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I am an acoustic guitar player, but I have been looking at playing 6 string bass. I know the difference between the guitars, I want to know the difference between the playing style.
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Do you mean a full-scale six-string bass, or a bass VI like the old Fender bass VI or the Schecter Hellcat VI? A bass VI has a 30" scale, tuned E-e one octave below a standard guitar, and close string spacing. You can play it pretty much like a standard guitar but if you try to strum standard open chords on it, you'll sound godawfully muddy - much better played fingerstyle. Listen to old Ventures songs, and early Cream - Jack Bruce used one on the first album.
A six-string bass usually has a 34-35" scale and is tuned B-E-A-D-G-C, with that B way down where the bottom end of a piano keyboard is. I haven't tried, but it would be a nightmare to try to finger standard guitar chords across it and would sound like a thunderstorm rather than music to strum all six strings. You can play it quite effectively with any normal bass technique - finger, pick, or slap. The middle four strings are the same as a standard bass guitar, the extra two strings just give you more range and flexibility. They're popular in jazz settings especially where people want to play more melodic lines running up the C string. You can play them chordally but it's nothing like strumming along on an acoustic guitar. You really have to use bass guitar technique, there's not too much resemblance to guitar technique other than that it has strings and frets.
Do you mean a full-scale six-string bass, or a bass VI like the old Fender bass VI or the Schecter Hellcat VI? A bass VI has a 30" scale, tuned E-e one octave below a standard guitar, and close string spacing. You can play it pretty much like a standard guitar but if you try to strum standard open chords on it, you'll sound godawfully muddy - much better played fingerstyle. Listen to old Ventures songs, and early Cream - Jack Bruce used one on the first album.
A six-string bass usually has a 34-35" scale and is tuned B-E-A-D-G-C, with that B way down where the bottom end of a piano keyboard is. I haven't tried, but it would be a nightmare to try to finger standard guitar chords across it and would sound like a thunderstorm rather than music to strum all six strings. You can play it quite effectively with any normal bass technique - finger, pick, or slap. The middle four strings are the same as a standard bass guitar, the extra two strings just give you more range and flexibility. They're popular in jazz settings especially where people want to play more melodic lines running up the C string. You can play them chordally but it's nothing like strumming along on an acoustic guitar. You really have to use bass guitar technique, there's not too much resemblance to guitar technique other than that it has strings and frets.
Can you use the same songbook for acoustic guitars and bass?
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My dad has an acoustic guitar and I want to get him a songbook for Christmas. There is a collection of them called "Guitar Bibles" one of them specifically says "acoustic" and the rest do not. If I bought him one that didn't specifically say acoustic, could he use it?
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No acoustic books are for acoustic guitar (six strings)....not bass (four strings)...if your not sure ask the clerk in the store....if your buying this from the Internet....buy bass books for bass guitar...and acoustic books for acoustic guitars !!!!!!!! A lot of acoustic books have a finger style way of playing but this doesn't mean that it can't be played with a pick. If your buying in a store tell the clerk how your father plays and he will advise you as to what book would be best with his style of playing....if you don't know what your doing you might be buying a book that's for lead with chords over the top of the music notation, or one that's for classical, blues, or jazz. So if I were you I wouldn't buy this over the Internet unless your sure about his style of playing, and like I said, if your in a store ask the clerk....you didn't say if your father can read music...if not he'll need something called tab....that's a way of writing music for people who can't read music notation....some books have both music notation and tab....and then the chords over that....so be careful.... good luck, I hope that I helped you . !!!!!!!!!!
No acoustic books are for acoustic guitar (six strings)....not bass (four strings)...if your not sure ask the clerk in the store....if your buying this from the Internet....buy bass books for bass guitar...and acoustic books for acoustic guitars !!!!!!!! A lot of acoustic books have a finger style way of playing but this doesn't mean that it can't be played with a pick. If your buying in a store tell the clerk how your father plays and he will advise you as to what book would be best with his style of playing....if you don't know what your doing you might be buying a book that's for lead with chords over the top of the music notation, or one that's for classical, blues, or jazz. So if I were you I wouldn't buy this over the Internet unless your sure about his style of playing, and like I said, if your in a store ask the clerk....you didn't say if your father can read music...if not he'll need something called tab....that's a way of writing music for people who can't read music notation....some books have both music notation and tab....and then the chords over that....so be careful.... good luck, I hope that I helped you . !!!!!!!!!!
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