Ongoing History Daily: The lowest note in the universe
If you know where to look, music can be found just about everywhere, even in space. That’s right, space. Astronomers
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Bass
Watch this 9-year-old girl KILL Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” on bass
Are you watching, Geddy Lee? Damn, the kid’s got some chops. Read more about Ellen Alaverdyan here.
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How many strings do you really need on a bass guitar?
How many strings does a bass have? Four is usually good enough, although you can get models with five and
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Watch this nine-year-old girl play Geddy Lee’s bits from “Tom Sawyer”
Geddy Lee is widely recognized as one of the best bass players who ever lived, a guy who spent decades
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Fun with isolated tracks: Paul McCartney’s bass lines on “Come Together”
Paul McCartney is one of the most melodic bass players in the history of music. Before he came along, no
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Random music news for Monday, October 21, 2019
Election day. As soon as you’re done with reading music news for October 21, 2019, go vote. Apologies for the
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Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass book signing
Anyone who knows anything about Rush’s Geddy Lee is familiar with his fascination with collecting things. It started with stamps
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This is a different approach to the bass guitar
The bass provides that crucial link between rhythm and melody and while four strings seem to be enough for most
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Who bass player John Entwhistle died 16 years ago this week. Let’s remember him with some isolated tracks.
I remember a gang of us all going to see The Who doc The Kids Are Alright when it first
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Because we needed a four-neck bass guitar…
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is famous for his five-necked guitar. Davie504 loves his bass. He’s turned into the Rick
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What sounds better: A bass that costs $20 or one that costs $5,000? Let’s find out
Here’s an interesting experiment in musical instrument quality. About 18 months ago, Dave504 compared the sounds he could get from
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