The Quest for the Melodic Electric Bass: From Jamerson to Spenner

ISBN-13: 9780367879631 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 252 str.

Per Elias Drablos

Opis

The double bass - the preferred bass instrument in popular music during the 1960s - was challenged and subsequently superseded by the advent of a new electric bass. Investigating the performance practice of the new, melodic role of the electric bass as it appeared (and disappeared) in the 1960s and 1970s, this book turns to the number one songs

Recenzje

"The depth to which Drabløs had delved in order to track down details of recordings, the pleasing fluency of his writing, and the consistency and excellent of his transcriptions and their analysis will make the book worth returning to." - Allan F. Moore, The World of Music (New Series)

Spis treści

Part 1 Setting the Pace:  Getting to the base of things.  On popular music.  The work.  Part 2 The Melodic Electric Bass:  Establishing Style as Performance:  The bass in popular music.  Style and genre. Details, features, and idiosyncrasies.  Part 3 Toward a Performance Aesthetic:  Studio bass vs. band bass.  Artists, performance style, and aesthetics.  On the decline?  Wrapping up.

O autorze

Per Elias Drablos is an Associate Professor at the University of Agder, Norway, teaching electric bass as a principal instrument. He is also a regular member of the music group Secret Garden, with 5 million CDs sold worldwide.