Question for DUers who understand music theory
I learned how to read music at an early age, but never learned a lot of theory. In the Oasis song below, the Noel Gallagher is playing bass, and he's pulling all kinds of things out of the Paul McCartney trick bag.
My question is this...at the 1:18 mark, and throughout the song (every time after "Roll it over my soul, and leave me here" is sung), Gallagher hits a bass note that is noticeably lower than the note being sung, and for a second almost sounds like he hits the wrong note, like it's off a half octave or something, but...just as when McCartney did the same thing...it works perfectly. As someone with a sketchy music theory background, I'd call it "counterpoint," but I'd like to know what it's actually called. Thanks!
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Many players just anchor themselves to the root note / chord being played. It's what separates musicians like McCartney, Entwistle, and others from that group.
I heard the song and then found out that on that album, it was just the Gallagher brothers and Alan White from Yes on drums. Noel played all of the other instruments, so it's someone who is primarily a guitarist tackling the bass, and it was a noticeable element to the songs, not simply rhythm.
