Most important instrument in a band (lyrics, bass, instrumental, rock)

boo boo · 05-29-2006, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by _LesPaul43_

You're wrong..there are a lot of classic rock bands where the bass is just as significant as the guitar..like Rush and Yes

Bass is extremely important in Yes, maybe even more than guitar... A good example is Relayer... It's pure instrumental mayhem, but the importance of Squires bass playing on even the most guitar based songs is overlooked, his bass playing provides the structure to many Yes songs, they would be lost without it.

Led Zeppelin also wrote many bass heavy tunes... Page gets all the attention, but anyone who denies JPJs importance is a fool.

A lot of prog is very bass oriented.... A lot of funk and pop is too.

thebassistX · 05-29-2006, 02:44 PM

im just saying its not as significant cuz i dont got crazy bass riffs and solos going u got guitar riffs and it is mostly focused on the guitar.

boo boo · 05-29-2006, 08:19 PM

Depends on the style... If it's punk rock or metal, than you are absolutely correct... But many genres such as jazz, soul, funk, reggae, hip hop, new wave and most prog put more emphasis on bass than guitar... Even blues and country would be nothing without the bass rhythms.

Frances · 05-30-2006, 06:03 AM

Anybody said Kazoo?

Sorry, there is obviously no answer to this question. Each band uses instruments in their own way, and on top of that, everybody takes something different from each song so you'd struggle to get a straight answer debating even one song.

SteelyDan79 · 05-30-2006, 08:22 AM

mos def the bass... everybody relies on the pace of the bass

cwynne654 · 06-15-2006, 12:57 PM

There is really no one most important instrument in a band. What makes a band a band is more than one person so it is needless to ask what the most important instrument is. You could vote something like drums but if you took all the rest of the instruments away than it wouldn't be called a band so its a stupid pole if you ask me and you shouldn't vote on this topic.

The Dave · 06-15-2006, 02:53 PM

Where's the option for a computer? Listen to Idiot Pilot, you can make an entire band from just a computer and some synths and such.

boo boo · 06-29-2006, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelyDan79

mos def the bass... everybody relies on the pace of the bass

Except for those who don't have bass... Though The White Stripes, The Black Keys, The Doors, Sleater Kinney and Kraftwerk are the only bands i can think of who can pull if off.

But The Doors do have bass parts in many of their songs.

Twistershift · 07-09-2006, 11:14 PM

Any good song, and more importantly, good band, is more than the sum of it's parts. There really is no right answer.

tdoc210 · 07-10-2006, 12:36 AM

organs

View Poll Results: whats the most important instrument in a band
guitar	28	28.57%
bass	18	18.37%
drums	35	35.71%
vocal	14	14.29%
piano/keyboard	3	3.06%
Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll

06-15-2006, 12:57 PM	#96 (permalink)
cwynne654 Groupie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: united states of Flippin america Posts: 1	they all are equal to an extent There is really no one most important instrument in a band. What makes a band a band is more than one person so it is needless to ask what the most important instrument is. You could vote something like drums but if you took all the rest of the instruments away than it wouldn't be called a band so its a stupid pole if you ask me and you shouldn't vote on this topic.

07-10-2006, 12:36 AM	#100 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	organs __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

05-29-2006, 02:44 PM	#92 (permalink)
thebassistX Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 104	im just saying its not as significant cuz i dont got crazy bass riffs and solos going u got guitar riffs and it is mostly focused on the guitar.

05-30-2006, 08:22 AM	#95 (permalink)
SteelyDan79 Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Germany...naming the city wouldn`t do you any good... Posts: 29	mos def the bass... everybody relies on the pace of the bass

06-15-2006, 02:53 PM	#97 (permalink)
The Dave Me and The Major Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,830	Where's the option for a computer? Listen to Idiot Pilot, you can make an entire band from just a computer and some synths and such.

07-09-2006, 11:14 PM	#99 (permalink)
Twistershift Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 38	Any good song, and more importantly, good band, is more than the sum of it's parts. There really is no right answer.