https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:10:11 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-271043 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:39:36 +0000 Bass Players Discussion corbind https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-271043 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-262661 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:22:15 +0000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw7cVK8Ve9k]]> Bass Players Discussion smokindog https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-262661 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-261477 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:20:43 +0000
I've been jamming with a couple of guys tonight - two guitars and a bass, no drums. Two of us swapped guitar and bass around, and we just played normal bass-lines - when I was on guitar, I took my timing cues from the bass player. When I was on bass, I was fairly comfortable mixing it up a little, I knew the songs pretty well....but I found myself listening to the lead player for timing!

Maybe a drum machine? Although we've tried that in the past, the problem is you can't change tempo mid-song - at least not on my keyboard, with a choice of a lot of patterns, but no variable tempo.....

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Bass Players Discussion Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-261477 https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-27679 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:12:53 +0000
In a couple of weeks our drummer is going on a mission trip and now it looks like it will be me, our only real musician playing lead and maybe an acoustic strumming chords to back up the singers and congregation.

My instinct says just make sure to hit the one beat, hit the quarter beats and don't anything else. With more experience and skill what should the bass be doing to add to the mix if there is no drummer?]]> Bass Players Discussion Mahal https://guitarnoise.forum/bass-players-discussion/playing-without-a-drummer/#post-27679