Guitar or bass
 

hello
I've singed here just to ask one question
How can I recognize bass from guitar I know that bass have lower tune etc
but when I hear a song how can I know that's a guitar or bass?
I've searched on YT but couldn't find anything noticeable
Would anyone please record something or send me a link

Thank you!

at the beginning of muse song darkshines is it bass or guitar?
couldn't post a link bc

The prominent instrument in the beginning of that Muse song is 6 string electric guitar, and from the sound of it, most likely a Gretsch guitar with a Bigsby tremolo system. There is a bass line in the back ground also, but you probably won't notice it until the guitar stops after that first tremolo shake. Listen for the bass from 0:16 to 0:18, right before the vocals come in, then you'll get an idea of how the two instruments sound.

I couldn't notice it :(
can you please post a link that would clearly make me notice the difference?

Here's a pretty good example. It starts out with guitar, then the bass joins in on the second time through the riff.

First go round of the riff is just guitar. Bass joins in after that.

The blue one is the bass:

...and here's something to throw you completely off:

Im gonna try to explain this in a simple way, think of the bass as the pulse of every song. it's a little hard to spot at first but just look for the deepest sound carrying the melody cause that's usually the bass.



It's easy to spot the bass in this song cause the song starts with it, i had the same problem when i first started listening to rock music but in my case was that i couldn't spot the sound of the kickdrum in songs.

All music is layered so you have to train your ears to start recognising each layer but that comes with time so don't worry, one day you'll be able to make out the bass from the guitar.

Thank you so much kind people.
I've been listening to rock for more than 6 years lol
in the songs you guys have posted I could easily recognize it and I know it's different from guitar but how could I know it's bass? what if it's a different guitar tune?

Thank you so much kind people.
I've been listening to rock for more than 6 years lol
in the songs you guys have posted I could easily recognize it and I know it's different from guitar but how could I know it's bass? what if it's a different guitar tune?

You can play both guitar and bass parts with one of these. Both guys in Animals as Leaders use these with the low G string dropped down to E.

Ibanez TAM100 Tosin Abasi Signature 8-string Electric Guitar Transparent Gray | Musician's Friend

Then you don't recognise the bassline and you move on to another song. :p:

If you can't recognise a bassline in a song the best thing you can do is look up the bass tabs of the song but that's only helpful if you want to learn how to play it on the bass yourself.

idk how to put it differently but like i said, the bass is usually the deepest melody you hear in the song. it's not always clear to make out because not every band or every song highlights it but if you listen real carefully you can hear it in the foundation of the song.

I recognized a different sound from the songs you guys posted but yeah if you didn't tell me it's the bass i wouldn't know

if it's the deepest melody then why people always say "that bass line" or something like that i mean if it makes a song so good like that why didn't I recognize it? :(
the melody of a song is so important to me and I know great guitar\drums from average one but I want to know about BASS

Your ears just need practice.

This is one of my favourite bass lines, even though I don't care for the song, and basing the lyrics on LoTR is the kind of thing a cheesy prog-band would do.

It was 1969 so it deserves some slack.