08-06-2012, 07:02 PM
There are some things I've always wondered about the difference between a guitar and a bass.
I don't know hardly anything about music and so when I was a kid and I watched some of my favorite bands (like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, etc.), I would see several of the band members playing what looked like guitars and I read the descriptions that said some of them were playing, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass. But I never really understood the difference and I'm hoping someone here might be able to give me a brief overview of the difference between an electric guitar and an electric bass.
They both look identical but the only thin I ever figured on my own was that before electric guitars, people used to play these huge bass fiddles that had four strings and I figured that the electric version would just look like an electric guitar but only have four strings.
I often see all kinds of books on how to learn to play guitar but almost never see any books about learning to play electric bass. Why is that?
I always had the opinion that it never really took much talent to play a bass guitar or at least it took much less talent than it did to play a guitar.
I have wondered about Paul McCartney. He played bass and was often considered to be one of the most talented of The Beatles.
Was that just a convenience because none of them really knew how to play guitar except for George?
I saw a documentary about George that explained that neither John or Paul really knew anything about playing guitar although they were really talented musicians in other ways). Does it make sense that John and Paul could be the most talented musicians yet still know almost nothing about playing guitar? As I understand it, George was a fantastic guitar player and far more talented at guitar than both John and Paul.
Can anyone tell me about that? Is is true that it takes a lot more talent and work to get good at playing guitar than it does at playing bass? If so, do all band members usually all get an equal share of the money? Or does the bass player usually get less because it takes less talent and work to get good at playing bass?
I honestly don't know any of these things and I'm asking cuz I'd like to find out. Anyway, I guess you must get the idea of the kind of info I'm interested in and I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help me out.
I don't know hardly anything about music and so when I was a kid and I watched some of my favorite bands (like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, etc.), I would see several of the band members playing what looked like guitars and I read the descriptions that said some of them were playing, lead guitar, rhythm guitar and bass. But I never really understood the difference and I'm hoping someone here might be able to give me a brief overview of the difference between an electric guitar and an electric bass.
They both look identical but the only thin I ever figured on my own was that before electric guitars, people used to play these huge bass fiddles that had four strings and I figured that the electric version would just look like an electric guitar but only have four strings.
I often see all kinds of books on how to learn to play guitar but almost never see any books about learning to play electric bass. Why is that?
I always had the opinion that it never really took much talent to play a bass guitar or at least it took much less talent than it did to play a guitar.
I have wondered about Paul McCartney. He played bass and was often considered to be one of the most talented of The Beatles.
Was that just a convenience because none of them really knew how to play guitar except for George?
I saw a documentary about George that explained that neither John or Paul really knew anything about playing guitar although they were really talented musicians in other ways). Does it make sense that John and Paul could be the most talented musicians yet still know almost nothing about playing guitar? As I understand it, George was a fantastic guitar player and far more talented at guitar than both John and Paul.
Can anyone tell me about that? Is is true that it takes a lot more talent and work to get good at playing guitar than it does at playing bass? If so, do all band members usually all get an equal share of the money? Or does the bass player usually get less because it takes less talent and work to get good at playing bass?
I honestly don't know any of these things and I'm asking cuz I'd like to find out. Anyway, I guess you must get the idea of the kind of info I'm interested in and I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help me out.
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2012, 07:10 PM by AliShibaz.)
