Acoustic Bass
I am curious why the Acoustic Bss is placed with the Guitars rather than the strings.
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I am curious why the Acoustic Bss is placed with the Guitars rather than the strings.
Regards.
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Bass
The same reason guitar is not in strings.
Actually the acoustic bass is in both categories. In the strings category it is called "contrabass".
In reply to The same reason guitar is not by David Bolton
is not in the same octave.
Guitar? Well ....
:-)
In reply to Contrabass by xavierjazz
"Acoustic bass" is an ambiguous term which can both mean contrabass or acoustic bass guitar. I think it should be deleted from the instrument list since both contrabass and bass guitar are present.
In reply to Basses by Magnus Johansson
Hi Magnus.
I don't agree - there is a difference in timbre.
In reply to Basses by xavierjazz
Hello Don!
OK. Please elaborate. Are there any other differences?
In reply to Basses by Magnus Johansson
I am used to writing the bass part where the Bass sounds 1 octave lower that the notation.
Because of the material I write, mainly Salsa and Jazz, an "Acoustic Bass" sound is preferable because of it's attack and decay characteristics.
Regards,
Don
In reply to Basses by xavierjazz
When you input for contrabass or acoustic bass a note on the third line with the default clef, is it sounding D3?
When you speak of the acoustic bass sound, are you referring to General MIDI program (sound) number 33? That sound is a contrabass pizzicato in contrast to General MIDI program number 44 which is a contrabass played arco, with the bow.
Regards,
Magnus
In reply to Basses by Magnus Johansson
Sounds D2.
Pizzicato - I don't know what it corresponds to in MIDI. I am using a sound font.
In reply to Basses by xavierjazz
If it sounds D2, then it is working as expected, I would say.
OK, then I think we can delete acoustic bass because it is just a contrabass played pizzicato.
In reply to If it sounds D2, then it is by Magnus Johansson
Why do you want to delete something that is working?
In reply to Delete by xavierjazz
Because it is superfluous and somewhat irrational. Acoustic bass is only used in the instrument list to give the pizzicato sound of a contrabass; this sound should be assigned to the contrabass played pizzicato which is easy to do in the file instruments.xml.
In reply to Deletion by Magnus Johansson
I don't find it superfluous.