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telamon
11-12-2005, 07:00 PM
I am want to learn how to play a standing bass, but will the knowledge i've gained playing on my electric bass apply? this may not be the right thread... and will i get better at my electric bass or is the instrument that different
FenderSRX
11-12-2005, 07:04 PM
well upright bass is tuned the same way, so it will help you out there, but other than that, its a completley different instrument. The technique is a lot different than electric bass. You also play it with a bow, so you do get a little bit of expirience but other than that its completley different, and a lot harder.
Spazzout22
11-12-2005, 07:09 PM
I know that you can improve at the upright if you practice on an upright. The fingerings are different, but the strings are the same. The scale is quite different, and after you hit the octave G you go into thumb position. You can transfer, but it'll take time to learn. It is basically like a new instrument.
gaslight
11-13-2005, 12:00 AM
Theory will still apply the same way but the technique is a whole new ballgame.
Aukai
11-13-2005, 12:53 AM
I know that you can improve at the upright if you practice on an upright. The fingerings are different, but the strings are the same. The scale is quite different, and after you hit the octave G you go into thumb position. You can transfer, but it'll take time to learn. It is basically like a new instrument.

Why would the scales me different?
gaslight
11-13-2005, 01:02 AM
He just means the scale as in the length of the neck, size of the fretboard etc.
darrell
11-13-2005, 07:15 AM
well upright bass is tuned the same way, so it will help you out there, but other than that, its a completley different instrument. The technique is a lot different than electric bass. You also play it with a bow, so you do get a little bit of expirience but other than that its completley different, and a lot harder.

It's not tuned the same way. An electric bass is tuned in fourths... (from low to high - EADG)... The doublebass is tuned in fifths (from low to high - GDAE). You also don't HAVE to play with a bow. Watch a jazz or country band...

Also, for scales, fingerings are obviously different. I used to know them, but I forgot. I really wanted to try to learn upright, but I don't have one and can't get one for less than a few grand. I'm a lefty, so I can't really find a used upright... Sucks for me! :upset:
Spazzout22
11-13-2005, 03:26 PM
It's not tuned the same way. An electric bass is tuned in fourths... (from low to high - EADG)... The doublebass is tuned in fifths (from low to high - GDAE). You also don't HAVE to play with a bow. Watch a jazz or country band...

Also, for scales, fingerings are obviously different. I used to know them, but I forgot. I really wanted to try to learn upright, but I don't have one and can't get one for less than a few grand. I'm a lefty, so I can't really find a used upright... Sucks for me! :upset:

Sorry bud, all double basses are tuned EADG...
Killer Fridge
11-13-2005, 03:35 PM
i thought cellos were tuned EADG and double basses were tuned GDAE....or is that the wrong way around?
FenderSRX
11-13-2005, 03:36 PM
It's not tuned the same way. An electric bass is tuned in fourths... (from low to high - EADG)... The doublebass is tuned in fifths (from low to high - GDAE). You also don't HAVE to play with a bow. Watch a jazz or country band...

Also, for scales, fingerings are obviously different. I used to know them, but I forgot. I really wanted to try to learn upright, but I don't have one and can't get one for less than a few grand. I'm a lefty, so I can't really find a used upright... Sucks for me! :upset:
I didnt say you had to play with a bow, but its something u cant do on electric that upright offers. And upright basses are tuned the same as electric basses. Dont know where you came up with that one (thinking of a cello possibly?)
Spazzout22
11-13-2005, 04:33 PM
i thought cellos were tuned EADG and double basses were tuned GDAE....or is that the wrong way around?

Violins, Violas, Cellos are tuned in fifths: Violin: GDAE Viola and Cello: CGDA

Basses however (Both upright and Electric) are tuned in fourths: EADG (or variations on that BEADG, EADGC, F#BEA that's solo tuning for basses btw)
LewsTherin
11-16-2005, 03:20 PM
It's not tuned the same way. An electric bass is tuned in fourths... (from low to high - EADG)... The doublebass is tuned in fifths (from low to high - GDAE). You also don't HAVE to play with a bow. Watch a jazz or country band...

Also, for scales, fingerings are obviously different. I used to know them, but I forgot. I really wanted to try to learn upright, but I don't have one and can't get one for less than a few grand. I'm a lefty, so I can't really find a used upright... Sucks for me! :upset:


cant you....buy a used one and string it the other way around? its not like theres a cutout or electronics to get in your way.