Funky Disco Octave Bass Lines

In this weeks lesson I'll be looking at the common double note Octave lines you might hear in loads of different disco songs.
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[@davidandrade2161]

I am not a bass player, but a producer using Logic Pro X. Your video was VERY useful. thank you.

[@Cacamoouw]

Now i can try to learn Disco Ulysses by Vulfpeck :p

[@alexalbusissi2885]

fabulous line

[@jeevakrishnan4500]

I too came for disco Ulysses 👀

[@nickclark73]

Thanks Mark. I was really struggling with this technique (trying to play ABBA's Gimme Gimme Gimme) and this lesson helped me nail it. The finger pattern of playing the index first on the octave made all the difference.

[@rhinoschneider9698]

great lesson! the song is always use to practice this is don't give hat a chance by jamiroquai

[@Gump-tion]

My god, you can hear this riff in Last Dance by Donna Summers, In the Navy, by the Village People, and Copacabana by Barry Manilow just to name a few disco classics...

[@ignazachenbach5406]

Came here for ELO's “Last Train to London,” from _Discovery_ (1979). I was trying to figure out how I was supposed to pluck the strings, and I was generally at a loss…until now! Thanks 😃

[@jacksonhilli222]

You should do a lesson on Keep It Comin Love by Kc And The Sunshine Band

[@1TreukFlyyy]

My bass teacher uses the thumb to play the lower note and the 1 and 2 to play the top two notes. So each finger gets a note. What do you think of this technique ?

[@sonijam]

That's what I do too. It's much more natural feeling.

[@andremoraes0000]

Amazing....it´s been a long time I wanted to lear this technique and finally, with your video I learned !!! thank you very much !!!

[@alvarobermudez4593]

how log would it take to reach that speed? i mean i can barely make it with simple notes and with double notes it seems a lot more dificult

[@Kritikillll]

use ur pinky alot, it helped me alot with octaves

[@adrianasoriano1118]

What song is this from?

[@giacomorinaldi]

what happen to your bass sr1000 ?

[@KlintonSilvey]

Wayyyllp here I am starting my double with my middle finger and thumb-muting across the strings every time. This is encouraging because I was getting decent at it with bad technique

[@harveyclips]

I am new at this bass finger picking. In this disco piece, you say pick the upper note with index then middle. As hard as I try, my old muscles keep trying to play middle then Index. How long before I can reverse this habit? It actually is physically uncomfortable to force this change.

[@carlosfigueroa790]

Cheers! from Guatemala city!1 Heart of the mayan World!!

[@djbonk77]

difference between disco and funk is the octave bass and 4/4 beat and hi hat

[@MonoEstitico]

Pls explain

[@duckmanlequack]

@@MonoEstitico Disco tends to be four-to-the-floor with hi-hats on every other eighth note, with lots of octave bass. It's constantly moving, its pretty much the staple of disco-dance. Funk rhythm feels more like half step and the bass tends to be more melodic and syncopated. Of course, the genres overlap and a disco artist is usually also a funk artist and vice versa

[@djbonk77]

@@duckmanlequackAlso there is the electronic side of Disco

[@michaelanthony9068]

“Don’t run before you can walk”. Sound wisdom.

[@davem5307]

Whenever i hit the lottery I'm flying in for personal lessons. You are a great teacher!

[@Lux67Devil]

What bass is that???!

[@ultraviolet6989]

I immediately thought of Pulp- Common People! No wonder it's so disco like🤣🤣

[@RobertWadlow292]

I find this technique difficult to master. I use my thumb to pluck the E string instead as a kind of "hack" so I don't have to move the index and middle fingers around as much. I'm sure I should probably be practicing the more difficult way that you show here to bring it up to speed though

[@michaelanthony9068]

God bless you, Mark, the song i haven’t been able to nail for lack of this technique is What Is Hip. There’s one bit that has this. I’m going to make this video part of my daily practice. Thank you !

[@ICR68]

This must be what Harvey Bainbridge is doing on Hawkwind's 'Motorway City' (live 1980).

[@lloydvasser4889]

What are these pickups? Nice lesson.

[@tonberryfieldforever]

What's the function of the 2 lights on the pickups?

[@BladeJones]

It would be interesting to look at a slow motion close up shot to see if you're slightly raking the D string when moving your index finger from the G string to the A string.

[@Simon-sly]

Agreed. This technique is hard if you are a 'raker' like me.

[@willschwabenbauer2577]

ive got something to work on. great!!

[@einard.helseth2534]

I cant get the tempo up!!! Help!!!!!

[@osvaldoumana4494]

good looking bass... are those led's?

[@mariakoby9467]

Love your lessons❤

[@kelvindwyer8967]

Great lessons,thank you,i am doing a lot better.

[@robertocoria5575]

Great lesson man! Thank you!

[@12345origamimaster]

thank you very much! i can play it up to speed now!

[@UnGatoEnojado]

thnks for this! it is really helpfull!!

[@pjstake1566]

do you prefer 4 or 5 string base

[@isosnitsky]

oh it's that god tone guy

[@akang_lkr4959]

Thanks a lot sire

[@taylorgreen2861]

Thank you so much for this. I use a floating thumb technique and have been trying to do this without anchoring my thumb. This was just the advice that I needed

[@ashnpikachu]

But how do you do so if the root is on the top string?

[@raddog1478]

THANK YOU

[@willschwabenbauer2577]

Love it!!

[@hugopalencia6507]

Cool logo

[@KeroDean]

Where do you anchor your thumb when playing the octaves on the top E string?

[@ssimms8995]

Do you mean the bottom E string? And you would rest your thumb on the pickup

[@KeroDean]

Ssimms 8 yes thank you

[@thilde007]

@@ssimms8995 there’s only one E string so it’s top and bottom

[@oneminuteleft7345]

first riff reminded me on bowser from mario! :-D

[@oneminuteleft7345]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rau0fmCqga6tb68 ok, a little bit different

[@clemdane]

I love this! I've wondered about these sounds all my life and didn't realize they had names and methods to them. Ps. Your accent reminds me of Jane Horrocks - do you come from the same area?

[@talkingbasslessons]

Both North of England. I'm from Wakefield in Yorkshire. Jane's from Lancashire to the West of us.

[@clemdane]

@@talkingbasslessons Oops, I was a bit off. Will keep listening. Would you talk about "Let's All Chant" sometime?

[@computerscientist5953]

Do you move you thumb up and down when playing ocatves on 1-3 strings and 2-4 strings?

[@vincentkoster6291]

he claims not to

[@computerscientist5953]

Vincent Koster I actually noticed that I unconsciously put my thumb on the 4th string when playing on strings 1-3. I also noticed that that's exactly what Flea does when playing

[@vincentkoster6291]

Protoss Zerg ooooh now I get it! I counted the other way around. resting your thumb on the E string while playing is very normal and not a problem at all

[@brennan364]

awesome video mark

[@DPowerOfRock]

First time seeing your videos, and immediately I noticed that you're not looking at the camera. Just letting you know that it's noticable, bud! Keep rockin'!

[@mariakoby9467]

What? Why is it even relevant?