Grooviest one-note bassline?

[WrapRough]

I was just listening to an old playlist and this song came on:




I mean, damn that is one hell of a groove for one note (if we ignore the octaves at the end of the line). So it got me thinking, what are the grooviest bassline that only use one note?

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Yes we can can by the Pointer Sisters comes pretty close.

 

[TomB]

Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher

 

[Nebadon2000]

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[WrapRough]

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I think I just saw your joke fly my over my heard

 

[buldog5151bass]

Everyday People.

 

[WrapRough]

Everyday People.

Oh nice, yeah that's a good one

 

[Zooberwerx]

Not a guitarist but I can still nail the solo in “Cinnamon Girl”.

Riis

 

[Dust2Dust]

Whoever that is, they just made my list of favorite bass players

 

[covermego]

Well, at least during the verses on this one. Lotsa energy and kinda whack. Great vocal, too.

 

[iiipopes]

The first one of all: Tomorrow Never Knows off the Beatles Revolver album.

 

[MrLenny1]

Almost anything Bootsy.

 

[wintremute]

I'm a simple man.

 

[Drop1]

I don't know how they do it. It feels obvious when I play these types of lines when other people wrote them. If I try, I want to change notes so badly.

Maybe I just need to turn on some drum loops and limit myself to creating grooves with 1 note.
It's like the whole root, 3rd, 5th thing. I just don't get it, yet other players can write albums from just that. Pretty incredible.

I do think most of my issue is not having backing tracks playing.. I play mostly in silence. Just me and the bass and that can make is super hard to get creative with simple lines.

 

[WrapRough]

I don't know how they do it. It feels obvious when I play these types of lines when other people wrote them. If I try, I want to change notes so badly.

Maybe I just need to turn on some drum loops and limit myself to creating grooves with 1 note.
It's like the whole root, 3rd, 5th thing. I just don't get it, yet other players can write albums from just that. Pretty incredible.

I do think most of my issue is not having backing tracks playing.. I play mostly in silence. Just me and the bass and that can make is super hard to get creative with simple lines.

Dude YouTube has a load of backing tracks for bass practice in all different styles and keys. Even Spotify has some! It's great fun and you can easily lose and hour

 

[WrapRough]

The first one of all: Tomorrow Never Knows off the Beatles Revolver album.

Nice!

 

[Wasnex]

I thought you meant more like this:

 

[WrapRough]

I thought you meant more like this:

It's only grooving because of the rest of the song IMO

 

[bassdude51]

John Entwistle, The Who, Magic Bus. (Well, the first 3 mins are one note.)

 

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