Re: Confusing stuff in Mel Bay "Fun with Strums" book
Originally Posted by
Peter Coronado
I’d guess the squared off means pick the bass note and slash means strum the full chord...
That seems pretty reasonable to me.
Being a dedicated non-perfectionist (and sometimes bass player!), I'd go so far as to say, at least w/in these examples, that whatever "bassiest" note you can get should suffice, regardless of whether it's the chord's root or not. That would mean that, say, under a D chord, you should feel free to play the A at the G-string's 2nd fret. On mandolin, it's an accomplishment to just "get the idea of bass"
across, and that should serve nicely. Of course, all may not agree ...
(Edit) To answer Sue's question just above: Yep, that what I often do!
- Ed
"Then one day we weren't as young as before
Our mistakes weren't quite so easy to undo
But by all those roads, my friend, we've travelled down
I'm a better man for just the knowin' of you."
- Ian Tyson
Bookmarks