You probably wont sound like your slap bass idol the first time you play a bass. Feb 20, 2016 double bass slap essentials single, double, triplet, gallop triplet, drag triplet, and drag quadruplet. Ultimate slap bass is one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. Due to a lack of a drummer, larry decided to slap and pop the strings to simulate the percussive sound of a drum set. In fact, you might not even sound like the pros in your first few years, it all depends on how much and how consistently you practice. The hindu, a popular body separation exercise best addresses how to conceptualize body separation.
The book starts with basic slapping and popping technique and moves on to. For one, players might not be slapping with the best part of their right thumb. This category also covers specific skills needed to execute particular playing styles, such as slap bass, tapping, doublethumbing, or sweeping. Its a full stepbystep system for playing slap bass. A bass lesson explaining the basic slapping and popping of the slap bass technique. Learn the 2nd most essential slap bass technique called the pop. How to play slap bass guitar for beginners wonderhowto. I did not copy this from a book its just set up like one. In this lesson, learn how to thumb pluck, or pop, for a twangy sound that. In slap bass, youll learn the fundamentals of slap, from traditional to modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. This highly acclaimed video has become the definitive bible of slap technique.
In this feature, we round up 10 of the best slap bassists to have laid down stone cold grooves and sizzlin technique on some of musics biggest and best loved tracks. Overview content and lessons bass slapping techniques. It will take you from simple to advanced practices and enable you systematic progress, no matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned bass player. In this mouthful of a lesson ill show you how to play a quirky slap groove that incorporates some elements you might not be used to. By taking a short interview youll be able to specify your learning interests and goals, so we can recommend the perfect courses and lessons to try next. However, a description is beyond the scope of this guide. Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. My ultimate guide to slap bass technique will take you every step of the way from newbie all the way through to advanced pro. Dave larue is one of todays leading bassists, recording and touring with the steve morse band and dixie dregs for nearly 20 years. Oct 24, 20 early on, players looking to delve into the world of slap bass can experience a number of pitfalls along the way with their slap bass technique. Lessons that fall into the technique compentency are focused on the development of your overall facility, dexterity, accuracy, and endurance for both the fretting and plucking hands. Cp18316 progressive slap technique for bass stephan richter on.
Slap bass pdf, big funk text book slap, ebook with mp3 track. This course is for anyone who wants to get into the fantastic and funkilicious technique of slap bass. If you love the groovy bass lines in popular funk and rock songs, you might want to learn how to play slap bass. Take a look through the lessons below and get started with the basics of slap. Become a member, purchase studypacks, buy suggested products or donate. You will learn where how to hit the strings and get that cool slap sound while still resonating the strings. History, setup, and technique by donovan stokes published in fall 2008 issue of bass world. Are you ready to add another layer to your slap bass technique. The ultimate slap course for bass guitar two volume course featuring video lessons, pdf workbooks and. The online course is a lifetime subscription that accesses more exercises and lessons.
Bass technique packet auburn junior high school bands. For beginner to professional a comprehensive, easy to follow guide introducing all the important techniques required to play slap bass. His incredible technique and finesse of the bass make him the. In this course, world renowned educator, phil mann takes you right from the start of getting your slap technique chops together in a clear, concise and step by step manner that will have you slapping and popping your own grooves in no time. Slap bass continues to be used in the 21st century, as it is widely used by modern rockabilly and psychobilly band bassists, including kim nekroman nekromantix, geoff kresge tiger army, scott owen the living end and jimbo wallace the reverend horton heat. Another free video bass lesson from mark j smith for. Funkychops slap bass video riffs help you slap your bass guitar. Early on, players looking to delve into the world of slap bass can experience a number of pitfalls along the way with their slap bass technique. Slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass. I get a an insurmountable number of emailed questions asking about slap tone and technique. I introduce you to the different techniques thumbing, plucking, left hands slaps and hammerons etc youll need to use. This is a quick slap exercise designed to maintain your thumb chops when low on practice time. Slap bass techniques, adjustments and tricks to develop.
This is a pretty advanced lesson, so if youre just starting out with slap bass you might want to save it for later. While i have mentioned dozens of times in various columns that i never really explored the slap side of bass, i have fiddled with it enough, in addition to knowing quite a few fantastic slappers. If more of us would slap in a musical manner instead of using the technique for crazy machinegunlike solos, maybe our fellow musicians and producers and audience members would take the technique more seriously. Slap bass is the percussive funk bass style that first gained popularity with larry graham in. Stuart clayton ultimate slap bass beginner level pdf. The only way outside of the matrix to develop your technique is practice, practice, practice. Funk studies for the electric bass was the first book to be published on slap bass technique now more than 25 years later, slap it. These notes are the most basic elements of drum music, and taken together they can be consid. Since the emergence of funk in the 1970s, slap bass has become an essential technique in any electric bassists tool kit. Mauldin, the bassist for buddy hollys crickets died from cancer in nashville today. In this book, the first in the series of three, the technique is covered from the absolute basics. Introduces slapping and popping techniques as well as hammerons, pulloffs, slides, ghost notes and cross hammers. I changed a few things and added a few more exercises in.
