I've never heard someone play like this....Amazing

I've used it for funky sounds. I didn't know the technique had a name. I've never done any worship songs so I have no idea about that. Sorry.

 

Me either, you can probably ask a mod for some help deleting it or moving it to Technique.

 

It's not really staccato in the true meaning of the word, although in bass guitar it can have that effect (staccato doesn't really apply to plucked strings). It's the bassist controlling the duration of the note by stopping the string's contact with the fret by lifting his left-hand finger.

It has nothing to do with genre. Controlling the duration of notes is a basic skill.

 

Here’s a name for you to learn to further your education: Rocco Prestia

 

You mean like funk? You just hit and release. Mute (ghost) between to create a groove. Its standard funk 101.

 

Staccato just means short quick notes. I don't know if that would fit in worship songs or not, maybe if they were funky.

 

I tend to get frowned at by the white hairs if I add too much funk to the worship songs

 

Best bass for staccato?

 

Available Right Now: Rocco Prestia's LTD RB Series Basses

 

That was some very basic finger style funk. Not to denigrate him, he wasn’t trying to impress
he was demonstrating the bass. Well done. Some call that style the ‘bubble’ bass, the
percolating bass, the Oakland style or the finger style funk. It’s basically ghosted 16th note
patterns. I’ve been really playing that style the last 20+ years. When you get it up to speed
and blend it with a broken up linear style drum beat, it gets rhythmically intense.
Check YouTube for Finger Style Funk with Francis ‘Rocco’ Prestia. As far as the demonstrator
goes, possible Pittsburgh guy?
Now that you jags have seen him, go dahn ta’ Empire Music, buy some guitars ‘n at.
Yinz might get a gig with Dawnny Iris.

 

The only thing is, Rocco never played that bass. He played a stock blue P-bass, with a
rosewood fingerboard. All that cool stuff he did in the 70’s was on a Fender.
Not Even a custom Fender, just a plain Fender. He told me himself, and he hasn’t been the
only guy, that all he ever played was Fenders. And an off the rack, not even the U.S.A. made
Fender is still as good or better than anything you can get for 3 times the amount.
I bought a white alder P-bass body, put a rosewood fingerboard neck on it.
Threw a Fender split coil from a Classic Vibe P-bass.
Then took a bridge cover from a Jazz bass (because it’s longer) and put a mute in it.
And because the bridge cover is longer, I could move the mute closer to the neck, in effect
creating more muting. So now when you pluck the strings, the strings don’t ring out.
They give a sound with a very quick decay. Short, staccato notes. It’s the ‘ultimate’
finger style funk bass.

 

My post was intended to be very tongue-in-cheek ...

 

Agree 100% it is nothing to do with genre and is a basic skill.

But I don't agree that it was not staccato in the true meaning of the word. It is a generic term and is a direction to the player to play shortened notes, which is what I heard. How this is done will vary by instrument and context - but that is not contained in the definition. Why would it not apply to plucked strings such as bass guitar that have a naturally longer sustain?

 

Yep. It's been around since soul music.

EDIT: you'll hear them referred to often as ghost notes or something similar, because they're purely percussive, i.e. notes with zero duration. Staccato is different, and is misused in the video.