Steve at Dynamo with Testament

[LordFireworm]

I just saw the video and WHAT THE HELL?!
Why was'nt that bassplaying on The Gathering??!
Anyway,its a damn cool clip of him playing.Very fast and fluid for a 3-2-1 player.I always thought that style in pure speed picking terms would give you a triplet sound but apparently not.
Steve,if you read this,have you thought of doing an instruction video for metal or anything?
Maybe with Sean Reinert...
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

 

[HippieOfDoom]

Oh stop it.

 

[Brodie-Dude]

I always thought that style in pure speed picking terms would give you a triplet sound but apparently not.

well 3..2..1.. would give it a triplet sound.
but not 3..2..1..2..

 

[HippieOfDoom]

32123222111223212312312300120102...
You can do any pattern you want, like my NordicBassBro has professed, it's all in the ACCENT. Not accident!
Who plays the same note over and over in sixty-fourths for ten minutes anyways? Speed picking only comes in bursts, embrace it; don't fear it...you slackers.

 

[Higon]

it's all in the ACCENT

What do you guys mean with "accent"? I don´t get it... (Maybe ´cause of my Brazilian/fucked up/poor English. Could you explain it?

 

[Erik Tiwaz]

In musical terms it means that you emphasize a note by an increase in volume for the duration of that note , i.e more attack.
In this particular case , with the 3-2-1-3-2-1 technique , one tries to even out the difference in the three individual fingers (3=ringfinger , 2=middlefinger and 1= index) , by adding accent in a certain pattern.
For example , if you want to play a 16th-note pattern (just an example); but since you play with the 3-2-1-3-2-1 pattern , it's hard to avoid it sounding like groupings of 3 , it kinda gives it a triplet feel ; so then you add accents on notes 1 and 4 :

3 -2-1-3 -2 -1-3-2 -1 -3-2-1 -3 -2-1-3 etc

Other accent patterns will also work , like: 1 and 3 , 1 and 2 , 2 and 4 etc etc.

 

[Higon]

So the main question is: Make all the notes sound the same, don´t mind what finger you use to pick it, and using accents if you need to make it sound the same. I think got it now.

Ah the picks... Everything is soooooooo simple with those little peaces of plastic. =P

 

[HippieOfDoom]

Originally posted by Higon
Ah the picks... Everything is soooooooo simple with those little peaces of plastic. =P

Until you drop it.

 

[flaviu]

yeah, the accent is the most important part

If you think "well i'm playing 3-2-1-2-3-2-1-2 so I don't triplet on 16th notes", then you have to play triplets and ur fucked up : \



Let's do like some bassists, while the guitars do 16th, let's just do 8th notes, so simple! lol

 

[Higon]

Until you drop it.

Sometimes it happens. But when it happens, I use my limited fingers ability until some part of the song that I can stop and look for the pick in the ground.