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	Figured bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Figured bass, or thoroughbass, is a kind of integer musical notation used to indicate intervals, chords, and nonchord tones, in relation to a bass note.
		A part notated with figured bass consists of a bass-line notated with notes on a musical staff plus added numbers and accidentals beneath the staff to indicate at what intervals above the bass notes should be played, and therefore which inversions of which chords are to be played.
		In turn, the separate bass line, with figures added above to indicate other chordal notes, shortly became "functional," as the sonorites became "harmonies," (see harmony and tonality), and music came to be seen in terms of a melody supported by chord progressions, rather than interlocking, equally important lines as in polyphony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Basso_continuo (1832 words)

	Double bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The double bass is the only modern descendant of the viola da gamba family of instruments, a family which originated in the 15th century and is used to provide the lowest pitch notes in an orchestra or band.
		The double bass is erroneously considered to be the a member of the violin family of string instruments.
		The double bass, unlike the rest of the violin family, still reflects influence and can be considered partly derived from the viol family of instruments, in particular the violone, the contrabass member of the viol family.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Double_bass (3705 words)

	AllRefer.com - ground bass (Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments) - Encyclopedia
		ground bass, melodic phrase used repeatedly as a bass line.
		This ground was not rigid as to pitch, sometimes moving from bass to soprano.
		It was composed with varying melodies and harmonies in the upper parts.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/groundba.html (227 words)

	Bass Harmonica 101
		The Tombo Contra Bass is a single reed model, two octaves C to C, with both reed plates mounted on a single, convex-shaped comb, with a stainless tube covering the reed plates, giving it an oval-shaped cross section.
		Bass reeds are tuned to equal temperament, in octaves, and since they are not subjected to"bends", or the kind of pressure seen by diatonics or chromatics, they are usually tuned to Concert 440.
		An important point: attacks, articulation, range, etc, of the bass harmonica are quite limited compared with the upright bass or bass guitar, as it is a totally different animal in the bass family.
	www.bassharp.com /bh_101.htm (3585 words)

	Guitar Lessons: Bass Guitar: Part 2 - The Role of the Bass Line
		The goal is to introduce players to the basic elements of music; to explain why the bass plays a particular note at a particular time and the effect that bass lines have on a piece of music.
		The job of the bass is to indicate which chord is being played at a given moment, and this is most easily achieved by playing the root note of the chord.
		Sting is a master of very simple, very elegant bass lines that add a lot to the music he's playing, and every beginning bass player should listen to a lot of his music to hear how he does it.
	www.guitarists.net /lessons/view.php?id=27 (2631 words)

	CyberfretBass.com - Classic Internet Bass Lessons
		When the chord changed, the bass line leapt from one root to the next, like so: (all notes are 8th notes) E A E A E G----------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------- A--------------0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0----- E--0--0--0--0--------------0--0--0--0--------------0-- The movement from one chord to the next is rather abrupt.
		Although the Doors had no bass player (Ray Manzarek, the keyboard player, used a second keyboard to play the bass parts) for their last few albums a studio bassist was used, and I believe that this line was played on a bass, rather than on keyboards.
		This matches the drummer's pattern: where the bass is playing the lower note, the drummer is playing the bass drum and where the bass is playing the higher note, the drummer is playing his snare.
	www.cyberfretbass.com /misc-wisdom/classic-lessons/2.html (1731 words)

	The Bass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The bass line of a song is a pattern or a couple of patterns that are repeated throughout your tune.
		The bass is the instrument that puts the 'funk' in your tunes and is the main instrument used in funk music.
		Few bass players sing lead because the bass line and the lead melody are different.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p755.htm (292 words)

	The Five Degree Calculation Line for Bass Guitar_@TheCipher.com
		All versions of the bass Five Degree Calculation Line and their respective counting-grids are essentially identical — unlike the guitar.
		The Five Degree Calculation Line on the bass is a perfect straight line across the fretboard, much easier.
		The Five Degree Calculation Line, “zeroed” (rooted and aligned) at a chosen tonic or root, functions as a reference line — the centerline of a counting-grid.
	www.thecipher.com /bass-5degree-calc-line.html (1364 words)

	Constructing Walking Bass Lines
		While the traditional three-octave range of the vibraphone doesn't always lend itself well to it, walking bass lines can be a very effective texture for unaccompanied and ensemble vibraphone performance alike; vibraphonists who double on marimba or mallet synthesizer have an even greater opportunity to use walking bass lines in their work.
		While accomplished bassists will play bass lines using a variety of rhythms and a broad range of approaches to the harmony, elementary bass lines present the harmony of the song, and "walking bass lines" usually involve quarter-note motion.
		Walking bass lines are a great study device when learning new songs, and they can also be a valuable part of a jazz mallet performer's repertoire.
	www.malletjazz.com /lessons/bassline.html (590 words)

