Hi Lon,
It really depends on the style -- a old-timey Dixieland kind of two feel would be best with quarter note - quarter rest, etc. But if you want it to sound like anything post-1935, IMO your bass player is correct -- you should write it as half notes. In this situation, the actual length of the notes should really be left up to the discretion of the player. And in any authentic swinging "two" bass line, the space between notes will almost always be something less than a full quarter rest.
- Darcy
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On 02 Jul, 2004, at 08:28 PM, Lon Price wrote:
I recently had a player question my notation of "two-beat" feel on a bass part for a local swing band. I had written it as quarter note-quarter rest, etc. He said that quarters would be too short and would sound corny. I guess he would have preferred half notes, but it's my understanding that there should be at least some space between the notes in a two-beat bass line, which is what I wrote. Maybe if I'd put tenuto marks over the quarter notes, since most jazz players seem to always want to play quarter notes short unless otherwise noted. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I'd especially like to hear from bass players.
Thanks in advance,
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