How to Play the Bass Guitar : Slapping With Triplets Bass Guitar Technique

[PeripheralDrifter]

triplet-&. diggin' the instructional videos.

[ThePdiddles]

That's not a triplet. That would be a triplet and then a quarter note, or an eighth tied to a triplet (depending on what part of the measure you're on).

[megatrondecepticon2]

Up next is Seinfield!!!!

[joaspiras]

expert village should be ashame, how can yáll let this wanna be bass player give wrong information....and for the record please delete all you videos in youtube...

[joaspiras]

dammm learn triplets please your giving out wrong information.....

[MorchellaMike]

To you ignorant people that just wanna bash people like this guy, just because he's not "technically right" in saying that this is a "true" triplet, I have one thing to say. Show me your paycheck or accomplishments as a professional musician and I will shut up. Otherwise if you dont like it just leave it as that and not post ignorant idiotic posts. Very childish

[skizmsucks23]

you suck!!!!!!

[jvitzzify]

Guys! He is doing it for us to learn and not for you to criticize his effort to share. Arrogance is the fruit of Ignorance.

[GreenJunior213]

thanks so fucking much man! 

[blackdude377]

its compound triplet but a triplet none the less

[calummorris1993]

there are 3 triplets followed by a note after, im sure he's actually teaching a triplet there .. the open, hammer, slap is a triplet, the popped octave is a note after the tripet...

[floouk]

It's actually FOUR semiquavers - or sixteenths, which is in NO WAY a triplet.

Semiquavers go Tk a Tk a triplets go ti ri ri

[Sendmepusspics]

Jesus christ guys, its not the name "Triplet" that matters here, he isnt teaching dictionary terms for music, he is teaching techniques. And he did a fine job doing that.

[NapoleanXV]

@Sendmepusspics Except he didn't

[bongomon10]

thumbs up if you think expert village is shit

[btriona92]

He thinks he's such a badass. Haha. "AND THERE YOU GO! YOU GOT A TRIPLET!"

That's not a triplet douche bag.



[AlexKalicinski]

Plopped an expertsquat on this lesson.

[BriggsMullen]

@need4mospd I thought the same thing until I heard him do a few in a row in time. He's doing a little bit more than a triplet, like 3 triplet eighth notes followed by a staccato quarter note. It's pretty misleading though.

[MultiCasinoRoyale1]

expertvillage sucks they make every video lesson 1 minute why dont make a whole lesson about 4-5 minutes

[passionbass]

i wana dislike this

[chesterbassman1]

the fact of the matter is 104,368 hits from you all says he must be doing something right

[gordeteh]

how is it that this channel is called "expert village" omfg

[whirp]

you're a very bad teacher

[TechSmack]

WOW 138,714 videos of complete shit

[Sirencitybass]

slap/hammer/pop = correct(3)

slap/hammer/slap/pop= incorrect(4)

Just watch Flea's hands when he plays, or P-Nut, Les Claypool, I could go on and on...just.... not this guy

[Sakapukaman]

expertvillage makes you inexpert

[muchlis1988]

too much word.

I like many practice

[nilofc]

nice.... thanks

[TRJBASS]

expertvillageidiots

[Kaeonsomaiah]

@need4mospd this is a triplet and then a half note after it idiot

[fraghunter67]

ITS NOT A GUITAR:...

[ImperatorMajorDomus]

NOOB

[LtCheetah]

0:19 Yeah mate... Thats a "pop" not a slap...

Professional bass instructor my ass...

[FluffersTheFirst]

Lol I love how every Expertvillage bass video has negative comments saying how crappy the video is... says a lot about the guy in the video

[smurphlicious]

@FluffersTheFirst

All expert village videos have negative comments, coz they are all crap

[robsydify]

I think all your videos are awesome, I am learning heaps, and for free as well, keep up the good work....

[DJKOSANA]

The initial three notes are a triplet. it should be assumed (and not explained) that the last note is just for making the exercise complete and filling the place of two quarter notes. Wouldn't it sound empty if he just played the triplet? This IS in fact a triplet exercise, and any MUSICIAN would know that.

[997decio]

You´re play one group of 4 notes...I like it...very good...congratulations my friend!!

Thank you for your lesson.

[theOmasterJazz]

You Suck Fatty

[dubro87]

lol, what a wanker

[kvalukis]

Wouldn't a true triplet be the doublethumb technique?

