I don't agree with this. When it comes to bass lines, most piano *players*
are far ahead of bass players. There is an occassional bass player who
knows what is going on, thank God, but, by and large, most bass players seem
to think of playing bass as something easy to do (only one note at a time).
To play bass well is as difficult as to play piano well, and takes a bundle
of talent, sensitivity, and work. Good bass players who can play a well
constructed line are really few and far between.
Do you think Haas really believes that? Why don't you check with him again?
>The reason I say this is that bass players played cool subs long before
>most piano players incorporated them into their harmonic thinking.
>
>Later piano players started harmonizing these interesting bass lines, at
>least this
>is how Don Haas says they evolved and he has been an active performer going
>way back.
>
>Bass players are obviously focussed on the bass line and in how to logically
>get from one place to another.
>
>They also listen to the bass line and it has its own kind of validity just
>like a melody does.
>
>Whereas for many piano players and guitarists, the bass note is just something
>on the bottom of the chord. They don't hear it as it's own line.
>
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Bill