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chucking technique?


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hi,
i am currently into learning disco bass...chic, earth wind & fire, kool & gang etc.
i play fingerstyle and can slap fairly well.
have heard that bernard edwards (RIP) used a technique called CHUCKING!
could anyone explain what this is?
i am refering to the start of EVERYBODY DANCE by CHIC mainly.


also, what is the technique used in the chorus (the D bit) of I`M COMING OUT by DIANA ROSS and who is the player?
thanks in advance for any advice received.

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what 'Nard Edwards did was play as if with a pick, but using his index fingernail and thumb instead.
(it's him on Diana Ross' I'm coming out too)

you can see him do this on the Chic live at the budokan (1996) DVD on "Dance dance dance".


to be honest, I think it's an idiosyncratic technique that worked for him, and it might not work for everyone.
FWIW I prefer playing those lines as normal fingerstyle.

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