ska bass lines

[corporatevictim]

yea i was wondering if anyone out there listens to ska and knew if ska followed and pattern with their bass lines
you know like an augmented 5th major or anything like that

[bottlerocket]

From what I've heard: Major scale.

Then again, I don't listen to ska. :thumb:

CMaj = happy ++

-Gav

[Left Shoe]

have your gutiarist lay down a chordal progression, then play a bass line that accentuates the chord tones of the chords hes playing

[FunkMetalBass]

Lydian mode.

[nopicks4me]

i was kinda in a ska band but it didnt work out.

Ska came from regaee from what i have learned. so what my band did is write a regaee song which seemed easier to us than ska. then we bumped the tempo up like 40 beats and it would magically turn to ska. not that simple. but you should be able to get a close enough feel to make it sound ska.

[Napes]

i was kinda in a ska band but it didnt work out.

Ska came from regaee from what i have learned. so what my band did is write a regaee song which seemed easier to us than ska. then we bumped the tempo up like 40 beats and it would magically turn to ska. not that simple. but you should be able to get a close enough feel to make it sound ska.

Its actually the other way around, ska preceded reggae but no worries! :chug:
Anyways walk around the scales of the chords from the chord progression, its pretty easy if you keep it simple.

[onenationunderagroove]

just listen to sir horace gentleman of the specials for all your ska style bass playing needs, note the song 'nite klub'

[Specialsauce]

just listen to sir horace gentleman of the specials for all your ska style bass playing needs, note the song 'nite klub'
the specials = best band ever. Horace is still no the best ska bassist out there, but his lines are fun to play. Try listening to the suicide machines if you want some faster, busier ska lines.

[Pluperfect_Arson]

Listen to Catch 22's Keasbey Knights. There are wonderful ska basslines on there, and not to mention the fact that it's a wonderful album.

Also check out Streetlight Manifesto. Their first album was, basically, Keasbey Knights Jr. I don't quite remember the title of it, and I'm far too lazy to look it up at the moment. I think that band has three of the members including the bassist from Catch 22 in it.

I don't really follow up on either of those bands.

[pitchfork]

Ska basslines are great to play, the older lines you got a very sinister sound a lot of time the new ones not so much its more jumpy.
Some good ska bands:
Madness
The specials
The selecter
Special beat

[corporatevictim]

thanks for some of the help

[BassPlayingPineapple]

The basslines in some of Streetlight Manifestos songs are bloody insane. Great band, great bassist :thumb:

[White Riot!]

Keep it light and bouncy and accent the upbeats................

[Left Shoe]

Listen to Catch 22's Keasbey Knights. There are wonderful ska basslines on there, and not to mention the fact that it's a wonderful album.

Also check out Streetlight Manifesto. Their first album was, basically, Keasbey Knights Jr. I don't quite remember the title of it, and I'm far too lazy to look it up at the moment. I think that band has three of the members including the bassist from Catch 22 in it.

I don't really follow up on either of those bands.
everything goes numb :thumb: and streetlight manifesto has just recently put out a completel cover of Keasbey nights, much better than the original, better soloing, better bass playing the whole shebang

[BassPlayingPineapple]

They've gotta be one of the best ska bands around, if not THE best one.

[Random.bass.player.]

Yeh, im in a ska band first practise for them on thursday. Since i've always been and still am in an indie band i have no idea what to do.. i've been told just to make it happy..

[peeted]

well you have your happy ska wich is mainly major arpegios under a simple chord progresion (usualy useing 3rds and 5ths) and with an ocasional change to the reletive minor were teh bassline is usualy more simple or funky.
theres allso your more hip hop related ska were your mixing in alot more funk and regge stuff and its usualy based less around a guitar chord sequence and more around a funky bassline based either on the blues or natural minor scale. (eg bitches in nike shoes by capdown)

[Pluperfect_Arson]

everything goes numb :thumb: and streetlight manifesto has just recently put out a completel cover of Keasbey nights, much better than the original, better soloing, better bass playing the whole shebang

Hmm...

I think I'm going to have to check that out.

[BassGirl47]

I think Ska is Cool.I like the Aquabats .i can never find their tabs

[Mr. Grill]

I'm generally a metalhead, but I find ska to be extremely fun to play.

[moghes69]

everything goes numb :thumb: and streetlight manifesto has just recently put out a completel cover of Keasbey nights, much better than the original, better soloing, better bass playing the whole shebang
did they actually release it yet, or is it still only on limewire?

[LewsTherin]

The band I had been in played some ska tunes, and I either a) played a light, bouncy, simple walking line (like your stereotypical swing line, with the 1-3-5-6-7 arrpeggio) or played roots, 3rd, 5th, 7th and octave on the upbeat and the occasional downbeat.

[nopicks4me]

Its actually the other way around, ska preceded reggae but no worries! :chug:
Anyways walk around the scales of the chords from the chord progression, its pretty easy if you keep it simple.

Ok. i believe your right and all cuz i just dont know that much. but i do find it really hard to believe that Bob Marley listened to The Toasters. (yes that is exaggeratted alot) but you get what i mean?

what im really asking is...
Did Reggae actually come from Ska or was it just made up after ska?

[LewsTherin]

Ok. i believe your right and all cuz i just dont know that much. but i do find it really hard to believe that Bob Marley listened to The Toasters. (yes that is exaggeratted alot) but you get what i mean?

what im really asking is...
Did Reggae actually come from Ska or was it just made up after ska?


reggae came from ska. it diverged a bit, obviously, but the basic raggae style is just slowed-down ska.

also keep in mind that ska has continued to change over the years as well, so its not like raggae came from modern ska, it came from really old-school ska.

[nopicks4me]

good enough. Thanks!

[The Forgotten Bassist]

Also check out Streetlight Manifesto. Their first album was, basically, Keasbey Knights Jr. I don't quite remember the title of it,

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb, a great album

[Polyamarous]

I play in a ska band and frankly don't know squat theory. However I do know that alot of popular ska bands (LTJ RBF etc) basically use major scales, it works well, sometimes walking lines. How I origianlly learnt was looking at various ska basslines I liked, and looking for obvious patterns etc.

[Left Shoe]

did they actually release it yet, or is it still only on limewire?
i dont buy cds anymore, so i woudlnt know