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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2005 at 17:43
I play guitar, drums and keys and I can say that, of all those, keyboards are the easiest to play. But that doesn't mean the keyboardist is slacking. I do not like generalizations, either. Bass easy to play? Have you seen Myung on the Live at Budokan DVD? He is in synch with Petrucci for many hard lines.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2005 at 17:54
In fact, if we consider one given single melodic line, out of those instruments I imagine it would be hardest to play on bass (even allowing for transposition), since there's further to move. I'm excluding drum kit from that, of course . If we include tuned percussion, that would probably take over.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2005 at 18:31

Originally posted by stebo32 stebo32 wrote:

Shut up I love Nick Mason's playing , and Rick Wright is pretty good too, they may not be legens like Cobham and Emerson, but they succeed at their own style. the playing doesnt have to be perfection. its what you hear that counts.

I aint gonna shut up, thats for sure.

The Poll is about the easiest job. I didn't comment on the enjoyment gained from listening to these guys, just on how much effort they seem to put in...

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2005 at 19:00
physically I think bass would be the easiest... It's a rhythm instrument that doesn't need too much work to play, unlike the drummer, and doesn't requite much speed like lead guitar or keys
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 13:47
I believe taht is not correct to say someone from the band's members has the easiest job! They all are important for the music and only some ignorant person can say that the bassist has the easiest job, or the keyboardist etc. There's not "easiest job" in the Progressive Rock. Usuqly in the rock, jazz and classical music all the musicians are pretty good and have HARD job!

Well the groupies are another story :)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 16:28
Groupie

I think the singer has the easiest job
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 19:35
Originally posted by Pafnutij Pafnutij wrote:

I guess the bassist in most cases, since bass parts are usually quite simple and no one listens to them anyway  . But a good musician is a good musician no matter what instrument he plays (unless its the recorder or something )

Hey!  Don't bash the recorder.

I'll send you my Double Recorder Eb Concerto if I must.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 22:54
Originally posted by Arsillus Arsillus wrote:

Originally posted by Pafnutij Pafnutij wrote:

I guess the bassist in most cases, since bass parts are usually quite simple and no one listens to them anyway  . But a good musician is a good musician no matter what instrument he plays (unless its the recorder or something )

Hey!  Don't bash the recorder.

I'll send you my Double Recorder Eb Concerto if I must.

F**K Eb!!!!!

I hate that key!!!

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2005 at 07:50
Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

physically I think bass would be the easiest... It's a rhythm instrument that doesn't need too much work to play, unlike the drummer, and doesn't requite much speed like lead guitar or keys
There's nothing about the bass that makes it inherently a "rhythm instrument" - that's just the way rock music tends to view it. Thus bass can be equally as demanding as guitar (and to produce the same notes, a lot more demanding since there are fewer strings and the frets are further apart, causing more movement. Also the strings are ever so slightly harder to press down (poor me eh? )
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2005 at 12:56

Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

physically I think bass would be the easiest... It's a rhythm instrument that doesn't need too much work to play, unlike the drummer, and doesn't requite much speed like lead guitar or keys

There's nothing about the bass that makes it inherently a "rhythm instrument" - that's just the way rock music tends to view it. Thus bass can be equally as demanding as guitar (and to produce the same notes, a lot more demanding since there are fewer strings and the frets are further apart, causing more movement. Also the strings are ever so slightly harder to press down (poor me eh? )

The fact that bass plays an octave or so lower than guitar automatically makes it less of a melodic instrument than guitar. But that by no means makes it easier to play.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2005 at 13:02
First of all, if this poll was serious, groupie would not be an option. That is a given. The fact that an overwhelming majority voted for bassist goes to show that most don't play the other instruments, or they think all a bassist does is play the lowest sounding note of a guitarist's related chord (ie the bass note). This may be true, but only in PUNK ROCK, and maybe classic rock [sh*t] like BOSTON. Progressive rock takes it to the next level. Listen to funk music and tell me the bass is the easiest instrument to play.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2005 at 16:55

I play guitar, bass, keys, and I sing, and from that list, the easiest by far is groupie, just have to lay there and take it. 

Bass really isn't as simple as people seem to think.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 24 2005 at 07:49
The best bass players are anything but simple...but alot of the time the bass gets overshadowed and you cant really hear it...like on early metallica albums
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2005 at 16:53

There's no easier instruments. Only people who play it simply.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2005 at 18:07
Sorry, I love playing bass and all, but it's easier I think than a lot and it's over looked so you can do pretty crappy and a good amount of people won't notice. (I know, not here though, but when I talk to a lot of people they do)
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