https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:07:02 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-365604 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:46:43 +0000 Bass Players Discussion Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-365604 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-365597 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:43:09 +0000 Bass Players Discussion Minotaur https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-365597 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-365593 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:35:50 +0000
Your happy place is really the only place. You can get fancy if you've got a solo. And if you do, then the questions should be the same as for a guitarist or a keyboard player - what you can play over the harmony. D Dorian isn't a harmony - ever. It's a scale :)

That's the root of almost all modal confusion: modes are scales, not chords. Some modes work well over certain chords. Some don't work over those same chords. Trying to work one mode over another (called bimodality) rarely works, because the charm of modes is the difference in tonal centers - if two different ones have to duke it out, one invariably loses.]]> Bass Players Discussion NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-365593 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-41109 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:22:16 +0000
Why not just play what the freakin' song calls for? I haven't seen any questions like that for guitar soloing, but I see this constantly for bass. My "happy place" in bass playing is R 3 5. OK, I'm not adventurous and even on guitar I can't get my head wrapped around pentatonics. But what's with all the obsession over modes? What am I missing? I would ask that over there but without a doubt I would get my tongue ripped out and stomped on. And I need my tongue for snarky comments. :mrgreen:]]> Bass Players Discussion Minotaur https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-bass-and-modes-am-i-missing-something/#post-41109