The bass guitar is a transposing instrument, as it is notated in bass clef an octave higher than it sounds ( as is the double bass ) to avoid excessive ledger lines.

It is not uncommon for the bass guitar to be hard to hear or to homophonically follow the bass lines of the guitar.

Brown's style of funk in the late 1960s was based on interlocking syncopated parts: funky bass lines, drum patterns, and iconic guitar riffs.

The Bottler might also play accompanying music or sound effects on a drum or guitar and engage in back chat with the puppets, sometimes repeating lines that may have been difficult for the audience to understand.

Bass guitar lines are often uncomplicated ; the quintessential approach is a relentless, repetitive " forced rhythm ," although some punk rock bass players — such as Mike Watt of The Minutemen and Firehose — emphasize more technical bass lines.

Both feature prominent lead synthesizer lines with minimalistic guitar chords and solos.

Think Tank, released in May 2003, was filled with atmospheric, brooding electronic sounds, featuring simpler guitar lines played by Albarn, and largely relying on other instruments to replace Coxon.

) Versions of Haley's song that run longer than 2: 10 will lack the electric guitar sound of Danny Cedrone and the double bass lines of Marshall Lytle.

The single again featured Marr's strident acoustic guitar rhythms and lead melody guitar lines with wide leaps.

DiFiore's trumpet work originated with McCrea's desire for a second melodic instrument to go with a song he had written ; " A lead guitar playing those lines would have been really hokey.

It took the band about eight months to mold the songs into shape, with French bearing primary responsibility for transposing and shaping Vliet's piano fragments into guitar and bass lines, which were mostly notated on paper.

Raggett of Allmusic called the album a " last entertaining blast of wigginess from one of the few truly independent artists in late 20th century pop music, with humor, skill, and style all still intact "; with the Magic Band " turning out more choppy rhythms, unexpected guitar lines, and outré arrangements, Captain Beefheart lets everything run wild as always, with successful results ".

With a full time fiddle player in their lineup, the band's second album feature a " now legendary folky jig style " and " more prominent inclusion of the fiddle playing lead lines and melodies normally associated with the lead guitar parts of most other rock bands.

Some transposing instruments, such as the piccolo, double bass, guitar, and the tenor voice, transpose at the octave to avoid ledger lines.

Think Tank, released in May 2003, was filled with atmospheric, brooding electronic sounds, featuring simpler guitar lines played by Albarn, and largely relying on other instruments to replace Coxon.

It uses repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals.

Metal Box was originally released as three untitled 45-rpm 12-inch ( 30-cm ) records packaged in a metal box resembling a film canister with an embossed PIL logo on the lid ( it was later reissued in more conventional packaging as a double LP set, Second Edition ), and features the band's trademark hypnotic dub reggae bass lines, glassy, arpeggiated guitar, and bleak, paranoid, stream of consciousness vocals.

The two men sang " Stille Nacht " for the first time at Christmas Mass in St Nicholas Church while Mohr played guitar and the choir repeated the last two lines of each verse.

The band's music at the time was described by Stevenson as a " coffee'd-out blend of rock-surf-pop-punk music [...] The sound consisted basically of Lombardo's hard-driving, melodic bass lines, Navetta's tight guitar riffing, and my ' caffinated ' surf beats.

" Rolling Stone gave it three stars, calling it " the freshest riffage since last year's Soundgarden record " and also noting the " tight, hot guitar lines and radio hooks that burn themselves into your brain ".

The album featured a mix of folk-punk-pop ditties with humorous lyrics, often simultaneously celebrating and mocking 1980s counterculture, and instrumental tracks featuring ska-beats and Eastern European, Mexican or Spaghetti-Western influenced guitar or violin lines.

However, the smaller lineup and updated production values also helped focus on the band's playing: Segel's shrieking violin, Lisher's increasingly powerful lead guitar playing, Lowery's often ska-influenced rhythm guitar playing, Krummenacher's melodic bass lines, and Petersen's quirky yet powerful drumming.

* A " Grand Auditorium " ( GA ) guitar, sometimes called a " 000 " or " Triple-Oh ", is very similar in design to the Grand Concert, but slightly wider and deeper.

