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SoulChicken
Junior Member
Canada
282 Posts |
 Posted - 06/14/2005 : 5:05:42 PM
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| So i broke my left wrist playing rugby and i can't play bass till august. Anyone know of anything i could do to satisfy my bass playing hunger?? |
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cleese
Junior Member
341 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2005 : 5:30:15 PM
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Work the other hand!
"I'd like to say hello to my mother." |
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skewh
Junior Member
USA
194 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2005 : 9:24:16 PM
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Hibernate until August. 
It's the sound of symmetry! |
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sunburstbasser
Senior Member
USA
1087 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2005 : 9:38:16 PM
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Can you wear a slide?
Check out the band Morphine. All the basslines were done on a 2-string slide bass.
Otherwise...work on your tapping abilities!
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Golem
Junior Member
361 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2005 : 08:57:40 AM
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You can get a capo and check
out some alternative tuning.
Howbout learning KB bass but
using your right hand [beats
me what benefit that will be
after you've recovered ... ]
or get a set of bass pedals
[organ foot pedals] and beat
a bass parade drum with your
good hand. With your injured
left appendage can you still
bend the elbow and hold onto
a bottle or a glass?
You know a killer bass by its onion breath. - Golem |
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SoulChicken
Junior Member
Canada
282 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2005 : 5:04:27 PM
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| yes i could hold a bottle |
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jaco jr
Senior Member
USA
1457 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2005 : 10:14:00 PM
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You could learn to play trumpet! You only really need one hand for that and you could use it when your hand is better. You could even make a hands-free trumpet holder thing so you can play the trumpet and the bass at the same time. Put the trumpet, the bass, and the foot drum pedals together and you're a one-man-band!! I wanna hear you play the Chicken, every instrument simultaneously!
The flame that burns twice as bright burns only half as long |
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sunburstbasser
Senior Member
USA
1087 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2005 : 02:44:27 AM
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quote:
[i]Originally posted by jaco jr[/i]
[br]You could learn to play trumpet! You only really need one hand for that and you could use it when your hand is better. You could even make a hands-free trumpet holder thing so you can play the trumpet and the bass at the same time. Put the trumpet, the bass, and the foot drum pedals together and you're a one-man-band!! I wanna hear you play the Chicken, every instrument simultaneously!
<font class="body_xsmall">The flame that burns twice as bright burns only half as long</font>
You only need one hand until you need to play in tune! Trumpets aren't properly intonated (unless you play a Monette) so you have to work all these little slides with your left hand!
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wdent
Senior Member
USA
3979 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2005 : 08:17:41 AM
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One should NEVER use the phrases "you only need one hand" and "the chicken" in the same sentence.......NEVER!
Let's just choke that one NOW!
Jaco: You know you've got that tape recorder on Duke Ellington's book!
Interviewer: Which book is that?
Jaco: The only one! |
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jaco jr
Senior Member
USA
1457 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2005 : 3:48:35 PM
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I only meant one hand on the Trumpet (which I was apparently wrong about). Anyway, if you make a hands-free trumpet holder then you could play it with no hands and then play the bass with both-BAM, one-man band!!
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sunburstbasser
Senior Member
USA
1087 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2005 : 01:56:13 AM
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There are actually devices like you describe, sorta. They hold the trumpet and the idea is you hold down the valves, and then you have to tighten your lips to get the pitch without pushing. If you push, the trumpet moves forward and you can't play. Kinda like fretting correctly.
And, because "The Chicken" is in Bb, you can actually hit some of the notes on a trumpet without using any valves.
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jaco jr
Senior Member
USA
1457 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2005 : 03:09:29 AM
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SEE?? It would work! SO, SoulChicken, by the end of August I want to hear a recording of you playing the Chicken by yourself. Just find one of those trumpet holders and some sort of foot-operated drum kit, and your good to go!
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sunburstbasser
Senior Member
USA
1087 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2005 : 8:20:48 PM
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Lets see...
Trumpet playing about 3 of the correct notes...
Bass line
Foot operated drum machine-one button for on/off, one for "fill."
It can be done...
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SoulChicken
Junior Member
Canada
282 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2005 : 11:04:44 AM
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| geez i better get to work... |
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