	DUC: Adding some distortion/fuzz to a bass line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Im currently recording/mixing a track that is quite stomping and the bass line could really use some fuzz/distortion on it to give it a reall meaty weight to it.
		Another cool trick is to double the bass line with a distorted bass synth.
		Bass, however, is one of those things that needs to be squashed in a hard rocking mix.
	duc.digidesign.com /showflat.php?Cat=&Number=813598&page=0&view=&sb=5&o= (740 words)

	Line 6
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		Now bass players can enjoy the instant tonal gratification to which thousands of POD owners worldwide have become addicted.
		Any or all of the sounds in Bass POD can be transferred to (and from) any other Bass POD or Bass POD Pro with a simple MIDI connection.
	www.line6.com /productDetail.html?model=8 (552 words)

	Welcome to Mel Bay's Bass Sessions® Web Magazine
		Often times, when choosing appropriate scales or modes for a bass line, we look at each chord, its scale or mode and play that scale or mode from root to root.
		The second skill is to use the scale form from each chord in a single position on the bass.
		The bass line was written in 1st position using the appropriate Scale Forms.
	basssessions.com /aug03/parallel.html (435 words)

	Line 6 Bass PodXT
		The Bass PodXT has four independent effects sections in addition to compression (five if you count the new six-band EQ), for adding effects such as reverb, delay, sub-octave, auto-wah, synth, chorus/flange, and so on, as well as emulations of a number of classic stage and studio effects boxes.
		The Bass PodXT's kidney-shaped case is the same as for its six-string counterpart, except for its dark-grey colour and the control legending, which reflects the different types of EQ and processing required by bass instruments.
		The effects section organisation is a great improvement (even though it's serious overkill for most conventional bass playing), and for live use the addition of the bi-amped mode and compatibility with the Floorboard controller should eliminate the need for any further pedals, processors or crossovers.
	www.soundonsound.com /sos/apr04/articles/line6.htm (2230 words)

	Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online - Figured Bass
		Even so, the accompanist was expected to observe the rhythmic and harmonic structure of the musical line and, for this reason, a form of 'harmonic shorthand' was developed that provided just enough information to extemporise an accompaniment but without making the part over-restrictive.
		The main reason for showing it at all is that not only are the harmonies of the 'figured bass' realised but additional counterpoint is also added freely, a testament to what would have been expected from a keyboard player of the time.
		When comparing Roman numeral notation with the fingured bass set out in an previous section of this lesson, notice that in the absence of Roman numerals, accidentals must be shown.
	www.dolmetsch.com /musictheory18.htm (1827 words)

	The Birth of a Bass Line
		You might assume that a bass player and drummer performing the exact same rhythm or pattern would contribute to the strength of the groove.
		In fact, you will find most often that when a drummer and bass player are competing for the same rhythmic space, the individual strength of each part diminishes, and neither part will stand out as much as if it was played alone.
		The end result is often a bass line that is too complicated or busy, or ends up sounding out of place or contrived.
	www.adamnitti.com /bassline.shtml (740 words)

	Line 6 Variax 700 Bass Bass Guitars FREE SHIPPING
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		With the Variax Bass 700, you can show up to any live gig or studio date with the confidence your tone will always be perfect for any tune.
		For models based on active basses, the behavior of the tone controls are based on those of the modeled instrument.
	www.music123.com /Line-6-Variax-700-Bass-i137316.music?affil=chrisb (1203 words)

	Sonic Glossary: Basso Continuo
		It is sometimes called "figured bass," "thoroughbass," or simply "continuo." The use of the basso continuo is confined, for the most part, to music of the Baroque era.
		This musician generally performs on a cello or bass, but a viola da gamba, bassoon, or other bass melody instrument could also be used.
		Basso continuo denotes musicians who thickened the textures in music of the Baroque era by augmenting the bass line with a combination of chord-producing and bass instruments.
	www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/draft/paul/sonic/basso.html (584 words)

	TalkBass Forums - Bass Line Transcriptions to Standards
		Pianists usually make the best bass instructors because they do most of their work with the 'meat' of harmony and can really guide you in what needs to be done harmonically to make the structure of a tune work.
		This also indicates that walking bass lines and eigth-note melody line are just two different, similar paths through a set of chord changes, where the melody lines wander more from the middle of the chord to upper harmony and bass lines tend to wander more from the root of the chord through middle harmony.
		Many of them had full bass lines written out, and while some of them where a tad cheesy, many of them were quite good (Nestico charts spring to mind).
	www.talkbass.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-30273.html (8259 words)

	Intl. Society of Bassists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Members of the ISB receive our triannual journal, Bass World, and, two times a year, the Bass Line newsletter.
		Bass Line is full of news about bass happenings around the world.
		Bass World is an eclectic, not-for-profit magazine published for the enjoyment and education of the ISB's membership.
	www.isbworldoffice.com /publications.html (444 words)

