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One reason (that's not the sound) is that it's very common for bass guitarists to be working in a situation where a tune needs to have the key changed to suit a vocalist's range. If they have lear...
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2024-05-16T15:17:53Z (6 months ago)
- **One** reason (that's not the sound) is that it's very common for bass guitarists to be working in a situation where a tune needs to have the key changed to suit a vocalist's range.
- If they have learned to play the song without open strings, they merely need to move it up or down the neck to suit the new key, and the pattern of fingering the tune remains the same.
Another reason is that many bass guitarists did not start as bass guitarists; people who start out on guitar often find the reach between frets at the end of the neck uncomfortable, and opt to play higher up the neck where the spacing is closer. While there are other ways to address that (shorter scale basses, sometimes with different string materials) it's not an uncommon reason for staying away from the open end of the neck in general (while no reach or fretting is needed to play an open string, if playing far up the neck for fretted notes a much lower open srring might sound odd in context.)
- **One** reason (that's not the sound) is that it's very common for bass guitarists to be working in a situation where a tune needs to have the key changed to suit a vocalist's range.
- If they have learned to play the song without open strings, they merely need to move it up or down the neck to suit the new key, and the pattern of fingering the tune remains the same.
- Another reason is that many bass guitarists did not start as bass guitarists; people who start out on guitar often find the reach between frets at the end of the neck uncomfortable, and opt to play higher up the neck where the spacing is closer. While there are other ways to address that (shorter scale basses, sometimes with different string materials) it's not an uncommon reason for staying away from the open end of the neck in general (while no reach or fretting is needed to play an open string, if playing far up the neck for fretted notes a much lower open string might sound odd in context.)
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2024-05-16T15:17:06Z (6 months ago)
- **One** reason (that's not the sound) is that it's very common for bass guitarists to be working in a situation where a tune needs to have the key changed to suit a vocalist's range.
If they have learned to play the song without open strings, they merely need to move it up or down the neck to suit the new key, and the pattern of fingering the tune remains the same.
- **One** reason (that's not the sound) is that it's very common for bass guitarists to be working in a situation where a tune needs to have the key changed to suit a vocalist's range.
- If they have learned to play the song without open strings, they merely need to move it up or down the neck to suit the new key, and the pattern of fingering the tune remains the same.
- Another reason is that many bass guitarists did not start as bass guitarists; people who start out on guitar often find the reach between frets at the end of the neck uncomfortable, and opt to play higher up the neck where the spacing is closer. While there are other ways to address that (shorter scale basses, sometimes with different string materials) it's not an uncommon reason for staying away from the open end of the neck in general (while no reach or fretting is needed to play an open string, if playing far up the neck for fretted notes a much lower open srring might sound odd in context.)
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2024-05-10T02:18:19Z (7 months ago)
**One** reason (that's not the sound) is that it's very common for bass guitarists to be working in a situation where a tune needs to have the key changed to suit a vocalist's range. If they have learned to play the song without open strings, they merely need to move it up or down the neck to suit the new key, and the pattern of fingering the tune remains the same.