Good Times Bass tab video

About this riff

The Good Times line is a masterclass in disco pocket playing: a descending, syncopated figure that Bernard Edwards drives with tight fingerstyle 'chucking' and muted ghost notes rather than flashy runs. The challenge isn't the notes themselves but locking the sixteenth-note feel dead in the groove for the whole tune, keeping every rest and accent consistent. It's worth learning because it teaches restraint, timing, and how much groove comes from what you leave out.

Did you know?

Nile Rodgers has said he wrote Good Times the very morning the band recorded it, having already charted the parts before Bernard Edwards arrived (a little late) to lay down the bass. The line became one of the most borrowed in pop history, feeding both the Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight' and, indirectly, Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust,' which John Deacon built after time spent hanging around Chic's sessions.

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