The Most Common Music Reviews Debate Isn't as Black and White as You Might Think

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The bass guitar is played like several guitars with the player keeping it on the point of his body in a horizontal position. The strings are plucked with hand or with the plectrum. In the 1970’s, the slapping technique grew to be conventional.