Video: An Eight and a Half Minute History of the Bass
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One Bad Monkey
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I like it!
I like it!
threechordcharlie
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This goes back to what I have always said. The bass is first and foremost a member of the violin family. It has evolved over the years but it's roots are in the violin family.
This goes back to what I have always said. The bass is first and foremost a member of the violin family. It has evolved over the years but it's roots are in the violin family.
One Bad Monkey
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There are people that question that? I thought that was understood.
There are people that question that? I thought that was understood.
jon the art guy
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This is really great. bumpity bump bump and stealing it for my Foozbook.
This is really great. bumpity bump bump and stealing it for my Foozbook.
threechordcharlie
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Yes. I have brought this up numerous times over the years and I have always been ridiculed for it.
Yes. I have brought this up numerous times over the years and I have always been ridiculed for it.
post toastie
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wow.
awesomeness.
wow.
awesomeness.
guitfiddle
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Fun video!!
They only got two things off...Leo didn't invent the electric bass, nor the fretted bass...That distinction goes to Paul Tutmarc in around 1935. Leo did make the first commercially viable, mass produced one though, so since they used the word "introduced" I guess it's a fair statement.
Also, the technique of slapping the board of a stand-up bass was not first done in Rockabilly. Rockabilly borrowed that from Bluegrass players, who had been doing it since before Bluegrass even had a name.
Still a good video!
Fun video!!
They only got two things off...Leo didn't invent the electric bass, nor the fretted bass...That distinction goes to Paul Tutmarc in around 1935. Leo did make the first commercially viable, mass produced one though, so since they used the word "introduced" I guess it's a fair statement.
Also, the technique of slapping the board of a stand-up bass was not first done in Rockabilly. Rockabilly borrowed that from Bluegrass players, who had been doing it since before Bluegrass even had a name.
Still a good video!
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One Bad Monkey
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And jazz in the 20s and 30s as bass players were fighting band volumes and also playing without a drummer. Milt Hinton was THE man in terms of jazz upright slap bass.
And jazz in the 20s and 30s as bass players were fighting band volumes and also playing without a drummer. Milt Hinton was THE man in terms of jazz upright slap bass.
Great_Kazoo
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Cool video! But while we're getting nitpicky about some of the facts, just wanted to point out that the "Seinfeld" TV show theme he starts playing around 7:26 was originally a sample played on a keyboard.
Cool video! But while we're getting nitpicky about some of the facts, just wanted to point out that the "Seinfeld" TV show theme he starts playing around 7:26 was originally a sample played on a keyboard.
Falloffthebonetone
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Yep... it's like finding out Santa Claus doesn't exist.
Yep... it's like finding out Santa Claus doesn't exist.
baritone
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Yup, it always sounded like a keyboard to me.
Yup, it always sounded like a keyboard to me.
One Bad Monkey
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+1.
Still didn't stop me from trying to learn it on bass.
+1.
Still didn't stop me from trying to learn it on bass.
