ∆#5 fits. All this is to say melodic minor scale rules so much chromatically altered harmony. Then Bach.
Thanks for your detailed comment!
@@jonathanwong458music no problem
I hope the rest of your audience got as much out of this one as I did. Very good, again
Thanks so much for such a positive comment and for watching!
@@jonathanwong458music Any chance of tabs of the Bach pieces you sampled?
Sorry, I don’t have any tabs. The piano scores are free online, though.