Chords for Play Disco Octaves on Bass - The Easy Way

[G] _ _ Hello and welcome.
In this video [D] I'm going to show you how you can play octaves in _ an alternative, less conventional way with the right hand.
Now the most [E] conventional way to play octaves is to use the [Eb] index and the middle [Bb] finger, _ _ _ _ _ such as that. _ _
And I've shown you this in another [Dm] video.
Another quite conventional way [Bb] is slap.
_ _ _ So slap and pop, thumb slap and popping [A] with one of [Db] the [Bbm] next two fingers, index or middle [F] finger.
But now I'm [Eb] going to show you a technique that is sort of based a little bit on [Db] the banjo [Eb] playing technique.
It involves simply plucking [G] the thumb downwards and using first or second finger to pluck [Db] the octaves upwards.
So it's [Bb] like this. _ _ _
[E] Now I'm using the second finger here, my _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [B] longest finger for the string that's furthest away.
It's actually quite easy to [D] play.
And if I want to [Bb] play _ _ _ doo doo doom, I can quickly then go _ _ lower octave, _ _
[B] then second first.
That works quite well for faster lines.
[G] And I'll show you that in a demonstration [Ab] with some backing music in a minute.
So that's basically it.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ So [Db] practice that.
It's actually [A] very easy [Db] to apply.
And I actually came across this method when I was doing a gig and I was using [B] this method, you know, the standard method, first and second finger octave [Ab] playing.
And I started to get fatigued [B] after playing a song for a very, very long [E] time.
So [Db] then I thought, OK, I'm going to try something else that's very light [E] and easy.
And I found that this method using the thumb and the middle finger worked [F] really, really well [Db] and enabled me to play fast [E] and loose.
[B] And that's what [Db] I find [E] really good about this.
There's absolutely no fatigue.
You know, the wrist [C] is quite comfortable [B] and [Dbm] the fingers are just always very [Db] loose over the strings.
And you can actually afford to hit the strings or pluck the strings, play the strings, strike the strings a little bit softer.
You don't have to play [A] incredibly loud.
You just maybe bump up the volume on your [Bb] bass or amp a little [Gb] bit.
OK, [Ebm] so I'm going to go through a [B] piece now, a disco style [Eb] piece.
[Bbm] And this time I won't tell you what [Gb] the chords are.
And that [Eb] is because you can actually follow [D] both orally as well as visually _ [B] what my fretting hand is doing.
I'll only be [A] playing octaves.
It'll start on [D] B flat.
So you can use either my first finger [Db] or fourth finger as a guide.
So I'll be [Bb] only playing _ _ those notes.
So of course, B [F] flat, F, [D] E flat, D, whatever the notes may be, you can [A] then follow [B] those through the chord sequence.
So the first time I'm going to play through unga, unga, unga, unga, just [Db] like eighth notes.
And then I'll do a second [Bb] chorus where I go um-ta-ta, um-ta, um-ta, um-ta, um-ta-ta, um-ta,
using [B] this alternating [A] _
right [Ab] hand, second finger, first finger [A] plucking [Eb] technique.
Now I'm going to play all of the notes, all of the root notes, or the [C] lower octaves, [Db] off the A string.
So I won't be [C] playing any notes on the E string at [Db] all.
And [C] at the same time, that enables me to actually slightly mute the E string with the lower part of [Am] my hand here,
[Dbm] or my [Bb] wrist, I guess, you know. _
So that way you get a very clean [B] sound.
And the middle [D] string, see the D string, is actually [A] muted via just draping [Ab] across the _ first finger there.
So it's going to be, [C] you can see, [B] it'll be a very sort of clean sort of sound that I'll [E] be producing there. _
Okay, so _ [D] here's a run-through, and what I'll do after that,
I'll just let the track play for you a few times, maybe two or three times through, [B] and then you can play along with it.
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And here's the band in a box [A] track just for you [G] to play along with.
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All _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ righty, enjoy your results.
See you next time.
Bye for now. _ _ _ _ _ _