Fingernail on 8/10/2007 at 22:57
Quote Posted by Volitions Advocate
A String bass starts with an A not an E.
Not if it's a normally tuned standard classical double bass. Seriously. Facts need to be gotten straight. They're tuned just the same. And even with an extension, it only goes down as far as C.
EDIT: Okay, if you're from Eastern Europe you could be right but it's a serious minority who would consider that the normal tuning worldwide.
ignatios on 9/10/2007 at 00:28
Quote Posted by Rug Burn Junky
I had a girl yesterday tell me that scotch was different from whiskey.
I let her get away with it, because she was fucking hot and blond, and nobody listens to her anyway because they're all staring at her ass, so I figured what harm could she do if she tries to spread that misinformation.
It wasn't (mis-)information you were concerned about her spreading anyway, am I right
ps it's "whisky"
Drazur on 9/10/2007 at 00:39
So, the only bass player's thread I have ever seen turns into a discussion of alcohol.
How Rock 'n' Roll!
(Perhaps people spell things differently, depending on their birthplace. Like Axe. Or Aluminium. Or Whiskey.)
SubJeff on 9/10/2007 at 00:45
Disnae "whiskey" indicate it dinae come from Scotland?
And isn't it spelt aluminium everywhere? 'Tis is nor the pronunciation that differs?
Also Primus bass riffs ftw!
ignatios on 9/10/2007 at 00:47
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Tis is nor the pronouncation that differs?
"pronunciation"
Also the spelling does differ regionally, but it's always Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey.
Rug Burn Junky on 9/10/2007 at 00:54
Quote Posted by ignatios
ps it's "whisky"
OK FINE WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY I'M WRONG :grr:
'cept when she said it, it didn't have an 'e'
Tocky on 9/10/2007 at 03:30
You know because you were watching her mouth verrrrrry closely.
Also-
Quote Posted by 37637598
But "Fiddlers" insist that the strings are more level with each other enabling the player to play them all at once... That's the only real difference I've heard about... Perhaps it's just an aftermarket modification that they prefer to do to give them that ability. Jimi Hendrix could do it without a bow! or a modification!
What? I've never heard this. I think somebody is pulling your leg, which wouldn't be uncommon in fiddledom. It would interfere with "rocking the bow" to trim the bridge, which is just a thin piece of wood anyway, and there is no reason to ever stroke more than two strings. Some loosen the bow string to allow double stop but to me it flattens the note.
The main difference is the tuning which differs from classic GDAE on most but not all tunes, sometimes AEAE and soforth. The strokes themselves are different with most bluegrass being "down bow". That and the liberal use of beaver oil on the strings. ;)
Seriously, a fiddle is a violin. The difference is the stroke.
Spaztick on 9/10/2007 at 06:59
"blonde" is used for stupid women (ie blonde chick).
"blond" is used for guys with yellow hair.
Fingernail on 9/10/2007 at 10:23
Quote Posted by Tocky
You know because you were watching her mouth verrrrrry closely.
Also-
What? I've never heard this. I think somebody is pulling your leg, which wouldn't be uncommon in fiddledom. It would interfere with "rocking the bow" to trim the bridge, which is just a thin piece of wood anyway, and there is no reason to ever stroke more than two strings. Some loosen the bow string to allow double stop but to me it flattens the note.
The main difference is the tuning which differs from classic GDAE on most but not all tunes, sometimes AEAE and soforth. The strokes themselves are different with most bluegrass being "down bow". That and the liberal use of beaver oil on the strings. ;)
Seriously, a fiddle is a violin. The difference is the stroke.
This could derive from older styles of violin, though, such as were used in the Baroque period and before, where the bridge
was flatter to allow for more double stops and chordal passages - this is one of the reasons the famous Bach Chaconne is particularly difficult on modern (sort of post-Strad) violins, I believe.
Paganini's violin had an almost flat bridge which allowed him to strike all the strings at once, so they do vary I guess. We'd need to find a bona-fide fiddle player to really sort this out, but I suspect such things are more common in fiddle playing than standard violin practice.
Tocky on 9/10/2007 at 12:06
True I've only been playing about a year but my uncle has been playing around fifty. The need to strike more than one string is only to add a sort of rythm section to the lone instrument as in Mt. Airy style.
I have no idea why a flatter bridge would help classical but it truely is no problem to rock a bow and actually helps bluegrass.
It sort of makes me want to whittle on one to see.
