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Post by hatman on Aug 17, 2004 5:59:55 GMT -5
Just read retrokris' post about his fretless and he mentioned sliding harmonics. I have heard about these before but can't do it. Can it be done on a fretted bass? If so how?
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Post by WeeMann on Aug 17, 2004 11:51:11 GMT -5
I've tried on a fretted bass but the frets "knock out" any momentum the string's got and turn the note into a fundemental. This really is a fretless technique (and sounds great when it's well done).
Unless anyone can prove me wrong?
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Post by retrokris on Aug 19, 2004 12:05:59 GMT -5
yeah im afraid its a fretless tecnique only. there really is no way to do it on fretted bass. ive recently been using it on double bass as well. but it is a very nice sound and can pay off if done well
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Post by tomstoats on Aug 19, 2004 17:23:21 GMT -5
if uve gt a fairly high action u can pull them off on a fretted as long as u dont press down to hard on the fingerbord.
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Post by hatman on Aug 20, 2004 4:40:00 GMT -5
low action for tapping and high action for sliding harmonics  time to buy a double necked bass I reckon ;D tom is right it can be done on a fretted bass, I have seen his research on the subject  |
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Post by TheBassPlayer on Aug 20, 2004 7:10:40 GMT -5
How do you do it? ? |
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Post by hatman on Aug 20, 2004 7:35:37 GMT -5
Apparently (I haven't tried this yet though) you play the harmonic then press the string down and slide. It can be done on a fretted bass (again I haven't tried this yet) but it's not easy and you can only slide a few frets (6+ frets is really, really hard).
I've just been watching Victor Wooten playing amazing grace and he plays a harmonic then raises the pitch of the string with the tuner - it's not a sliding harmonic but it's cool as f*ck!
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Post by tomstoats on Aug 20, 2004 8:21:38 GMT -5
lol hatman i see u too are on the mighty talkbass i wonder how many talk bassers we've gt here
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Post by tomstoats on Aug 20, 2004 8:24:39 GMT -5
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Post by TheBassPlayer on Aug 20, 2004 9:48:32 GMT -5
Just got me fretless out for the first time in a while, thought id give the sliding harmonics a blast!! couple of minutes past and ive got it!! the talkbass post help cheers for that!! gonna go have me some fun!!!
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Post by tomstoats on Aug 20, 2004 11:39:57 GMT -5
lol heres sumit cool try playing harmonic cords or double stops then sliding them ;D anyother ideas of wat to do with sliding harmonics every 1?
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Post by funkyassbassplayer on Aug 23, 2004 11:27:39 GMT -5
i find now that as i sit here with my fretted peavey i can slide harmonice quite well, hmmm.
ok so heres how im doing it guys simply pull of a harmonic over the fret and then lightly press down and slide, i realy need to show you guys, erm yeh if ya need more hlep jsut e-mail me.
other cool harmonics stuff......................hmmm (i say again) i slap and pop a few thats pritty groovy.
adn tappung (though i dont like it) is ok.
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Post by retrokris on Aug 30, 2004 18:21:13 GMT -5
hey ive just registered to talk bass, the active bass one is pretty good as well  but i must say none of them beats bass and beyond |
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Post by retrokris on Aug 30, 2004 18:26:05 GMT -5
ok ive just been sat on my arse being very geeky indeed, and i have found a way to play sliding harmonics on my higly actioned p-bass.....problem is i have been using a guitar slide...it takes some concetration but i got there in the end...im actually quite enjoying playing slide bass lol...although the fret noise drives me up the wall
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Post by HowardK on Oct 22, 2004 4:40:15 GMT -5
Yeah, it can be done on fretted, but, as said above, only for a couple of frets, 5th to 7th or vice versa works ok, but beyond that just turns to fret noise more than anything else. Sounds cool on fretless tho... or at least it does to me.. but then I am a bassist, so there's no accounting for taste |
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time to buy a double necked bass I reckon ;D
