Popping twice on one string

[Twistad]

I've been trying to learn U can't hold no groove by Victor Wooten and even though i'm just at the beggining, i can't see how i should do two muted pops.

Something like this:

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-xx----xx---


I have no problem playing two pop over the D and G strings, each one of my first finger just go underneath each string. I'm thinking i should just get my index to follow my middle finger when popping the g string but this feels very uncomfortable, so i was wondering if this was the good technique or is there any other technique that feels more natural?

[Jmann]

when i was learning that song i had the same problem, however if you watch his bass day dvd, you will see he does not pop those muted notes on the g but he strums the g string like claypool strums chords. popping twice on the same string just takes a little practice. hope this helps

[Figjam]

But if you do wish to learn it popping, use pointer and middle finger.

[PilbaraBass]

when I play "you can't hold no groove", it comes out sounding just like "Old McDonald"...

[Whafrodamus]

You really don't need to double pop for the beginning of that song. Once I get my camera back, I'll make a video or something.

[Spikeh]

Originally Posted by PilbaraBass

when I play "you can't hold no groove", it comes out sounding just like "Old McDonald"...

LOL!

Gonna have to give it a go ;P

[Twistad]

Originally Posted by Whafrodamus

You really don't need to double pop for the beginning of that song. Once I get my camera back, I'll make a video or something.

Yeah, that'd be really cool, i'm having somewhat of a hard time figuring how to play each part.

[Amastacatious]

You can pop twice if you want, but when I play it I "flick" the string with my middle finger, down and then up, kind of like a guitar like strumming pattern. The full pattern of the opening lick that I use is Open, hammer, pluck, hammer, strum down, strum up, hammer, hammer.

Good Luck

[Mike Flynn]

Hey - I finally made a new lesson on my website about this - look here for the video:

http://www.munkio.com/music/Victor/TTPP.mov

Bit more of an explanation here:

http://www.munkio.com/music/music_lessons.html

Let me know if you have any questions


M

[Matt Till]

Tabs tend to lie like that. The thing is, produced those dead notes however you need to. You can pop the D/G and it would sound almost the same. Or strum as others suggested.