Chords for flamenco style (technique) on the bass
Tempo:
61.5 bpm
Chords used:
D#
C#
G
B
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey guys, this [B] is Chris Schmidt from Chromatic Music.
Once again, I just want to show you real quickly what the technique I was doing on the acoustic
guitar [Cm] just to kind of follow it up and explain to you what I was trying to do on the acoustic
[G] a long, long time ago.
And again, I said this technique that I originally tried to figure out was from Victor Wooten
[C#] and I saw him kind of do it and he's like, he's so fast when he [E] does it.
I'll kind of break it down.
And again, I'm not really trying to copy him and stuff like that.
I [G] kind of just discovered this and this is what I thought he was doing.
So not to butcher it, I know you guys are, some of you guys are Victor Wooten fans, you
guys are going to make fun of me, but basically I'm just trying to break down what I did on
the acoustic guitar and how I got to that technique.
The cool thing is I got a beautiful, awesome technique that I use very [D#] well on the acoustic,
but I got it from trying it on the bass first and it just developed into something else.
So [C#] this is the technique and it's basically the same thing I [D#] was saying before, down,
up, up with the thumb and the first finger.
So what we're doing is the thumb, thumb, first finger, thumb, thumb, first finger.
[C#] And that's what it is on the acoustic guitar and you can still use that on the bass and
do stuff like this with an octave.
[D#] Play chords.
[F#m] [D#] [B]
[D#] [G#m] So whatever you want to do with that, but it's the same type of [C#] thing, but that's not
slap, it's more just a [D#] flamenco thing.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to just show you [Em] how, what I originally tried to [D#] do,
what I couldn't, which is doing a down [C#] through the first string, like on the A string, and
then I just basically pop it with the upstroke of the thumb and then the first finger is
just going to pop that string as well.
So you're going to [D#] be down, see, [C#] right there was my biggest problem when I [D#] came down here,
like you're normally just slapping a string.
I was trying to go through it and then be able to pop it.
So what I discovered, which made it a [C#] lot easier, is instead of trying to actually hit
the string directly, if this was the string I was trying to play, what I would do is actually
try to land my finger [G] on the string below it.
That way when I came up, it was able to strike the string.
So it's like a down, I'd miss it, but you'd still hear that initial [D#] hit.
Very subtle, but you hear it.
And then you pluck up, [C#] and then the first finger goes up again.
So it's down, up, up, down, up, up.
You don't even have to deal.
You just kind of get it in the
Back.
[D#] Back.
Back.
[G] Back.
Back.
[C#] Back.
It can sound pretty cool if you
[C#]
[F#] [D#] [F#m]
[C#] [D#] That's pretty much it.
So anyways, that's how I [Cm] explain it.
It's just doing the down, up, up, back, and you [D#] can play single strings.
[F#]
Once again, I just want to show you real quickly what the technique I was doing on the acoustic
guitar [Cm] just to kind of follow it up and explain to you what I was trying to do on the acoustic
[G] a long, long time ago.
And again, I said this technique that I originally tried to figure out was from Victor Wooten
[C#] and I saw him kind of do it and he's like, he's so fast when he [E] does it.
I'll kind of break it down.
And again, I'm not really trying to copy him and stuff like that.
I [G] kind of just discovered this and this is what I thought he was doing.
So not to butcher it, I know you guys are, some of you guys are Victor Wooten fans, you
guys are going to make fun of me, but basically I'm just trying to break down what I did on
the acoustic guitar and how I got to that technique.
The cool thing is I got a beautiful, awesome technique that I use very [D#] well on the acoustic,
but I got it from trying it on the bass first and it just developed into something else.
So [C#] this is the technique and it's basically the same thing I [D#] was saying before, down,
up, up with the thumb and the first finger.
So what we're doing is the thumb, thumb, first finger, thumb, thumb, first finger.
[C#] And that's what it is on the acoustic guitar and you can still use that on the bass and
do stuff like this with an octave.
[D#] Play chords.
[F#m] [D#] [B]
[D#] [G#m] So whatever you want to do with that, but it's the same type of [C#] thing, but that's not
slap, it's more just a [D#] flamenco thing.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to just show you [Em] how, what I originally tried to [D#] do,
what I couldn't, which is doing a down [C#] through the first string, like on the A string, and
then I just basically pop it with the upstroke of the thumb and then the first finger is
just going to pop that string as well.
So you're going to [D#] be down, see, [C#] right there was my biggest problem when I [D#] came down here,
like you're normally just slapping a string.
I was trying to go through it and then be able to pop it.
So what I discovered, which made it a [C#] lot easier, is instead of trying to actually hit
the string directly, if this was the string I was trying to play, what I would do is actually
try to land my finger [G] on the string below it.
That way when I came up, it was able to strike the string.
So it's like a down, I'd miss it, but you'd still hear that initial [D#] hit.
Very subtle, but you hear it.
And then you pluck up, [C#] and then the first finger goes up again.
So it's down, up, up, down, up, up.
You don't even have to deal.
You just kind of get it in the
Back.
[D#] Back.
Back.
[G] Back.
Back.
[C#] Back.
It can sound pretty cool if you
[C#]
[F#] [D#] [F#m]
[C#] [D#] That's pretty much it.
So anyways, that's how I [Cm] explain it.