[thesaltcreep]

this is a helpful video......thanks for the post.....and to you people that say this is not a triplet, your wrong. It's all about the phrasing. You could play a triplet phrase that contains 4 or 5 notes. so don't talk smack unless you have posted your own video so other ignorant people can criticize you.

[cowboysrule12]

@thesaltcreep Well a good amount of these bassist probably only read tabs so they've never seen anything like that

[groover888]

worst video i saw in my life! get a job elsewhere man!

[KyleUnwin]

@groover888 this isn't his job

[poochiepooh]

Good show, dude! THanks for this - very simple and very funky !

[idigcars]

Fuck me, another fail from "expert village"

[Beast6Of6Bass6]

the advertisment before the video was better than the actual video.

[benja0024]

actually, he was playing triplets, followed by a quarter note.

[mulchdiggums]

HAHA THIS IS RUBBISH. THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT A TRIPLET.

caps..... get over it.

[milosthepunk]

fleaq uses this in his solos!

[M1Garand43]

I guess in the "Expert Village", the definition of a triplet is open to interpretation i mean come on they ARE the experts right? ......insert sarcastic vocal tones.....

hehe

[Buckethood]

Actually,what he does is either sixteenth notes at a fast tempo or thirty-second notes at a slow tempo,but,indeed,it's not triplets

[forrestswimmer]

im working on the muting now. its tough though

[Chargeglass]

Think I'll just go play, I'll make it further by myself.

[sliterturn1]

not only does this guy loook like Sloth from the goonies , hes a fuckin moron.

[ryebread93]

FAIL those are NOT triplets you fucktard even if your playing tri-ple-it-1

[frognoob2]

yeah it does, it doesnt neccisarily need to take up 2 beats

[ryebread93]

playing four notes is not a triplet

[fairlystupidjello]

@ryebread93 it's a quadruplet!

[tomek1995v8]

@ryebread93 That's why Expert Village  sucks -.-'

[theinvisiblelight]

@ryebread93 He's just finishing the triplet off with another eighth note. Idiot.

[need4mospd]

You should learn what a triplet is before teaching it. This is NOT a triplet. A triplet is a group of 3 notes having the time value of two. Just because you play a 3 note pattern doesn't make it a triplet.

[belectronix]

@need4mospd: actually it can be interpreted as a triplet. As the opening 'lick' has no frame of reference for tempo (count in) you have likely interpreted it as 1 e + a, but at a faster tempo you could hear the lick as tri - pl - et 2 rest rest.. get it? so he's not incorrect.

[amierdolo]

@need4mospd

thats not the right definition of triplet either.

[mimo19934]

@need4mospd Your right, but a triplet can have the value of 1 notes OR 2 notes. in french we call them "triolet de croche" and "triolet de noire"

[SilentLD]

Yes, well.... a somewhat unimpressive demo from someone who seems to know what he is talking about?

[Fanuelxyz]

thanks a lot!!!

now i can play triplets slap!!!

[santiago033]

que chingadas te pasa? esto es lo maximo

[ERICMJ24]

I'm a beginner at the bass guitar and i don't exactly understand how to read music so if someone would be kind enough to let me know if maybe there is a website or something that would help i would greatly appreciate it!

[DJglock420]

look up tabs ..its alot easier then having to read music once you see it ull under stand it its very basic..

[jeffkillscott]

tabs r shit d head... they teach you massive short cut

[cavmantheshort]

work smart not hard

[ppmch]

download guitarpro5..thats the best way of learning songs

[superdude7003]

one of the notes hammer ons to another note so it is a triplet

[ibanez1357]

I'm pretty sure that's not a triplet being that there's FOUR notes.

[far0n]

Exactly, these clips are fucking rubbish. :o(

[morevile]

funky and all but....i hear 4 notes not 3

[MajorFenix]

I think that's the muted note you hear...

[flipoarnold]

the fourth is the first of the second bar

[doublethelowc]

thats not a chord thats note anyone that knows the chord please write back.

[thesplage]

Which D? For bass I would rcomend A:5, D:4 and G:2 for an D major, A:5, D:3 and G:2 for a minor and A:5, D:7 and G:7 for a D5 (aka the power chord).

