Acoustic bass guitar Essays

  • Invincible Song

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    like a rehearsal caught on tape, drumsticks clicking, guitar being plugged into amp creating slight feedback before lead singer Damian Kulash kicks off the righteous power pop rock that continues throughout Oh No. “Do What You Want” continues the thrash-y, stomping rock fest albeit with a few too many “come ons!” shouted throughout the breakdown two-thirds of the way through, you could still potentially add this to your replay list. The guitar riff is chunky, recalling a bit of Franz Ferdinand, but

  • How to Write, Record and Produce a Bachata Song

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    The American Jazz Saxophonist Charlie Parker once said, “Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But man, there’s not a boundary line to art.” Therefore, don’t expect after reading this article that you are going to be able to create millionaires-hits-songs, but take this as the first step in your long way to create a well-produced Bachata. The genre of Bachata was originated

  • History of the Electric Bass Guitar

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    Bass Guitar The most famous Bassist in the world is Sir Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney is a former band member of The Beatles. The first electric bass guitar was introduced in the 1930s by a man named Paul Tutmarc from Seattle, Washington. The first models of electric bass guitars were Model 736 Bass Fiddle. The company only made one hundred of these guitars. The electric bass guitar consists of a neck and body, and the bridge, tuners, pickups, strings, and amplification makes this instrument

  • How Guitars Work

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    How Guitars Work To properly understand the principles of how a guitar works, it is essential to understand the functions of sound waves and electromagnets. They play a key role in the function of the guitar, both in the acoustic and the electric. Sound Waves For us to hear, we need ears with an important piece, the eardrum. We hear sound because when a sound is created, there is a change in air pressure. Because of this change in pressure, waves are produced, flying all over the place

  • Comparing Louis Armstrong and Etta James

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    running only 2 minutes and 20 seconds. The song is written in ternary form, with the melody played by an acoustic guitar and strings. The first melodic idea begins the song before a development passage which leads to the return of the orignal melodic idea which plays out to the end of the song. The instrumentation of the song is typical of jazz tracks of this period, involving an acoustic guitar, strings, brass and obviously Armstrong’s v... ... middle of paper ... ...l than the other. Both artists

  • An Analysis Of Bob Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower'

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    combined with the soft mystical strumming of the acoustic guitar can be interpreted as a journey of desolation through oppression. Although Hendrix does not modify the syntagmatic structure of the song, he does alter the paradigmatic elements in order to convert it from a folk rock song to a psychedelic song. By embracing psychedelia, Hendrix utilizes the electric guitar, random crescendos, and

  • Information on Caribbean Bachata

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    tradition. Stringed instruments are believed to have been part of the European influence on the area, as well as harmonic patterns, as well as verse-chorus structure and prominent duple meter. Modern groups consist of two electric acoustic guitars, an electric bass guitar, a guira (A Dominican Republic percussion instrument), and bongos (Hutchinson). Bachata is thought to have originated in the rural areas, being the music of choice at rural friendly gatherings, similar to son’s roots. Bachata then

  • The Success of the Willie Nelson Concert Experience

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    playing in the WNE, the bass guitar, and the one and only Willie Nelson. In the legendary WNE, I am the bass player. For this project, it took hours on end of studying the bass inside and out to become this legendary player that I dreamt of before this project. The electric bass, a mystical object that is the foundation of every song, was invented by Paul Tutmarc. Since the 1960s the bass guitar has replaced other instruments like the tuba, the organ, and other low pitched bass instruments. There are

  • Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy

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    Zeppelins official founder) started off as the bassist for the Yardbirds, but eventually moved on to play electric guitar for the band. In 1968 the Yardbirds broke up leaving Jimmy Page the rights to the band. Jimmy went out looking to start a new group and found charismatic vocalist Robert Plant, Roberts close friend and explosive drummer John Bonham, and already famous bass guitar player John Paul Jones. The group hit it off and did a few shows in England before renaming the band Led Zeppelin.