It's just doing the down, up, up, back, and you [D#] can play single strings.
[F#]
Key:
D#
C#
G
B
Cm
D#
C#
G
Hey guys, this [B] is Chris Schmidt from Chromatic Music.
Once again, I just want to show you real quickly what the technique I was doing on the acoustic
guitar [Cm] just to kind of follow it up and explain to you what I was trying to do on the acoustic
[G] a long, long time ago.
And again, I said this technique that I originally tried to figure out was from Victor Wooten
[C#] and I saw him kind of do it and he's like, he's so fast when he [E] does it.
I'll kind of break it down.
And again, I'm not really trying to copy him and stuff like that.
I [G] kind of just discovered this and this is what I thought he was doing.
So not to butcher it, I know you guys are, some of you guys are Victor Wooten fans, you
guys are going to make fun of me, but basically I'm just trying to break down what I did on
the acoustic guitar and how I got to that technique.
The cool thing is I got a beautiful, awesome technique that I use very [D#] well on the acoustic,
but I got it from trying it on the bass first and it just developed into something else.
So [C#] this is the technique and it's basically the same thing I [D#] was saying before, down,
up, up with the thumb and the first finger.
So what we're doing is the thumb, thumb, first finger, thumb, thumb, first finger.
[C#] And that's what it is on the acoustic guitar and you can still use that on the bass and
do stuff like this with an octave. _
_ [D#] _ _ Play chords. _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ [G#m] So whatever you want to do with that, but it's the same type of [C#] thing, but that's not
slap, it's more just a [D#] flamenco thing.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to just show you [Em] how, what I originally tried to [D#] do,
what I couldn't, which is doing a down [C#] through the first string, like on the A string, and
then I just basically pop it with the upstroke of the thumb and then the first finger is
just going to pop that string as well.
So you're going to [D#] be down, see, [C#] right there was my biggest problem when I [D#] came down here,
like you're normally just slapping a string.
I was trying to go through it and then be able to pop it.
So what I discovered, which made it a [C#] lot easier, is instead of trying to actually hit
the string directly, if this was the string I was trying to play, what I would do is actually
try to land my finger [G] on the string below it.
That way when I came up, it was able to strike the string.
So it's like a down, I'd miss it, but you'd still hear that initial [D#] hit.
Very subtle, but you hear it.
And then you pluck up, [C#] and then the first finger goes up again.
So it's down, up, up, down, up, up.
You don't even have to deal.
You just kind of get it in the_
Back.
_ [D#] Back.
Back.
[G] Back.
Back.
[C#] Back.
It can sound pretty cool if you_
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [D#] That's pretty much it.
So anyways, that's how I [Cm] explain it.
It's just doing the down, up, up, back, and you [D#] can play single strings.
_ _ [F#] _
Once again, I just want to show you real quickly what the technique I was doing on the acoustic
guitar [Cm] just to kind of follow it up and explain to you what I was trying to do on the acoustic
[G] a long, long time ago.
And again, I said this technique that I originally tried to figure out was from Victor Wooten
[C#] and I saw him kind of do it and he's like, he's so fast when he [E] does it.
I'll kind of break it down.
And again, I'm not really trying to copy him and stuff like that.
I [G] kind of just discovered this and this is what I thought he was doing.
So not to butcher it, I know you guys are, some of you guys are Victor Wooten fans, you
guys are going to make fun of me, but basically I'm just trying to break down what I did on
the acoustic guitar and how I got to that technique.
The cool thing is I got a beautiful, awesome technique that I use very [D#] well on the acoustic,
but I got it from trying it on the bass first and it just developed into something else.
So [C#] this is the technique and it's basically the same thing I [D#] was saying before, down,
up, up with the thumb and the first finger.
So what we're doing is the thumb, thumb, first finger, thumb, thumb, first finger.
[C#] And that's what it is on the acoustic guitar and you can still use that on the bass and
do stuff like this with an octave. _
_ [D#] _ _ Play chords. _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ [G#m] So whatever you want to do with that, but it's the same type of [C#] thing, but that's not
slap, it's more just a [D#] flamenco thing.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to just show you [Em] how, what I originally tried to [D#] do,
what I couldn't, which is doing a down [C#] through the first string, like on the A string, and
then I just basically pop it with the upstroke of the thumb and then the first finger is
just going to pop that string as well.
So you're going to [D#] be down, see, [C#] right there was my biggest problem when I [D#] came down here,
like you're normally just slapping a string.
I was trying to go through it and then be able to pop it.
So what I discovered, which made it a [C#] lot easier, is instead of trying to actually hit
the string directly, if this was the string I was trying to play, what I would do is actually
try to land my finger [G] on the string below it.
That way when I came up, it was able to strike the string.
So it's like a down, I'd miss it, but you'd still hear that initial [D#] hit.
Very subtle, but you hear it.
And then you pluck up, [C#] and then the first finger goes up again.
So it's down, up, up, down, up, up.
You don't even have to deal.
You just kind of get it in the_
Back.
_ [D#] Back.
Back.
[G] Back.
Back.
[C#] Back.
It can sound pretty cool if you_
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [D#] That's pretty much it.
So anyways, that's how I [Cm] explain it.
It's just doing the down, up, up, back, and you [D#] can play single strings.
_ _ [F#] _