paradiddle on bass

[EmperorDoom]

I was watching the wooten lessons on youtube and at about 5min through the 5th lesson he does the paradiddle on the bass.. can anyone help me figure out what he is doing there?
here's the link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0_y...elated&search=

I know what a paradiddle is RLRRLRLL but when he starts the groove it seems to get more technical than that..

thanks for your replies!

[rockwarnick]

hes just doing paradiddles.

[T-MOST]

Originally Posted by rockwarnick

hes just doing paradiddles.

Yup, and Jaco just ran pentatonic scales.

[jaebee]

think of it as mastering paradiddles first, and then adding them to your repetoire of beats/ etc. then you can incorporate them seamlessly into whatever groove you want. that is what he is doing, incorporating them.

[J.D.B.]

You can listen to Satriani's "House full 'o bullets" for a good excercise of them.
Josh

[JimK]

Originally Posted by EmperorDoom

I know what a paradiddle is RLRRLRLL but when he starts the groove it seems to get more technical than that..

I didn't click on your link.
That said, a drummer/friend of mine hipped me to doing stuff like this for Slap/Pop...

RLRR LRLL
R= Right-Hand Thumb
L= Left Hand Slap

...or-
R= Right Hand Thumb
L= Right Hand Index Finger Pluck

Practice RLRR LRLL as 1/8th notes over a straight beat...then as 1/16th notes over that same straight beat.

Of course, you'll want to reverse things-
LRLL RLRR

[nikki_k]

Wooten sorta treats the bass like a drumkit. Kik, snare, hihat...complete with fills and rudiments, and a whole lotta late night hours when he was younger. Plus that natural groove he just has.

You can think of your thumb as the kik, and then your fingers as snare and hats, both hands for the fingers parts; then mix it up. Amazing Grace, easy to find, is a great example of him doing this. Within a "band" context, it is simply extra percussion, adding to the drums. Wicked player, my #1 bass "hero." (sorry Jaco!)

[rockwarnick]

Originally Posted by T-MOST

Yup, and Jaco just ran pentatonic scales.

what? am i wrong? sounds like paradiddles to me. that and thats what the topic was. yea he threw some notes around. but in the end, what is he doing? hes just doing paradiddles.

[EmperorDoom]

thanks.. I spent the rest of the day practicing my bass and I think I got it down..

[Grueber]

Paradiddle lessons from Anthony Wellington

http://www.bassology.net/framesets/lesson1content.html

http://www.bassology.net/framesets/lesson2content.html

[jewbear]

i didnt get too much out of the paradidle stuff

but that tapping section... it rocked

[Christopher]

Much like a drummer can move around paradiddles to different parts of the kit, he's just doing the same thing with moving them to different RH and LH strokes. For example:

T - LH slap - T - T - LH slap - T - LH slap - LH slap

T(down) - P - T(down) - T(up) - P - T(down) - P(index) - P(middle)