There’s so much more cool science behind why we love fifths, including the whole concept of the harmonic series, which I didn’t manage to fit into this video.
This video also marks the birth of Science Josh - hope you dug that purple bow tie as much as I do.
I found out that I accidentally did roots & fifths all the time when I was just noodling around on my bass between module lessons, it sounded the best. I guess that’s a good sign
At least now I know the terms and (music) science behind it !
Just watched this video, and I may have had a minor epiphany, the root fifth thing is why so many songs use either the 3rd fret 5th fret or 2nd fret 4th fret combination so much?
“two frets up” is indeed an important pattern to remember. Two up on the same string is a whole step. Two frets up on the next string is a perfect fifth. Two frets up two strings up is an octave.
Not necessarily. The "5th below’ applies in any key and anywhere on the fretboard whether you’re playing 4 string or 5 string. Granted that B string gives you more options, but the theory applies to 4 string as well.
Oh man, Science Josh! I’ve listened to Natural Science so many times. It is well loved in my small tidal pool. That song really helped get me through a tough time in my younger years.
It’s interesting how, to my ears today, the original recording sounds clunky and weak compared to more recent live recordings they’ve done. Still very inspiring, either way.