Hi does anyone know the real name for the thing you do (especially in funk) where you bounce between the root and the octave two stings higher
I had it explained to me as the "Octave Pop" years ago and have been calling it that but now I want to reference it in my dissertation and I cant find it as a phrase anywhere on the internet. I think the guy who taught me must have made the name up.
I'm sure it has a real name but I've crapped out how to ask G**gle to tell me
Since you don't have to pop the octave (a lot of slapping involves octaves, but not all prominent octave bass lines are slapped or popped), you can just refer to it as octave playing or octave patterns. Everybody will know what you mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hic-dnps6MU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xAf31dJClA
For a while, it was referred to as "disco bass" in German musician circles, but that is too limiting a term though its use in 70ies disco, funk and soul music was widespread. Of which "Miss You" was of course a prime example.
But there are enough other uses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjbaHlTl86Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIYG8Yh0A0
Always loved Glover's subtle octaves in the coda of Smoke On The Water (at 05:00), but the verses are full of his octave playing too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsBqHWvJJ4A
Blackmore would do the same thing, never a passionate rhythm guitarist, his default playing style instead of chords was often just the root with the octave on the back beat.
Disco octaves is the term I've heard used for this move.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dApuKznj1Jo
Quote from: uwe on March 06, 2023, 06:36:59 AM
Since you don't have to pop the octave (a lot of slapping involves octaves, but not all prominent octave bass lines are slapped or popped), you can just refer to it as octave playing or octave patterns. Everybody will know what you mean.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hic-dnps6MU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xAf31dJClA
For a while, it was referred to as "disco bass" in German musician circles, but that is too limiting a term though its use in 70ies disco, funk and soul music was widespread. Of which "Miss You" was of course a prime example.
But there are enough other uses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjbaHlTl86Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIYG8Yh0A0
Always loved Glover's subtle octaves in the coda of Smoke On The Water (at 05:00), but the verses are full of his octave playing too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsBqHWvJJ4A
Blackmore would do the same thing, never a passionate rhythm guitarist, his default playing style instead of chords was often just the root with the octave on the back beat.
I'll see your Blackmore connection and raise you... Gene! (well, 'twas actually Paul Stanley on the album, so he gets credit for the part)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhIsAZO5gl0
Besides Flea playing Higher Ground, Octaves make me think of this. Also RIP Wayne Shorter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fPVuK4DLw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_JdlBeY8Es
l will squash you, mortals!
The most iconic octaves
ever played were from
Canada and an Aria Pro . . .
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnHm4ro_l8s
Lest we forget:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fGRhSOSEK0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBIRj3JW3h0
Quote from: uwe on March 07, 2023, 07:18:44 PM
l will squash you, mortals!
The most iconic octaves
ever played were from
Canada and an Aria Pro . . .
The Germans always seem to have delusions of grandeur...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbr60I0u2Ng
If we're talking iconic, it's hard to beat Mickey Mouse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5RoItRDCDs
Quote from: lowend1 on March 08, 2023, 07:11:25 AM
The Germans always seem to have delusions of grandeur ...
Oh how you will live to regret this, lowly one! :mrgreen:
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Quote from: 4stringer77 on March 08, 2023, 10:48:17 AM
If we're talking iconic, it's hard to beat Mickey Mouse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5RoItRDCDs
(https://media.tenor.com/Df5NDKON3WYAAAAM/bugs-bunny-looney-tunes.gif)
M i c k e y w h o ?