Songs with repetitive octave riffs

[groovaholic]

Anything by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Monarchy of Roses has a very nimble octave part...kicks in around :45

 

[Christophe C]

LA Grenade : French song but there are some nice octaves


Uprising - Muse : has already been mentioned

Blondie - Atomic : already mentioned

And some nice octave in the Chorus for Muse - Panic Station

 

[HolmeBass]

This one can be a finger buster - don’t slap, either pluck or play it with a pick.

To increase difficulty play along with a drummer who rushes it by another 10 bpm!

 

[HardNHeavy]

Anything by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

lol yep..first song i thought of was naked in the rain.

 

[Marc valero]

You keep me hanging on, Kim Wild
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities

 

[Zooberwerx]

Instrumental break / Alice Cooper’s “Halo of Flies”. Tip of the hat to Dennis Dunaway.

Riis

 

[Kevin Hailey]

Does this count?


Live with electric bass.

Interesting that on the live version the bass player plays the first chord up the octave from the original. The original (synth) bass line is so much easier to play on a 5 string!

 

[Cave Puppy]

There it is.

 

[Cave Puppy]

Hotel California has a brilliantly crafted octave bassline.

 

[Cave Puppy]

The bassline to Fernando by Abba does have a cool octave bassline in it. In fact, the bassline is mostly arppegiated guitar barre chords. That's how I helped a friend learn it.

 

[etoncrow]

Bill Wyman does a walk up octave line on a Stone's song. Maybe someone on here can remember the title of the song because I can't at the moment.

 

[iiipopes]

And now for something completely different: just about anything by Antonio Vivaldi, the composer from the early 1700's: the original composer of thumping eighth notes and octaves with connecting riffs for bass.

 

[slam dunk]

I need to improve my ability to play octaves, so I've been playing the main riff to Bulls On Parade to a drum machine that speeds up over time. Great practice, but the riff gets boring after awhile. Any other songs you can think of that have an octave riff for the main part of the song? TIA

“Do You Think I’m Sexy” Rod Stewart and a ton of stuff from the disco genre.

I need to improve my ability to play octaves, so I've been playing the main riff to Bulls On Parade to a drum machine that speeds up over time. Great practice, but the riff gets boring after awhile. Any other songs you can think of that have an octave riff for the main part of the song? TIA

 

[chazolson]

Love The One You're With
Whipping Post

 

[T-boneParish]

The ultimate....

The machine-gun plucking on the 1 pops up to the octave and back again every 2 bars



May you rest in peace brother Francis Rocco Prestia

 

[Lenny JG]

Here ya go:

 

[Smooth Operator]

Foo Fighters- Everlong. Great practice for alternate picking crossing multiple strings. I play every accent octave as a great exercise.

 

[Cave Puppy]

Bill Wyman does a walk up octave line on a Stone's song. Maybe someone on here can remember the title of the song because I can't at the moment.

Miss You?

 

[Cave Puppy]

Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin

 

[etoncrow]

Miss You?

That's it. Thanks.