Re: [theory ?] Chords
Posted by: wulf <wulf@...>
> Real question time. There are times I would like to
> fill in the music a bit more, other than just root
> wackin'. ... However, do any of you fine accomplished
> types play guitar chords during a song? Is this
> something that you would want to do when a guitar is not
> available? Should I just avoid this temptation?
Bing! That's my button 😉
Go for it. They're not 'guitar chords' - just chords - but if
the music needs a bit more harmonic context, go for it. I
shamelessly use a whole range of techniques to round
out the sound in my church group, including multiple
approaches to sounding more than one note at a time.
Before getting carried away with a whole dissertation on
what I get up to, I've got a question for you first - how
many strings on your bass? You can do a lot of chordal
stuff on a four string bass but extra strings do mean you
can get away with learning fewer shapes while still doing
less moving about - I make a lot of use of the high C
string on my six string basses for precisely that reason.
Wulf
--
Wulf Forrester-Barker <//<
NB. new preferred address: wulf@web-den.org.uk
[wulf@bcs.org.uk will stop working shortly]
Website: http://www.web-den.org.uk/