Another "You Can't Hold No Groove" thread

[Skygoneblue]

Hey guys, I looked through the existing threads, but I never saw my exact question asked.

I'm trying to get the hang of this song, and I have the official tab book, but the tablature isn't really helping. There's a part throughout the song that is just tabbed as regular notes in the book, like this:


G:------0---0-0---
D:-0-3----3------3



I'm having trouble figuring out which finger/style I should be using for each note. The most common sense I've been able to make it like

Slap D:0
Hammer D:3
Index pop G:0
Slap D:3
Index/Middle pop G:0-0
Slap D:3

Has anyone gotten this song down that can provide me some insight on how to get the hang of this part? I can't quite get it.

Thanks guys!

[Notone]

Yeah, you've got it.
That's exactly how I did it and it came out just fine.

[Kipaste]

I play it just using thumb. I tried your method but found that it doesn't work for me. But remember, if it works for you and sounds good, it is good.

[Tylerrr51]

thumb works, one of my favorite wooten songs, i think he used his thumb on that part.

[Skygoneblue]

Hey, thanks for the replies guys!

So, for the latter two who replied mentioning thumb only, can you be a little more specific? For instance, the first three notes, (D:0-3, G:0), do you sweep through the D and downward pluck the G? Or do you up-strum it to be in better position to hit the open D again?

I'm not trying to learn someone else's perfect way obviously, but rather, just trying to see various ways that others have accomplished it and see if there's a good/better option that I haven't considered yet. A second set of thumbs never hurts, I guess?

Thanks again amigos!

[Bassbuster]

I normally play it with the double pluck like you mentioned but now I'm thinking Vic plays it by strumming it e.g
Slap D:0
Hammer D:3
Index pop G:0
Slap D:3
Strum down/strum up G:0-0
Slap D:3

If you watch him he appears to be fretting the G on the 5th fret of the D string when he plays it, like this...
Strum down/strum up G:0-0
D:5-5
And all the percussive ghost notes through out the piece he is strumming too I think.