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Zandoss
03-25-2006, 04:28 PM
I was wondering if anyone could help put an arguement between my friend and I to rest. Is the sixth string on the bass a high or a low? Also, what is the new string tuned to. One of us say it's a high C, and the other says low F#.
Omega Red
03-25-2006, 04:30 PM
BEADGC is the 6 string standard tuning
Marly
03-25-2006, 04:31 PM
I think they are tuned:

(low) B
E
A
D
G
(high)C

as standard. Im sure you can get ones with low F# but theyre mostly as above i believe
Zandoss
03-25-2006, 04:31 PM
Allright, thanks.
Marly
03-25-2006, 04:38 PM
...you lost didnt you? :D
Linkinbassist
03-25-2006, 04:41 PM
no, he won...

...Be positive!
Zandoss
03-25-2006, 04:42 PM
I lost actually. Which is funny because I'm the one with more experience.
nopicks4me
03-25-2006, 04:48 PM
speakin of 6ers. i have one. and its tuned standard. but i dont use low B much so i wanna go EADGC_ Whats the next string up? E? Eb? or should i tune it like a guitar? EADGBE? that would seem weird...
Linkinbassist
03-25-2006, 04:51 PM
High F after the High C...
peeted
03-25-2006, 04:51 PM
well you could do it f#beadg if you wanted. its just not the normal way of tuneing it.
burtonbassist_101
03-25-2006, 05:31 PM
ive heard of people tuning it EADGBE (low to high) before...that would be interesting
St. Anthonys fire
03-25-2006, 06:27 PM
ive heard of people tuning it EADGBE (low to high) before...that would be interesting
No. That would suck.
amj
03-25-2006, 06:40 PM
How close minded and ignorant.
faelun
03-25-2006, 06:55 PM
That C on a 6 string is is all that Seperates 6 string players from the animals(guitar players)
Thonk
03-25-2006, 07:35 PM
That C on a 6 string is is all that Seperates 6 string players from the animals(guitar players)
I think this is the worst post i've seen all day.

Low B, one octave below, string guage, etc. Aaaand, guitarists /=/ animals.

/guitarist also
BassVirtuoso
03-25-2006, 08:48 PM
That C on a 6 string is is all that Seperates 6 string players from the animals(guitar players)

That and the fact they play different instruments.
sanray
03-25-2006, 10:51 PM
I think this is the worst post i've seen all day.

Low B, one octave below, string guage, etc. Aaaand, guitarists /=/ animals.

/guitarist also

and also that basses are tuned two octaves below guitar, and tuned in fourths. :smoke:
nopicks4me
03-26-2006, 12:26 AM
and also that basses are tuned two octaves below guitar, and tuned in fourths. :smoke:

I might be mistaken but Bass is one octave lower and they are tuned the same... accept the top 1 or 2 depending. and isnt it tuned in 5ths? hence the circle of 5ths?
Omega Red
03-26-2006, 12:32 AM
bass is 1 octave lower than guitar, and is tuned in 4ths from low to high. the only stringed instrument to be tuned in such a manner
Criss Frantic
03-26-2006, 12:35 AM
It's the circle of 4ths and 5ths depending on which way you go around, clockwise or anticlockwise.
EADG
03-26-2006, 12:35 AM
bass is 1 octave lower than guitar, and is tuned in 4ths from low to high. the only stringed instrument to be tuned in such a manner


Unless you count the double bass to be a different instrument.
nopicks4me
03-26-2006, 12:40 AM
i really dont get it.... the whole 4ths and 5ths... can some one explain or point me to a thread where its explained? the search function doesnt work for me :(

Edit: plus it seems to me the guitar and bass are the same except the octaves. and i know im wrong....
EADG
03-26-2006, 12:50 AM
i really dont get it.... the whole 4ths and 5ths... can some one explain or point me to a thread where its explained? the search function doesnt work for me :(

Edit: plus it seems to me the guitar and bass are the same except the octaves. and i know im wrong....


What don't you get?
Mailman
03-26-2006, 01:07 AM
bass is 1 octave lower than guitar, and is tuned in 4ths from low to high. the only stringed instrument to be tuned in such a manner
Apart from double bass.
funkyhoney
03-26-2006, 01:15 AM
i really dont get it.... the whole 4ths and 5ths... can some one explain or point me to a thread where its explained? the search function doesnt work for me :(

Edit: plus it seems to me the guitar and bass are the same except the octaves. and i know im wrong....
4ths and 5ths refer to the notes which follow the root notes up the scale
eg. the 4th of an open E is an A:
EFGA
1234

a 5th is just one after the 4th, thats best i can explain right now, im very tired
Omega Red
03-26-2006, 01:51 AM
Apart from double bass.
seeing as how i said bass, and upright, contra, double bass was the origional bass then i've included it.
Blk-Widow
03-26-2006, 01:55 AM
i dont understand wut the significants of 6 bangers are. unless you wanna play an octave lower guitar... which nobody does.
Criss Frantic
03-26-2006, 02:15 AM
^Have you not paid any attention to what has been said already in this thread?
Blk-Widow
03-26-2006, 02:17 AM
no i read a bit of it and, skimmed thru most of it. sorry i guess i was wrong...
FunkMetalBass
03-26-2006, 03:22 AM
i dont understand wut the significants of 6 bangers are. unless you wanna play an octave lower guitar... which nobody does.

You're right. Guitar sucks. In fact, let's all just go back to playing acoustic uprights/contra/double basses so that we don't even look like guitarists. :rolleyes:

A wider range of notes would be the obvious answer. Plus, more strings = more notes per position. Imagine being able to play entire songs that span over 4 octaves in just one hand position. That's why.

and also that basses are tuned two octaves below guitar, and tuned in fourths. :smoke:

Play your E-string at the 12th fret. Play the open Low E-string on a guitar.

Then get back to me.

It's the circle of 4ths and 5ths depending on which way you go around, clockwise or anticlockwise.

*counterclockwise.

It's still called the Circle of Fifths, you just have to know that a fifth in one direction is a fourth in the other.
Raiven
03-26-2006, 03:39 AM
*counterclockwise.



Anti-clockwise.
Az_Holl
03-26-2006, 03:43 AM
Who cares anti/ counter are the same **** :lol:
Raiven
03-26-2006, 04:57 AM
Who cares anti/ counter are the same **** :lol:

Toe - Mar - Toe
Misanthropic
03-26-2006, 05:31 AM
i dont understand wut the significants of 6 bangers are. unless you wanna play an octave lower guitar... which nobody does.

I wish that was sarcasm.
kev_trb1006
03-26-2006, 05:48 AM
i dont understand wut the significants of 6 bangers are. unless you wanna play an octave lower guitar... which nobody does.

http://www.angelfire.com/ill/deathstoodfallen/images/noob.JPG
muthafunkabass
03-26-2006, 06:26 AM
THe picture doesn't show-up Kev.
elbassio
03-26-2006, 08:25 AM
I'll try and explain the fifth/fourth thing.

Take a C note, fifth up is a G. Take a G note, fourth up is a C. If you played a C (3rd fret on the A string) then moved down to G (3rd fret on the E string) you've got whats called an inverted fifth...which just so happens to be the same as a fourth. But if you have the C on the A string and move UP to a G on the D string youve got a fifth.

I think someones already said it depends on which direction you're moving in, in terms of pitch. Moving down to the G from a C makes it a fourth (or inverted fifth) and moving up to the G from the C makes it a fifth.

Hope that helps