Is it easier to play Electric Guitar or Bass Guitar?? What is the Difference between the two?
I have recently become interested in Guitars and want to learn how to play one. I want to learn either Bass Guitar or Electric Guitar because 3 other people in my family are learning acoustic and i wanted to be different. So I want to know the difference between the two and which one is easier to play.
I’ll get this out of the way, I’m a bassist.
Guitar and bass, if you put enough time and effort into it, you’ll sound great either way.
I’ve got no idea what music you listen to, so here’s a basic idea.
With guitar, you’re going to end up learning a ton of chords and your fingers will start jumping into position on their own. Once you get it, it’s great. You can play a ton of blues and pop stuff and some of the old classic rock. With that, you’ll learn how to move each finger on its own. Once you master that, which can take a few weeks, to a few years, depending on how you practice, you can shred any guitar to bits.
With bass, you’ve got this deep and thick tone, for the most part. You’re notes are not as defined as a clean guitar, but that thick sound makes up for it. Each note you play, if you play it well enough, will resonate more than a guitar. I don’t mean anything about how long it lasts, but how it feels. You feel bass more than you feel guitar. With most music that you probably listen to, unless it’s jazz, the bass is not as strong as the guitar and doesn’t come out as strong, but it gives a feel to the song that the guitar doesn’t. You’ll learn how to pick with your fingers to get that thick bass tone and finger independence is a huge factor it how it sounds because of the bigger frets and neck. You’ll also end up learning how to get that really cool funk sound that bass is famous for, slapping.
A bass almost always has a longer neck than a guitar. With that, the frets are also bigger. You have to worry about fret buzz (that really annoying vibrating/buzzing sound when you don’t put your finger close enough to the fret) more on a bass than on a guitar. It is important on a guitar also, just not as much. Bass is more physically demanding (longer neck, bigger frets and 4 strings), but you have more things to deal with on a guitar (more strings and chords).
There are alot less bassists than guitarists, so your more likely to be asked to join a band if your a bassist.
One of the best ways to learn how to play different styles of guitar is from other people who are about as good as you, not better, not worse. They are the best teachers because they still have the same problems you do. Guitar teachers often forget about those problems because of how long they’ve been playing. There are more guitarists than bassists, so that could prove to be helpful if you play guitar.
One isn’t easier than the other, but you learn differently for each one.
Everything I said is standard, not all bassists play with their fingers and all not guitars do anything other than chords.
I doubt you wanted an essay for an answer, but consider it.
It’s your call, so good luck!
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:08 am
Just saying, acoustic is much better to start off with. The bass guitar only has four strings and the electric is artificial basically it has an amp inside thats why it doesn’t have a hole in the middle.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 4:44 am
Bass is sometimes easier to play, it’s simple with strumming and few notes, because you are a bass instrument and usually do not have complicated melodies.
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February 23rd, 2010 at 5:24 am
ok so the way i would put it is that the bass lays down the foundation of a song while the guitar accents it and adds more "spice"
this is even true even in most guitar centered songs
and as far as difficulty i would say guitar is harder but thats only if the bass follows the guitar exactly.
a good song that displays this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hje32q84TMg
listen to how the bass sounds in that one, and guitar at the same time
the bass gives all the deepness to the song
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February 23rd, 2010 at 5:38 am
bass is a way deeper sound and electric guitar is a litter harder because the electric has 6 insted of 4 like the bass if you want to be different from your family u should play bass
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hope i helped
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:57 am
I’ll get this out of the way, I’m a bassist.
Guitar and bass, if you put enough time and effort into it, you’ll sound great either way.
I’ve got no idea what music you listen to, so here’s a basic idea.
With guitar, you’re going to end up learning a ton of chords and your fingers will start jumping into position on their own. Once you get it, it’s great. You can play a ton of blues and pop stuff and some of the old classic rock. With that, you’ll learn how to move each finger on its own. Once you master that, which can take a few weeks, to a few years, depending on how you practice, you can shred any guitar to bits.
With bass, you’ve got this deep and thick tone, for the most part. You’re notes are not as defined as a clean guitar, but that thick sound makes up for it. Each note you play, if you play it well enough, will resonate more than a guitar. I don’t mean anything about how long it lasts, but how it feels. You feel bass more than you feel guitar. With most music that you probably listen to, unless it’s jazz, the bass is not as strong as the guitar and doesn’t come out as strong, but it gives a feel to the song that the guitar doesn’t. You’ll learn how to pick with your fingers to get that thick bass tone and finger independence is a huge factor it how it sounds because of the bigger frets and neck. You’ll also end up learning how to get that really cool funk sound that bass is famous for, slapping.
A bass almost always has a longer neck than a guitar. With that, the frets are also bigger. You have to worry about fret buzz (that really annoying vibrating/buzzing sound when you don’t put your finger close enough to the fret) more on a bass than on a guitar. It is important on a guitar also, just not as much. Bass is more physically demanding (longer neck, bigger frets and 4 strings), but you have more things to deal with on a guitar (more strings and chords).
There are alot less bassists than guitarists, so your more likely to be asked to join a band if your a bassist.
One of the best ways to learn how to play different styles of guitar is from other people who are about as good as you, not better, not worse. They are the best teachers because they still have the same problems you do. Guitar teachers often forget about those problems because of how long they’ve been playing. There are more guitarists than bassists, so that could prove to be helpful if you play guitar.
One isn’t easier than the other, but you learn differently for each one.
Everything I said is standard, not all bassists play with their fingers and all not guitars do anything other than chords.
I doubt you wanted an essay for an answer, but consider it.
It’s your call, so good luck!
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Bassist for three years, study in basic theory, some guitar capabilities.