"Ba r r y" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:04:05 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:


I'm going to try some flattened 5th stuff and see what it does. The
sound
you hear in a lot of the dissonant stuff today is definetely more than
just
drop tuning and it's something other than the standard 3rd or 5th for
harmony.

Also look into "passing tones".

Drop tuning dosen't create dissonance, but it can drastically change
the way an amp and speaker handle the instrument. 5 string basses
make a difference in the overall sound as well, if the rest of the
band is using standard tuning.

Barry

Yeah - I use passing tones in lead parts a lot, but I've never played with
them to see if they would create that modern dissonant sound.
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-Mike-