What does bass mean?

The double bass is one of the indispensable instruments in the band. It mainly plays the bass part in the band and sometimes improvises solo. Traditional jazz generally uses the original bass (double bass) to reflect its original flavor. In modern jazz (especially fusion jazz), electric bass or synthetic bass sounds in electronic synthesizers are often used.

Nowadays, the extensive development and popularization of electroacoustic instruments have greatly changed the word band and reduced the number of people. Usually four people can form a band, which consists of rhythm (drum set), bass (bass), chord (guitar) and main melody (keyboard). The bass in the electro-acoustic band is actually a bass guitar, and its full name should be called bass guitar. Application clef: bass clef, it is not suitable to improve the octave notation. Appearance: the shape of bass is similar to that of ordinary electric guitar, slightly heavier, and the scale is in the bass position, so the string is quite thick and the string tension is quite large, so the plucking force is much greater than that of guitar.

I. String structure:

Usually there are only four strings, and the pitch of the last four strings of the guitar is one octave lower, that is, E, A, D and G. The reason why there are five strings, six strings, eight strings and 12 string and 24 strings bass is to enhance the expressive force of the bass guitar and make its playing skills and functions more perfect and diversified. Musical Instrument Features: It belongs to electro-acoustic instrument with adjustable volume. The mid-bass area is thick and loud, and the high-pitched area is bright. Like the guitar, it can play different melodies by various techniques, so the electric bass can not only be used as a bass accompaniment instrument in the ensemble, but also play unforgettable phrases with beautiful timbre, smooth melody, strong texture and rich changes.

Timbre and expressiveness: The bass solo has a low timbre, on the one hand, it is very lyrical and expressive, and it is very interesting to play jazz music with bass. In addition, because of the strong rhythm of bass, it is not common in funk music. Now more and more attention is paid to metal, and bass is indispensable. Whether it is new metal music or traditional metal music, bass is the rhythm and foundation of the band just like drums.

Second, the role:

Bass is one of the indispensable instruments in the band. It mainly plays the bass part in jazz bands and sometimes improvises solo. Traditional jazz generally uses the original bass (double bass) to reflect its original flavor. In modern jazz (especially fusion jazz), the timbre of electric bass or synthetic bass in electronic synthesizer is often used to increase its modernity. "Taking the bass" is the most distinctive way of jazz playing, that is, on the basis of stable rhythm, it is played through chord decomposition.

There are both upward decomposition, downward decomposition and alternate decomposition. Example: upward decomposition 5 7 2 4 │ 5 6 b7 7 │ downward decomposition 1 b7 5 3 │ 1 b7 5 3 │ upward alternate decomposition135b7 │1531│ Because this way resembles the pace of marching, it is called "marching".

Third, the way of accompaniment:

These are the three most commonly used methods in accompaniment. In solo, you can also use techniques such as fingering and overtone, or you can combine fingering and slapping.

Among the common electric bass, there are four strings, five strings, six strings, seven strings, eleven strings and even auxiliary strings. Usually use or learn the four strings first. The four notes it tunes are: one string -G, two strings -D, three strings -A, four strings -e, one string is the highest and four strings are the lowest.