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Bogdan Radovic23rd April 2013You can surely tell how much a BASS is needed in your Band. I was not even aware you could gallop on a bass. That's awesome.
Agreed!
When you play a band rehearsal without a bass, you can hear that a huge part is missing. Drums and bass fill up so much sonic space and provide a foundation for the songs and rhythm. Yes - gallop rhythm sounds cool on bass, check out some Iron Maiden songs, their bassist uses gallop almost always and it sounds so cool.
Mike RR2423rd April 2013You can surely tell how much a BASS is needed in your Band. I was not even aware you could gallop on a bass. That's awesome.
- Bogdan Radovic14th April 2008
Well its up to you , you can't see it from his videos..Going just down gives you a little bit more aggressive tone (which is different than alternating up and down)and you can do it in most of tempos..For faster ones you need to switch to down,up alternating..Just see what style suits better the song..
SinoMan14th April 2008I ment down and up, obviously.
- SinoMan14th April 2008
Ah man. And how can I tell when is he going down and when is he going down?
- Bogdan Radovic14th April 2008
Yeah , he is playing with a pick and there is a lot of gallop in nightwish songs
- SinoMan14th April 2008
Great stuff man. I've got one question though. Is this what Marco Hietala from Nightwish uses?
Thanks. - Bogdan Radovic31st March 2008
Thanks guys!
Joe Kataldo31st March 2008Great Stuff Man
Jerry Arcidiacono31st March 2008Nice lesson Bogdan.
Moon Boots30th March 2008Just what I needed. This really gives you a feel for bass finger picking!
Muris Varajic30th March 2008Good one!!
Nemanja Filipovic30th March 2008great exercise Bole...
- Bogdan Radovic30th March 2008
Thanks people!!
Gerardo Siere29th March 2008Nicesssssssssssssssss
Capt.Z29th March 2008nIizze!
Hisham Al-Sanea29th March 2008great Harris style Bogdan..good work man
Danilo Capezzuto29th March 2008Great lesson about pick!
Carlos Carrillo29th March 2008nice lesson Bogdan!!!
Pablo Vazquez29th March 2008Great great lesson!
swingline29th March 2008That was cool, great lesson.
Ivan Milenkovic29th March 2008nice exercise man. Keep practicing those!
Juan M. Valero29th March 2008great lesson mate
Dejan Farkas29th March 2008good ride
at lights end29th March 2008nice
Nick Kellie29th March 2008nice one
ZakkWylde29th March 2008I love to play stuff like this on bass but I can only do it with a pick and not with the 3-Finger technique
Kristofer Dahl29th March 2008Awesome to see you use the pick and cover the style of Harris - thanks Bogdan!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello GMC!
-In todays lesson we are going to play some gallop rhythm on bass.We will be using a pick to play this one.Its a rhythm figure often used in heavy metal music.Its made famous by Steve Harris of Iron Maiden and used by many other bass players..
-To get this rhythm down you will learn a heavy tune I composed for you."Gallop" is great choice on bass as well on guitars to get that "driving" sound to a song.In this lesson you are going to use a pick and practice right hand coordination,pick playing,incorporating gallop in different rhythms and licks.
-I used E phrygian scale for composing this one.
-Key: E
-Tempo: 120 bpm
-Time signature: 4/4
-Tuning : standard
-Difficulty: beginner/intermediate
Equipment I used for getting this sound was: Peavey Cirrus bass with active soapbar pickups, equal mix of both of them with added bass and treble on onboard eq - then going to the nemesis(eden) amp with a 1x15" and slightly added bass and treble there (at 1 o'clock position).I used fender medium pick on this one.
Feel free to ask me any questions in the lesson feedback and in my instructor board at forum.
Enjoy and I hope you'll have a lot of fun gallopin' this one!
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