[doublethelowc]

how do u play the D chord

[mjukostenoust]

fifth on A i guess

[ObscureBeast]

What D chord? There's endless d chords.

[skaterope]

thanks that really easy lesson but its nice sound!!!!

[illicitutown]

"...and it gets a little bit more technical."

hee hee! so that's our aim here right...?

'gettin technical.'

good for you buddy. maybe you'd better get some tone and groove going instead.

[strexnutz]

How bout quadruplets? Did I spell that right? I've discovered one with 7 or 8 notes. Now that I got the double thumb technique I'll be able to go 9 or 10. Did you record these vids at Guitar Center?

[skeeterthecat]

Dude, I finally get it! Thank you!

[rideemerica07]

haha reminds me of seinfeld so much

[mozzy2410]

I just dont think this dude knows how to teach very well. This is the 2nd vid of his I have seen, and he doesnt explain much at all. Those who know the jargon will already know this lick - why dont you make it more accessible for amateur bass players, dude?! Just saying!

[politico222]

Gracias!!

[xfactor20083]

Question about playing slap bass... what technique or drill would you recommend to help you be more accurate when thumping the third and fourth strings. I tend to thump strings not intended. Which makes it sound a bit off...

[jeanforthewin]

i would recommend looking at how you play and which part of the thumb you hit the strings with, then focus on being accurate with that part of your thumb

also, you should try using your fretting hand to mute the strings you dont want to hit

[renaudbassplayer]

jeanforthewin gaves you some great advice, the only one he forgot is : practice a lot man, you'll have alot more accurancy with experience.

[BCarey2293]

Actually, the rhythm is "Triplet, 1" Say that as he does the rhythm and you can hear that when he plays it. To all of those musically inclined people I know that this is a really rough way to think about it but it was how I was taught triplets.

[eigr1]

I don't know notes and music theory worth shit, but my guess is that since you usually count the number of notes in a... eh... "bar" as either 8 or 4, it'd make sense for triplets to count 4 notes even if there is a slight delay between two of them.

I mean, if you exclude the "delays" you can fit 12 notes into a "bar" when playing triplets, and 12 = 3x4, or 4x3, so it would be more logical to count with 4 since we're used to counting with even numbers anyway...

[urmumisgay123]

its called compound fracture :)

playing triplets with 4 beats in a bar makes 12 notes so the time signature can just be 12/8

[thebonedance]

Yes, they are triplets. I can't believe there are such stupid arguments on youtube due to little 11-year-old kids who play guitar/bass and think that counting 4 notes means it is not a triplet pattern. Sigh...

[andreasswarfeld]

if he left the "gang" sound of the end and just went d g da he would have a triplet. as it goes, he doesn't and has no idea what he is on about. wot a prick ! and so ugly too.

[spectorsam68]

it's a triplet with an added percussive

[agentkro]

1 and a 2, 3 and a 4. Yeah I think it's triplets.

[LuGiah]

awesome tone :)

[tychonaut]

Hmm... some people talking out of their asses here. Definitely triplets. Obvious ones. Count along (we'll do a count in)..

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 "didilee 1 didilee 2 didilee 3 didilee 4"

....The thumb/hammer/thumb trios are the triplet parts (3 16th notes over the space of an eighth note). The last (popped) note an octave higher in each lick lands directly on the quarter beats.

sycamore TREE ... sycamore TREE ... sycamore TREE !

[renaudbassplayer]

nice to see someone who actually know what is talking about loll, there is just too much comment of people saying that's not triplets because there is 4 notes ahaha

[gallienflea]

Useful, thanks

[Stumpede]

easiest way to explain a triplet is 3 notes rest for a note then play 3 notes. So you get a "gallop" sound.

[Kenaimali]

He's really good at explaing too.. :)

[Cakbrano]

beautifull 1

[BOnEhEAdD]

Four notes make a triplet??? krapz I gotta recheck my knowlegde of counting to four...

[B3nz1mon]

Yes it is 4 triplets. Or actually, we only know that there is 3 triplets, untill we hear where the next note starts. Just cause it's triplets dosen't mean that you play 3 notes. let me explain what a triplet is, 3 triplets should take as long time to play as 4 8notes. or 4 16notes, or whatever you want. 4 8notes is common. So how many dosen't make any difference, it's how long the note is. they are called triplets because three of them is as long as 4 8notes (often).

