Its not a reguler slide from note to note, it sounds like a ham/growl?? Dont know how to describe it . Its fat and barks at you, and I love it. Please tell me about it.
Here at: 01:38/39
Thanks
Here at: 01:38/39
Thanks
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How do you get that sound, what does it call?
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Fretless slide, sounds like to me. Definitely a fretless...
Thank you. Can you produse this sound only on fretless? Is it like a double slide? Bc it sounds much more reacher...
And yes, fretless explains the "off note" at 01:32
Sounds like a regular fretless single string slide up and back down to me. But my ears aren't the best any more.
Cool tune, by the way, thanks for posting that. One thing I love about TB is constantly finding music I'd never have heard otherwise.
Cool tune, by the way, thanks for posting that. One thing I love about TB is constantly finding music I'd never have heard otherwise.
Sounds like a slide up and then down again. Possibly fretless, but can also be achieved on a fretted bass I think. Cool bassline and song anyway.
Yes, thats what I ment slide up and back ( called it "double slide" lol, just made a name) How do I work on that specific sound? Any tips? Thanks.Sounds like a regular fretless single string slide up and back down to me. But my ears aren't the best any more.
Cool tune, by the way, thanks for posting that. One thing I love about TB is constantly finding music I'd never have heard otherwise.
P.s. I love this tune. Saw them live in 1987, and there wasnt one who stayed sitted, blasting energy
My only advice is get a fretless, and practice a lot. A whole lot. I only wish I could play at that level, that's some really fine playing. 
Yes, he does that quite a few times..this one was more noticeble so I refered you there
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I have a fretless... but I meant, if there's any guide/ tutorial for that thing. I started practicing, I play some of it but not in the original 116 bpm. 87 for now, lol and ofcourse, only the parts without slapping and plucking etcMy only advice is get a fretless, and practice a lot. A whole lot. I only wish I could play at that level, that's some really fine playing.
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Cool tune.
Various types of slides, glisses, or glissandos are very common in old Rick James tunes. Go to 1:10 in this video for a nice double slide:
Also a nice double slide at 2:40 in this Britney video
Various types of slides, glisses, or glissandos are very common in old Rick James tunes. Go to 1:10 in this video for a nice double slide:
Also a nice double slide at 2:40 in this Britney video
So it does called double slide? Is there a video teaching the right techniqe? Thanks!
I would call it a double slide or a double gliss.
Here's an article with a YouTube video that covers a bunch of different slides.
Slides Part 1 | Bass Technique | StudyBass
I just learned from playing along with various Rick James tunes. When you are doing this sort of slide, pay attention to where you start, how high you go before you reverse, and the rate of change at various parts of the slide.
Thank you very much for all the information, will have a look after "Yom Kippur"
Ime there’s not one technique to do this. It largely depends on bass, strings, setup and your hands. Only solution is to try different stuff on your bass until you get something similar.
To my ears this is a very lightly setup bass and the slides are also with a very light touch. But I’ve also played basses that need a bit more force to get this sound.
To my ears this is a very lightly setup bass and the slides are also with a very light touch. But I’ve also played basses that need a bit more force to get this sound.
I call it a Woooooooooooooooooooo! Fretted basses can do this, any bass would work.
It's on a lot of funk and disco. Play a note lower on neck, and then you slide up the neck very quickly...slowing a bit toward the end...and slide back down slower.
I played the one I heard in the OP's Salya. The note is B. I started 2nd fret of the A string and slid up to the 14th fret to get the octave of the "Wooo" and then back down...you don't slide all the way back down to B...the note decays about half way down the slide and it's done.
It's on a lot of funk and disco. Play a note lower on neck, and then you slide up the neck very quickly...slowing a bit toward the end...and slide back down slower.
I played the one I heard in the OP's Salya. The note is B. I started 2nd fret of the A string and slid up to the 14th fret to get the octave of the "Wooo" and then back down...you don't slide all the way back down to B...the note decays about half way down the slide and it's done.
Agree with all of the above. You can get a perfectly acceptable glissando (stepless) slide with a fretted bass if you work at it. You’ll want to be set up for low action and play with a light touch. But it’s mostly your technique that gets the sound.
Many bass players coming out of the various African nations have a really nice bass style going for them. A slightly buzzy growly thing that uses a lot of slides. But they also combine that with a very delicate almost percussive/slap technique in places. It’s a singing quality that’s gotten popular globally since Bakithi Kumalo appeared on the bass playing scene with his brilliant performances on Paul Simon’s Graceland album.
Many bass players coming out of the various African nations have a really nice bass style going for them. A slightly buzzy growly thing that uses a lot of slides. But they also combine that with a very delicate almost percussive/slap technique in places. It’s a singing quality that’s gotten popular globally since Bakithi Kumalo appeared on the bass playing scene with his brilliant performances on Paul Simon’s Graceland album.
Hi THany
He can!
I saw them twice last year and their bassist did not play fretless.
greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Happy and peaceful Yom Kippur!
He can!
I saw them twice last year and their bassist did not play fretless.
greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Happy and peaceful Yom Kippur!
Is the bass player Cheikh Tidiane Seck? I just did some research and he's listed as playing guitar bass and keyboards, it's an extended family, they've been playing for 40 years. There is a family like intimacy and easy precision to this rhythm section and it's swinging micro gestures (one of which you are asking about but it's all in context.) I bet everybody is a drummer. (Do you own a talking drum or is there a drum circle in your neighborhood?) They grew up together. It's like they are breathing together. Do you have a brother who plays drums? Growing up in the Senegalese musical atmosphere helped allot, because that incredible swing comes from the culture.
Hi THany
He can!
I saw them twice last year and their bassist did not play fretless.
greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Happy and peaceful Yom Kippur!
Hi THany
He can!
I saw them twice last year and their bassist did not play fretless.
greetings
Wise(b)ass
P.S. Happy and peaceful Yom Kippur!
This is not the same one, the basist I saw in 1987 was a handsom, black, dreadlock guy. I was trying to search his name, but couldnt find any credits in English, maybe in French, which I dont speak, Im really curiouse about him. (Lol, he looked like he had a big ego, wearing tight pants, like a ballet dancer, if you know what I mean )
