"Freewill"

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:30 pm

Jacob, adding to what Ted said, slow, steady and correct, is a lot better than flashy and all over the place.

Get those callouses built up, in a short time you should lose most of the feeling in the tips of your fretting hand !!!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:31 pm

Do what works for you. Eveyone is different. I always suggest the "classical" way to new players.

sabbath_of_bass · Post by **sabbath_of_bass** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 2:41 pm

Well I was pretty much told.... keep as good of form as you can but dont expect it to be perfect because after all its kinda crazy.

Already done Jim. I dont think iv put the thing down sence i started. And lately sence its summer.... Iv been playing probly 7+ hours a day lol. Im obessed.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:02 pm

Great solo. I mix and match the three recorded versions. I do the album version for a few parts and some of the stuff from "Different Stages". I improvised it when I first tried it out but it ended up being close to the "DS" version. I have no idea when the hell he is doing on "ESL". Just amazing.

Ged uses his pinky on the chords in "Force 10" and "Animate". It's not very often he uses it but he does use it. I have small hands so I use it all the time.

Ged's style is very predictable at times. He does use the same moves alot. All over "Fly By Night" he uses the same fill. He does his patened triplet on every song on "Power Windows". He used moves from "Vapor Trails" and put it in stuff from "Feedback". If you lean just a few of his moves you're set for a lot of other stuff.
His "strum" stuff he started on "Counterparts" has helped my style alot. I can do triplets with one finger after learning that. It works amazing with chords and helps with songs that ends with one chord strummed on end for 30 or so seconds.

He is my bass hero. Just a god is my eyes and ears. I also play over the neck pickup like that. My havd "floats" with no support. Small pic... sorry.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 7:10 pm

Anybody that plays chords on a bass should be........well shot is a bit much, but how about jailed? {:^)

keb · Post by **keb** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:11 pm

What, pray tell, is wrong with playing chords on a bass guitar?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:20 pm

That's why God created guitar players and keyboard players. See, we're doing them a favor by not playing chords. It keeps 'em working. If the bass plays everybody's part, there would be even more unemployed musicians!!!!

I'm just funnin anyway!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:01 pm

Don't mess with the Geddy crowd, you'll be sorry Charly, they'll get you with voodoo dolls.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:11 pm

Ok, maybe if you're in a three piece!

sabbath_of_bass · Post by **sabbath_of_bass** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:11 pm

Already got a metronome and a drum machine. I use them every now and then. And i try learning some swampy blues tune or something every now and then. Something on the swing to help with timing.

Charly theres nothing wrong with chords... as long as you know how to use them. Besides... we have to make the guitarist fight for his job or theyll get sloppy on us. Once they do that well just have to break out the piccolo bass and teach them a lesson.

Im starting to think the "Geddy Lee" fan club is a gang or something. Theres a test to get in. Asks you how many rush cds you own... if your a bassist, and if you have a revolver. No comment on what the gun is for. (charly???) J/K dude.

bob_the_bass · Post by **bob_the_bass** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 2:31 am

Jacob, try this :-

http://www.powertabs.net/pta.php?page=song,729

Get the editor first (all free of course) - powertabs.net is awesome

Cheers

Bob

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:45 am

Chords on the bass are old hat, McCartney even did it. Don't let Lemmy hear you say anything bad about bass chords, LOL.

My Rickenbacker 4001 has probably had as much Rush played on it as Geddy's in the last 25 years--- Geddy didn't turn me to the bass, but anchored me there. I owe a LOT to him and the band.

I don't think that I've ever encountered anything that has been more fun to play than Rush (on the bass that is)...in my local band here at home we are in the throws of preparing a 'Rush Set' for our fans, they really dig it too...

keb · Post by **keb** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:58 am

Poor ol' Geddy gets bashed enough around here for choosing Fenders over Ricks! I gotta stand up for the guy.

Anyway, my favorite runthrough of Freewill is the live version on Exit Stage Left. That's some roarin' awesome Rick tone right there. Good stuff. That is, if you're in the Geddy/roundwound string club, hehe.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:16 am

I play chords when I want to annoy people, haha!
I went through my lead bass playing phase years ago playing chords and playing way up on the neck until one day one of the guitarists whom I respected highly said to me "Bob why don't you just grab a Tele and get up here and play along with us?" haha! It made me angry but I never forgot it because he was right. I gradually learned how to play bass after that. I can still go crazy and wow people if I want but I save it for solos now.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:35 am

It depends on the kind of music one is playing, though. I do use the whole fingerboard and sometimes play chords and double stops in our music.

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