[BOnEhEAdD]

Dude, four notes(exactly: the four-note pattern - so it isn't just spread across the bar, filling 4 beats with 12 notes and thus making the 12/8 bar)can make a triplet, but only when 2 of its notes are twice as long as the other 2 notes!!! The notes the guy is playing seem all the same lenght. He doesnt play in the rhythm but at the beginning hes playing 16ths in 4/4 and with those 2 more notes it starts 2 feel like 16ths in 12/8, but no triplets

[B3nz1mon]

Well, unless there's no tempo, you never know if it's triplets or anything else. when he play the "triplets" together, you can here that it is triplets, there should be 2 more notes of the kind he plays. He could think in a harder way if he wanted it to be 16notes. But, the video says triplet, so i guess it is triplets.

[BOnEhEAdD]

lol "he could think in a harder way" and "the video says triplet" really got me :-D. But Ure right there's no rhythm, so we cant say it... Still, "triplet" is the very last word I would Use to name this pattern....the second, 6-note pattern can come out as sextuplet in a certain tempo, but thats Really the closest one in this vid.....

[B3nz1mon]

:P

But if he says it's triplets and he think triplets, then it is :P

[BOnEhEAdD]

don't U think there's a chance that The guy on the vid doesn't know what a triplet is himself??

But nevermind; musical theory has only single one purpose - to make musicians understand each other while theyre playing cooperatively (or talking about music). This time, it apparently failed so we'd better not bother with it this time.

Music is the best; keep it up, lad ;-)

[jeremyalderete]

well i'll be. kewl im gonna steal that one ;D

[almostlikable]

I like it.

[jude4312]

maybe some of you are saying it's not triplet because you're not hearing him playing same note twice. 0h5-5 is the triplet and he's finishing the phrase with an octave that is an 8th note, fret 7.

[Staerke1]

Yeah but that's actually 4 notes ; ) this is Not triplets this is 16th notes

[jude4312]

maybe my explanation wasn't clear..4notes yes, 3 sixteenth triplet 1 8th note. so if you'd tap your foot, 0h5-5 would be on the down beat, 7 would be on the up. if it was 4 16th notes, 5 would be the upbeat but the rhythm clearly isn't on this demo.

[Staerke1]

Yep i agree It is a triplet And it should be 6 notes pr beat A triplet on the down beat and one on the off beat ; )

Some expertvideo If your gonna theach you need a clear beat to define the rythm being played over it ; )

[Westerdd]

ive been looking at this and to me it seems as though these beats fit into the 32nd intervals rather than 16ths.

[Lasvegas1newyork0]

Kinda sounded like Seinfeld.

[wflfatzor]

He is playing triplets guys...if you listen he's playing 4 notes because he's hitting the DOWNBEAT. lrn 2 count.

[mk3killer]

nice

[youcantdothatonabass]

that isnt a triplet, if you miss out the muted note after the hammer-on it would be...

its the same as victor wootens open-hammer-pluck technique

[brainbolt]

All you guys that think that isn't a triplet need to go back to review your rhythms.

1-trip-let-AND 2-trip-let-AND etc.

16th note triplets if you count it like above

[youcantdothatonabass]

that isn't a triplet , if you miss out that muted note after the hammer-on it would be...

it's victor wootens open hammer pluck technique

[Fodera4]

reply to "it's victor wootens open hammer pluck technique"actually it is larry grahams technique, victor wooten uses an alternate down and up motion with his thumb (like a pick)

[nathan87]

From the definition of a triplet, it's still a triplet, whether it's how victor wooten plays triplets or not...

[colorfulbuddy]

No no...it's not a triplet, you are wrong...sorry. And don't ever talk down to be again or I will eat your music soul... Anyways, I agree with the melodic stuff too, you need to be versatile to be a good anything player.

[ryanguitarman]

thats a quadruplet, or quad. a triplet is just slap, hammer on, pop.

one of each.

[fattybumpo]

in my opinion, bassists need to learn less slapping and percussive techniquest, and focus on being melodic. this is sweet though, and it was a triplet. listed closely at :48 and count the quarter notes in your heads, kids.

[uprightboy]

not a triplet

[colorfulbuddy]

Those aren't triplets. Triplets are based on three percussive sounds not four like you are showing. But what "you" are doing is something bassists should all learn anyways.

[TheUniqueGuix]

sweet