  • Bass Guitar: Origins

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    Bass Guitar: Origins In terms of guitars, the bass guitar is one of the “newest” instruments. The bass guitar, however obvious it may seem, was not derived from the guitar. Electrical guitars were created from acoustic guitars, while bass guitars were actualized from the double bass instrument. These instruments were at first known as electrical bass instruments or the electric bass. The double bass instruments are colossal classical instruments that have been around for hundreds of years

  • Analysis Of Bob Marley's Redemption Song

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    Music has always been a big part of my life. Music is not just a bunch of melodies, rhythms, and vibrant sounds. It is a comfort to me. The lyrics of a song challenge my intellect and the rhythms and beats affect my emotions. Music understands me when people don’t. At times it takes me back to an event in my life or even in history. Both consciously and subconsciously my mind remembers the emotions that are attached to a certain song. It can make me feel on top of the world or the complete opposite;

  • Over the Rhine

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    Over the Rhine It is a rare occurrence in today’s over-amplified, bass-kicking sound world to leave a concert feeling as if you actually heard the music. Over the Rhine provided one of those concerts on Thursday October 2nd at Birdys Bar and Grill in Indianapolis. My personal congratulations to the sound guy, who’s mixing allowed the audience to really hear all the different layers of music and different instrumentation really being played. Another rare occurrence; real songwriters and musicians

  • The Acoustic Guitar: The Physics Of Music In Music

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    The acoustic guitar is the the most played instrument in the music world. Though, the guitar looks like a simple instrument to play there are a lot of physics regarding sound behind the creation of it, from the strings to the air inside, the anatomy, and the sound spectrum. Acoustic guitars are subtle and melodious but what makes it sound irresistibly good are the physics behind the instrument itself. Physics plays a huge part in acoustic guitars in many ways, including the structure of the guitar

  • Dave Matthews Band

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    Dave Matthews Band Formed in 1991, The Dave Matthews Band is composed of the widely varied musical interests of five musicians to create a uniquely impressive sound that combines the influences of folk, Jazz, rock, world beat, and reggae. South African David Matthews, the band's lead guitarist, began to assemble the players in 1991 to accompany him on a demo tape of original songs. Matthews, at the time was a bartender at a Charlottesville, Va. Jazz venue, called Millers. Matthews decided

  • Weather Report Characteristics

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    drummer Alex Acuna, whose gathering Koinonia got extremely prevalent on the west coast, and bassist Jaco Pastorious additionally toured and recorded with their groups. Most striking were Jaco Pastorious' tasks, which offered his fundamentally creative bass playing in enormous band or smaller Caribbean touched settings. Other conspicuous jazz-rock artists and bands of the '70's could be the Brecker Brothers; Tom Scott and the L.a. Express; trumpeter Chuck Mangioni; guitarist John Abercrombie; keyboardist

  • Persuasive Essay On Building A Guitar

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    When looking for a guitar what exactly do you want to look for? The color, size, sound, texture, brass, nylon, etc. not all guitars are the same, nearly never the same. Different guitars have different sounds and pitches when built, put together and played. Tonewoods have a major factor in what the guitar looks like and sounds. The quality and structure of the wood is a very important factor on how the instrument is built. ¨various woods have distinct sound qualities, especially when used for the

  • Jimi Hendrix

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    This future guitar master went by the name of Jimi, Jimi Hendrix. His childhood was not very fortunate, however, he did indulge himself in one particular way: Jimi loved to play the guitar. Jimi could never afford to take lessons so he taught himself. At first he played an old acoustic guitar, and later a cheap Silvertone electric. Both of these guitars were both strung for a lefty on a right-handed guitar, one of the defining Hendrix traits. Jimi would have preferred to play a guitar that was made

  • Eric Schwartz

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    Eric Schwartz is a singer songwriter whom I saw at a house concert this semester. Singer songwriters tend to be soloists who write and sing their own songs. Schwartz does just this, by writing autobiographical songs, such as “Who’s Gonna Love Me Tonight.” Schwartz also does this by writing songs which comment on current events, such as “Senator Whoever.” He then goes on to perform these songs by himself without a band. It is characteristics like these which help to label Eric Schwartz as a singer

  • Anaylsis of the Song Peace of Mind Written by Tom Scholz

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    Music Analysis The song is “Peace of Mind” by the band Boston, written by Tom Scholz and debuted on their first album in 1976. Since I was very young I’ve probably listened to this song several hundred times. Starting with my parent’s original vinyl copy, to the CD version, and now to the digital version I still have on my iPod. When I was younger and listened to the song I never really paid close attention to the lyrics or the seeming message is being presented. Now that I’ve matured and entered

  • Night Road Monologue

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    Yeah (stop, stop, stop, stop) You’ll only get your wings wet Oh, oh, (oh, oh….) ooooh (stop, stop, stop, stop) As the day falls into darkness, you come up to me quietly You save me from a nightmare, but before I’m aware you seem to fade away (as if you were never there) It’s just as if I’ve lost you, you, you The night sky’s empty, silent... out there nothing moves So, baby, hold on I need to be with you, but the distance between us is so vast that I don’t know what to do You're showered