Funky Bounce

[kemper162]

Started playing a few months back and was wondering how to achieve the 'funk bounce' (only way I can think to describe it) that appears on a lot of Jamiroquai tracks?
I've just upgraded from a Peavey millenium BXP to a Fender P.

[brensabre79]

Technique.

[dannybuoy]

Do you mean 'disco octaves'? If so, I play index finger on the low note, followed by ring then middle on the high notes. But some people play it with two fingers with agile string skipping, or play the low note with the thumb then use the first two fingers.

[Ben Jamin]

Very specific!

D'you mean that staccato (short punchy notes) kind of playing with ghost notes and such? I'd try playing a bit nearer the bridge where there's more tension in the string and muting the note with either your other plucking finger or left hand after only letting it ring for a very short time. Muting notes slightly with your left hand for that percussive ghost note can sound funky but it can ruin a band mix if you over-do it!

[Conan]

Er.... what [b][i]is[/i][/b] "funk bounce"?

[ras52]

This thread is worthless without [s]pictures[/s] audio :-) Which Jamiroquai tracks?

[Conan]

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1382705152' post='2255657']
Do you mean 'disco octaves'?[/quote]

This kinda thang?
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACAkl2E6ws"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACAkl2E6ws[/url]

[deanovw]

I thought it was more like this:

[url="http://youtu.be/C_Xy_pD_Or8"]http://youtu.be/C_Xy_pD_Or8[/url]

[kemper162]

That's the one... Time won't wait.

[The Bass Doc]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1382705510' post='2255667']
Er.... what [b][i]is[/i][/b] "funk bounce"?
[/quote]

I think it may the effect achieved when playing a funk line by that renowned bassist Jim Mirror-Kwai whilst sitting astride a spacehopper

[deanovw]

[quote name='kemper162' timestamp='1382708788' post='2255728']
That's the one... Time won't wait.
[/quote]

Lots of muted notes and fast fingers. Practice makes perfect.

[Conan]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1382709113' post='2255735']Jim Mirror-Kwai [/quote]

I think I've heard of his half brother - Brijova DaRiva Kwai...

[deanovw]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1382710202' post='2255755']
I think I've heard of his half brother - Brijova DaRiva Kwai...
[/quote]

[ras52]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1382710202' post='2255755']
I think I've heard of his half brother - Brijova DaRiva Kwai...
[/quote]

Love Doesn't Ass Kwai...

[media]http://youtu.be/QnIXPrD6VtQ[/media]

[bubinga5]

i bet he talks of ghost notes.

[Dingus]

I thought this was going to be a thread about a groovy new fabric conditioner .



I'll get my coat ...

[seashell]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1382726485' post='2256060']
I thought this was going to be a thread about a groovy new fabric conditioner .



I'll get my coat ...
[/quote]

Or the effects of a new budgie food.

But you'd be too young to get that one

[lowdown]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1382705510' post='2255667']
Er.... what [b][i]is[/i][/b] "funk bounce"?
[/quote]

Swinging da 16th notes....

A world of music with no swing, would look like this.

[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/607/xsww.jpg/][IMG]http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/3553/xsww.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[Dingus]

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1382727062' post='2256072']
Or the effects of a new budgie food.

But you'd be too young to get that one
[/quote]

We weren't allowed to have any pets when I was a kid ( but we did have my perculiar older brother, and he was a[i] de facto [/i]substitute ), so the world of budgies in any era is an unknown quantity to me , Shelly.

Edited October 25, 2013 by Dingus