The output of the preamplifier then goes to a separate amplifier system similar to that for an electric guitar.

The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and four, five, six, or eight strings.

These instruments have three double courses similar to the stringing of the mandolin and often use a " guitar " tuning.

* The overall design of a Classical Guitar is very similar to the slightly lighter and smaller Flamenco guitar.

When the key is pressed, the tangent strikes the strings above, causing them to sound in a similar fashion to the hammering technique on a guitar.

The acoustic guitar group also includes unamplified guitars designed to play in different registers, such as the acoustic bass guitar, which has a similar tuning to that of the electric bass guitar.

The flamenco guitar is similar to the classical guitar, but of lighter construction, with a cypress body and spruce top.

Flat-top or steel-string guitars are similar to the classical guitar, however, within the varied sizes of the steel-stringed guitar the body size is usually significantly larger than a classical guitar, and has a narrower, reinforced neck and stronger structural design.

The physical principle of the guitar is therefore similar to the loudspeaker.

The electric bass guitar is similar in tuning to the traditional double bass viol.

Japanese guitar makers in the 1960s were mostly copying European guitar designs and some of the late 1960s Ibanez designs were similar to Hagström and EKO guitar designs.

It is similar, with the exception that the guitar is held in the conventional position, and using a different form of slide to accommodate this playing position.

Crash and Smear were enthusiastic fans of the band from the pre-Germs days, and the fast tempos and raw guitar tone of ( the historically pre-punk ) Zolar X are very similar to the sound achieved on later Germs recordings.

Unlike members of the violin family, which are tuned in fifths, viols are usually tuned in fourths with a major third in the middle, mirroring the tuning employed on the vihuela de mano and lute during the 16th century and similar to that of the modern six-string guitar.

Vibrations from the bars resonate as they pass through the tubes, which amplify the tone in a manner very similar to the way in which the body of a guitar or cello would.

A new theme, which was titled " The Midnight Four ", was composed by Score staff composer Ken Bichel with a memorable " funk " guitar intro, and similar elements and instruments from this theme were also featured in the numerous " think cues " heard when the panel wrote down their answers.

In early 1987, Evans negotiated a deal with Revolver FM for a one-off release on the specially created Black Records label ; by the time of the release of the single, " Sally Cinnamon ", the group's sound had changed considerably, with chiming guitar hooks and a strong melody, alienating some of their old fans but attracting many new ones.

The standard rhythm section is piano, bass, and drums, augmented by guitar at times in small combos and regularly in large ones.

Guitar rhythms are very complex and include both native beats and imported ones, especially the Congolese cavacha rhythm ; music usually involves the interplay of multiple parts and, more recently, showy guitar solos.

Gadulka strings are steel, either plain in the smaller gauges or wound with steel or bronze in the larger ones ; they are basically guitar strings.

Regarding the recording process, Casey Rice stated, " We basically all sat around and thought about how to make the guitar and vocals versions of the songs into what we thought would be better ones.

* Matt Bellamy of Muse has XY Pads similar to the ones in Kaoss Pads built into some of his guitars which he uses as midi controllers to control a KP2 while playing guitar.

In the meantime the ABWH material had been extensively reworked under the supervision of producer Jonathan Elias, which involved replacing many of Howe's guitar parts with new ones played by session musician Jimmy Haun.

During its first years ( generally regarded as the best ones ), the other three members of the band were Jean-Michel Brézovar on guitar and flute, Gérard Jelsch on drums, and Daniel Hass on bass ( and acoustic guitar ).

They also simplified their personnel system, and would use it from then on out, which was Angus Young strictly playing lead guitar, Malcolm Young strictly playing rhythm guitar, and the drummer and bassist being the only ones to play drums and bass guitar on the albums.

Some songs ( most notably older ones ) express a more esoteric side in terms of guitar riffs and vocals (" Execution Commentary ," " Agitated ," " Ashamed ," and " Yes Please ," among others ).

" Police Truck " is built around a surf rock beat ( similar to ones heard in the early instrumental surf singles such as The Chantays ' " Pipeline "), and highlighted by East Bay Ray's echoed guitar leads and the descending chorus " ride, ride, Howie, ride.