Kresges rapid slapping ability is all the more remarkable given that for much of his career he was an electric bassist. The entire motion should be produced from your wrist tilting side to side while your fingers do their work. Here i will show you some examples of essential elements, which are used in funk slap, practical examples with notes, tablatures and studio recorded mp3 audio tracks. Funky slap guitar groove tablature pdf dap if you had fun playing this slap guitar groove, check out my slap bass course called slap bass funky fundamentals over on. Each distinct sound which is played on the drum can truly be thought of as a musical note. Slap bass is a sure fire way of introducing some red hot funk and groove into your playing style. Slap bass funky fundamentals how to play fun great sounding slap bass lines following a. Slapping on bass guitar involves using the edge of ones knuckle, where it is particularly bony, to quickly strike the string against the fretboard. The only way to perfect the bass guitar slapping technique is through practice. It is primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar.
The technique for slap bass differs from that of standard bass. Hey im kinda old skool slapper right now and i realy cant do what all of those new guys doin because no one knows here to do it clean and right. Basic and advanced slap technique bass learn to master the techique of bass slapping bass slapping is a very intersting technique to use the bass not just as a bass guitar, but also use it as a percussion instrument. The only way to perfect this technique is through practice. Jun 02, 2017 daric bennetts bass lessons 18,795 views 10. Double bass slap essentials single, double, triplet, gallop triplet, drag triplet, and drag quadruplet.
In this lesson were going to look at building some strength and stamina in our slapping technique. Funk slap is popular with bass players of all ages and represents the ultimate level of training for any bassist. A discussion on slap bass tone and technique no treble. Slap bass pdf, big funk text book slap, ebook with mp3. Often times, ive seen beginning players slap with the meaty part of their thumb or even as twisted down as the thumb pad. Double bass 5minutes on slap technique wes stanton. Ebook has 193 exercises, as well as 3 unique examples of bass solos. Larry graham developed slap bass while in a band with his mother.
Contains over 140 slap licks, grooves and patterns, divided into 4 main sections. Slapping technique slapping means hitting the string with your right thumb. Instead of annoying, creepy, privacyinvading ads, popups, or selling your data, studybass relies on the support of its users. Dec 31, 2008 cp18316 progressive slap technique for bass stephan richter on. A short lesson on how to learn the slap technique on a 4string bass. Packed with intensive instruction and incredible syncopated funk, the slap bass program thoroughly explores the challenging techniques behind the slap style. Beginner to intermediate bass players who want to learn slap bass veteran bass teacher and berklee grad reveals a new super simple method for playing slap bass without expensive lessons, years of tedious practice, or even natural ability. Octaves octaves are the heart of slapandpop technique. Ultimate slap bass is a 206 page book with two cds that aims to be a definitive guide to the slap bass technique and also aims to. The journal of the international society of bassists a quick and dirty history of slap the first thing we must do is to define slapbass.
Double thumb slap bass technique pt 3 slap bass guitar. First, you need to develop coordination to accurately strike the string. The standard tuning for a 4string bass is e a d g e being the thickest string or the top one if you will. In order to do that your thumb should be parallel to the strings and you may have to lower you elbow near the bridge. Slapping and popping isnt easy, so you will want to set aside a bit of time each day, whether it is as little as thirty minutes or as much as two hours, to practice your slapping and popping technique. Bass lessons slap bass tab slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass. I did really right this i wrote it again because my other good account and all my tabs got deleted somehow. Octaves octaves are the heart of slap andpop technique.
Slap bass is a difficult technique to master, so it will take a lot of practice. You can create an infinite number of ideas from a single octave by varying the rhythm, tempo, and r. This is a short demonstration lesson about slap bass techniques. Bass technique video lessons adam nitti music education. There are scores of cool slap bass players out there, but who are the truly great ones. Also includes a thorough study of all the important rhythms and syncopations used in slap playing. Quickbeat is the super cool drum machine for all musicians. This is why i created big funk text book slap, ebook that will teach you all you need to know about the slap technique. Ultimate slap bass by stuart clayton overdrive rakuten. This category also covers specific skills needed to execute particular playing styles. Feb 04, 2015 i get a an insurmountable number of emailed questions asking about slap tone and technique. Get your funk on with this extensive series of slap bass lessons designed to take you from beginner to funk master. This lesson will really help you start out on the right foot, staying in time when you practice, using a metronome. Progressive slap technique for bass learn to play music.
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