Root / Octave Playing

[xilddx]

I have come to the conclusion that judicious use of playing the root / octave on the bass is the sexiest sound in the world.

[gub]

Here here !

[SpaceChick]

Hands up as I'm another fan..... Lets face it Pink Floyd used it on Breathe.... They can't be wrong

[Marvin]

I must investigate, I was unaware there were other notes apart from the 'root' one could play.

[TimR]

I have recently been playing Who Are You by The Who. Some good use of Root/Octave.

[scalpy]

Root/ Octave is a secret amongst this sect of musicians known as bassists. Please stop publishing one of our few weapons that others cannot replicate with the same degree of slinkiness.

[debwilliams]

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1341466437' post='1719391']
Hands up as I'm another fan..... Lets face it Pink Floyd used it on Breathe.... They can't be wrong
[/quote]

They get nothing wrong ....

[4 Strings]

From 3.25 on...

[media]http://youtu.be/PkxaunLybuM[/media]

Actually this is different to the album track, seems to be a different bass recording, album version a much better example, really hard to do this well

Edited July 5, 2012 by 4 Strings

[LiamPodmore]

I use this in one of my bands original songs, we've got a recording of it from about a year and a half ago which is sh*te and you can't hear the bass, but it makes up part of probably the best bassline i've ever written.

Liam

[HMX]

Big fan of root-octave playing, especially sliding up then back down.

[steve-bbb]

nicely saved up for the coda at 2:30

edit
[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1341469664' post='1719401']
Root/ Octave is a secret amongst this sect of musicians known as bassists. Please stop publishing one of our few weapons that others cannot replicate with the same degree of slinkiness.
[/quote]
...although its not on the studio version, on this live version you can hear the guitarist trying to muscle in on the octaves at the end
[media]http://youtu.be/AI2k6aseNqg[/media]

Edited July 5, 2012 by steve-bbb

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1341451211' post='1719372']
I have come to the conclusion that judicious use of playing the root / octave on the bass is the sexiest sound in the world.
[/quote]

+8.

[SpaceChick]

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1341475223' post='1719459']
+8.
[/quote]

I like what you did there

[paul torch]

here here

[chris_b]

Forget the octaves just play root notes. Very satisfying.

[gapiro]

Are we talking only root octave ? Do things like
Master blaster qualify ?

Blame it on the boogie octaves tasty

[neepheid]

I rescued an old song the band were about to ditch with some root/octave stuff

[charic]

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1341475223' post='1719459']
+12
[/quote]

Fixed

[Clarky]

Throw in the odd 5th and its every bass line I have ever played/written

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1341476702' post='1719486']
Fixed
[/quote]

Was going to put that but then thought in terms of intervals rather than chromatics, decided it was called octave for a reason.

[bartelby]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1341476853' post='1719489']
Throw in the odd 5th and its every bass line I have ever played/written
[/quote]

You too huh?

[charic]

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1341476878' post='1719490']
Was going to put that but then thought in terms of intervals rather than chromatics, decided it was called octave for a reason.
[/quote]

just thought I would confuse matters

Good point on the naming though... I've decided I'm going to start calling it a dodective

[EdwardHimself]

gr8 sound.

[crez5150]

Root/Octave....... Sex!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PXxPQKxggU

[thisnameistaken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fTkxwIlFpg