Sharp Practise
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10/2/2008 9:28:15 AM
Rhythm guitar and bass parts
Well, here we are back at my place recording rhythm guitars and bass parts.
Why the two together, I hear you asking. The answer is inversions. Being a guitar based band with a songwriter who also plays keyboards can lead to some tricky situations. I might write something that hinges on an inversion that’s really easily to play on the keys, but twists a guitarist’s hand into a distorted mess.
Fortunately I also play the guitar so I’m aware of the risk – not that this stops me from wanting to use these types of chord positions. So, the approach I adopt is to ask my guitarist to play the normal chord shape but to ask my bass player to move his low note around to invert the root of the chords.
Of course if you’re doing this to set a song out it makes sense for the guitarist and bass player to work together in putting the core tracks down. So, rhythm guitars and basses go hand in hand for me.
It also a nice change to spend time working in sub-groups rather than the full four-piece. Spending some time with just the guitarist or just the bass player gives me a chance to maintain our working relationship and keep the social side of the band firing on all six cylinders too.
I’ll talk some more about the sort of techniques we’ve been using in putting the core tracks down in my next entry. Meanwhile, it’s back to work on getting the basic songs down in an interesting form.
Bye for now,
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