If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. In this article, well give you a few pointers on getting started with slap bass technique, and finish with a more advanced exercise to demonstrate what it sounds like in a musical context. He is known as bassbaba father of bass among his fans and audiences for his bass guitar playing. I did not copy this from a book its just set up like one. An alternative method to achieve the sound is to slap the fingerboard with the hand. Bass ebooks, slap, double thumb technique, easy slap. I do not plan to repeat the many technical exercises included in slap it. Slap bass is a popular technique often used in funk music, but in reality, its just a different way to hit the string. Using your thumb, hit the string downwards so your thumb is horizontaly across the strings. 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. In the following exercises you will be playing a combination of slap and pop, so it is very important that you keep your hand position. If any of you have not learnt slap, you can read my advice here.
Bass solos en clave gerardo colon ortiz strikes again. The technique for slap bass differs from that of standard bass. Slap bass definition and meaning collins english dictionary. This comprehensive book covers every aspect of slap from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing, open string hammerons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. If you love the groovy bass lines in popular funk and rock songs, you might want to learn how to play slap bass. My new slap bass lines are presented here as a series of exercises from 2 to 16 bars in length. Lined with our signature charmeuse satin to help eliminate bedhead, lock in moisture, fight. This is the shape we will use today while learning the slapping technique, so fret it and forget it because you won. When slapping, be sure to slap the string with the bone protruding from the edge of your thumb, and very quickly take your thumb away to make this twangy noise. It is possible to slap the bass too hard, resulting in failure.
The author stuart clayton had authored several bass books prior to the 2007 publication of ultimate slap bass and also regularly writes for the british. Fret the third fret of your low e string with your forefinger for the note g. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the slap. It still includes the same classic 151 slap bass exercises, but now all examples are provided in both standard and tab notation. First published in 1981 and written by tony oppenheim, slap it.
Alegria aleho alejandro balderas alejandro sanz alelly alembika aleph book company. There are scores of cool slap bass players out there, but who are the truly great ones. 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. Staying true to the fun party vibes that lead to his initial rise, kap slap has since performed at major festivals, including kaaboo, hangout music festival, snow globe, made in america, firefly music festival, as well as countless top venues and nightclubs. A must for the beginner or intermediate, and a great reference work for the advanced, slap and pop is both a musical journey and a teaching tool for all the budding. The riff is a great introduction to slap pop octaves on the e and d strings and is deceptively tricky when getting started so take it slow.
Larry graham developed slap bass while in a band with his mother. The slap bass program by dvd sheet music for bass buy. Using your index finger tip, pull the string away from the fretboard and release it, the sound of the string snapping down onto the frets is know as popping. The most elegant, functional hairprotecting products out there. 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.
Slap bass is a sure fire way of introducing some red hot funk and groove into your playing style. View the profiles of people named alejandro giusti. So the simple answer is yes, i believe you would benefit from studying the. Fornito da crea il tuo sito web unico con modelli personalizzabili. The song refers to the slap style of double bass playing that was popular at the time. Com dvd set, slap and pop chronicles the bass guitar, its history, and the techniques of slap bass playing. A stylish cap that retains moisture satinlining, stays on your head at night signature elastic band and is fashionable enough to wear outside. Slap bass is the percussive funk bass style that first gained popularity with larry graham in.
Discover everything scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers. Notice how the wrist turns, like turning a doorknob. One big feature of this line is the time signature, which is a form of 34 time where each beat is felt with equal strength, almost like a bar of 44 with a beat chopped off as opposed to waltz 34, where beats 2 and 3 are. Stephan has put together a very melodic and fun way to learn basic to advanced. Im excited to be presenting my latest slap bass lines in this new way. Ella fitzgerald slap that bass lyrics genius lyrics. Zoom zoom zoom zoom the world is in a mess with politics and taxes and people grinding axes theres no happiness zoom zoom zoom zoom rhythm lead your ace. Slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass. Clinica bass alejandro giusti music expert youtube. To slap the bass, originally playing the bass guitar really well. Higher ground is a red hot chilli peppers cover of the stevie wonder classic featuring a slap bass interpretation from flea. Ibanez sr ashula featuring franck hermanny 7 string frettedfretless hybrid bass youtube ibanez guitar.
List of slap bass players double bass jump to navigation jump to search this article does not cite any sources. This is a pretty advanced lesson, so if youre just starting out with slap bass you might want to save it for later. Cleaning up your slap bass technique by talkingbass online bass lessons. Online can be thought of as the next volume of, or a sequel to, my book slap it. 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. Bass lessons slap text bass tab learn the song with the online tablature player. Zero aldo aldon aldridge press alecosor aleev, inc. The slap, 2011 australian tv series based on the novel. Utilizando tecnica slap toca primero notas dobles, y luego doble y triple pluck. I changed a few things and added a few more exercises in. David gibbons for his work in translating, or helping to translate, the chap.
Estimated delivery between friday, february 28 and monday, march 2. Slap and pop are one of the tequniques that define bass. This lesson is about slapbass i have put some nice ideas in. Due to a lack of a drummer, larry decided to slap and pop the strings to simulate the percussive sound of a drum set. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Ultimate slap bass has become one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. Bass solos en clave bass solos en clave is an ebook, comprised of the title itself as a pdf and the songs are mp3s, so anybody purchasing basically gets immediate access to the title no shipping costswait. I did really right this i wrote it again because my other good account and all my tabs got deleted somehow. There are currently more than 50 pages of slap bass materials online. Slap text bass tab by bass lessons songsterr tabs with. Join facebook to connect with alejandro giusti and others you may know. The simple steps to slap bass course is a complete, stepbystep method for mastering the slap bass style from the absolute basics of the thumb slap all the way through to advanced techniques such as machine gun triplets, double thumbing and flamenco rolls.
Slap that bass is a song composed by george gershwin, with lyrics by ira gershwin, introduced by fred astaire and dudley dickerson in the 1937 film shall we dance. Over the past several years the slap bass program has become the undisputed bible of slap technique. Ultimate slap bass is a complete tutorial book, covering every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing and popping, strumming, open string hammerons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a. 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 be for all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Slap, double thumb technique, easy slap, blues, dispensa slap. Two months ago, we received bass the chord, and hes back already with his latest title.
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