	Drumlines.org: Marching Percussion Education Community: Does your Bass line space out during warms-ups? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Our basses usually do a pretty good job unless its one of our warmups we've played a billion times (which we'll play a billion more).
		I find that the girls in the line do a better job at playing their parts and practicing as more of a "i may be a girl, but i'll prove you wrong"...they've got
		I try to keep my bass line from doing that but some of them have an authority problem, one on our line spaces out during the show sometimes.
	www.drumlines.org /threads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=46658&Main=46036 (737 words)

	Bass POD
		LINE 6 suffered the same, “Do you have another amplifier?” question as I have suffered, at one time or another in their lives.
		Bass POD Pro, and it is one of the most important advances in music technology I’ve experienced to date!
		Select amp and cab models and effects with A.I.R. The Line 6 innovation, A.I.R. (Acoustically Integrated Recording outputs) simulates the interaction of amplifiers, cabinets, speakers, microphones and the recording room during the recording process.
	www.globalbass.com /archives/july2001/bass_pod.htm (1801 words)

	Bass fishing line choices - BC Adventure Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I think the pros use the super lines because they have no stretch, and you need a lot of muscle to ram 4 big treble hooks into a basses face.
		I do not think the Spider Line will last on a spin caster because of all the line twisting that will eventually happen.
		Bass are lots of fun and you can catch as many on fly as you can on lures.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/forums/Forum2/HTML/020950.html (886 words)

	Welcome to Mel Bay's Bass Sessions® Web Magazine
		The first example is what I play on double bass with a bow; the second is what I'd do on electric bass.
		Slides, hornpipes, polkas and reels can be played with a very bluegrass type bass line - a root and fifth two-beat bass line, and feel free to walk between the chords.
		My initial bass line was intended to 'hold down the fort' until I knew how the song felt, but after a while the bass line went to this:
	www.basssessions.com /dec04/practice.html (930 words)

	Mark Epstein - Blues Bass Handbook
		Spending time making music with these artists has given me a real sense of history, how these artists feel about their music, what it means to them, and how it feels to play the authentic real deal.
		I'll introduce a line, sometimes with variations, play it through the 12 bar cycle, then take it through some different idioms (styles).
		So the trick here is not to memorize alot of lines; it is to understand a few good ones and learn how to manipulate them to achieve the vibe you're going for.
	www.markepstein.com /MEpages/ME_bass_book.html (652 words)

	Alembic Club: The Funkiest Bass Line...
		The tone was huge and those bass lines of his were funky yet smooth...certainly influenced my interest in bass playing with songs like, Good times, Stage fright, My feet keep dancin and At last I am free; a few of my favorites.
		Hm-hm...with the risk to be the goofy of the bunch I propose the bass line in the title track from the film "Dirty Dancing": The time of my life.
		Anthony Jackson's bass lines on the "Naughty" disc from Chaka Khan are some of the funkiest on the planet, especially "Move Me No Mountain".
	www.alembic.com /club/messages/449/5923.html?1067633049 (2071 words)

	TalkBass.com: Bass Guitar and Double Bass Community Forums, Features, Tabs, and More
		The Barker Vertical Bass is unique in its design - played in an upright position, the bass features a 34" scale and fretted neck, giving the player an upright feel with a familiar scale and neck.
		Visit the new Barker Bass Forum for more information, discussion with some great players, or to post your own questions about this instrument.
		It sounds unlikely, but rumours are currently circulating that The Smiths may reunite for a special charity gig organised by ex-Smiths bass player, Andy Rourke.
	www.talkbass.com (685 words)

	ECHO VI/2: Fry
		Less of a surprise is that it was “regarded as unseemly for the fair sex to blow things in public” (wind instruments) (56) but how the 500 double bass teachers in Paris in the mid–20s found work is a mystery (176), as is the necessity of 7593 keys to the Opéra (66).
		And Nichols’ assertion, based primarily on Stravinsky’s rejection for a seat at the Institut in 1935, that he “stands as a signal exception to the rule of Parisian tolerance that marked the Twenties” is out of line even with Nichols’ own, relatively nuanced, interpretation of the period (263).
		It is puzzling too that he has next to no engagement with the recent literature on nineteenth-century French music, such as Anselm Gerhard’s The Urbanization of Opera and James Johnson’s Listening in Paris, in which both institutional and reception history have played a major role.
	www.echo.ucla.edu /volume6-issue2/reviews/fry.html (1501 words)

	BassLine is a new sound SpeakerPanel invention attributed to acoustic refinement for bass reflex speakers
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		Since the installation there is better efficiency and 1/3 volume potential left on the amps with the same sound produced.
		It was also noted that the BASS sound from the subs was crisper and cleaner, eliminating distortion.
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