Bass
Hard
Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Both words in one sentence
- This makes it hard for a bass player to stand out aurally, and doubly hard to do so without simply showing off at the music's expense.
Source: Nobody Loves the Bassist -
Abandoning the more classic hard rock sound of their debut, they picked up where Sabbath left off on their sophomore album, Sad Wings of Destiny, with similarly plodding and bass-heavy guitar riffs.
Source: Useful Notes / Heavy Metal -
Say you want to bring it down, this can make the work hard for the bass player, if he's playing it in such a way that it's hard to move it (often the case if using open strings).
Source: Damn You, Muscle Memory
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