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Old 01-13-2021, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Brent Hahn View Post
Being a good bass player, I'd like to think my work is worth more than coffee and snacks.
I'm sure you've seen the joke going around that says, "The hole in an acoustic guitar is used for storing soft cheeses and dried meats, which can be used to feed the bass player when he does a good job."

For LiveMusic, even if you just play chords, you have the start of a bass line. The bass often outlines the chords, so you can use the bottom four notes of a guitar chord as a starting point.

I believe Rudy4 is referring to the 1 and 5 notes of a given chord as often being prominent in the bass line. So if you have, say, an A chord, you'd play A and E--bottom string 5th fret, next string 7th fret... which happens to also be the bottom two notes of an A barre chord at the 5th fret.
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