Repeat the same exercise on the open A string.įor more examples of slap bass, and how to play pop sounds make sure you check out the brand-new book Bass Technique Finger Gym.Ī special thanks to Danny Cross for filming the video. Refer to the muting exercises shown earlier in the chapter if this feels difficult. Slap the open E string on beats 1 and 3, but when you play beats 2 and 4, release the pressure of the fretting hand (while maintaining contact with the string) to create the muted note and slap the note in the same way. It may be challenging to move between strings using slapped notes at first, so start off slowly with a metronome at around 50bpm before gradually raising the tempo.Īdding muted notes to slaps is an essential bass technique and is used extensively in funk. Play the 5th fret of the E string to create the note of A and slap that four times using 1/4 notes.Įxample 4 demonstrates four 1/4 note slaps per bar, but moves through different frets and strings. When you have mastered open string slaps you can move onto fretted note slaps. Now play four 1/4 note slaps on the open E string and four 1/4 note slaps on the open A string. Listen to the audio tracks before playing them yourself. Although a successor to Trilogy, this instrument was designed. The instrument provides a new level of expressiveness, along with powerful editing and impressive sound quality. The small “t” above each note indicates the use of the thumb slap on the picking hand. Trillian from Spectrasonic's is a vast virtual instrument for the real-time performance of acoustic and electric basses, along with cutting-edge synthesizer bass tones. In example 1 slap the open E string in 1/4 notes. (bass) Nada Deva - Bass Aliens Original Mix, Drade Bass Music - Nada Me Faltara, Hernan Bass - Nada Me Sale Bien Original Mix. The aim is to rotate your hand down to strike “down and through” the string.
Strike the string with the outside edge of the knuckle of your thumb against the frets.
Your thumb should be just above the very end of the fretboard.ģ. Achieve this by moving your arm position, not moving your hand from the wrist. Keeping your thumb straight, align your hand shape so that your thumb runs parallel to the strings of your bass. Keep your fist relaxed and make sure your thumb doesn’t touch your fingers and your fingers don’t touch your palm.Ģ. Relax your hand and curve your fingers towards your palm. For more information and exercises to play in this style be sure to check out our new book Bass Technique Finger Gym.ġ. Slap bass is an essential technique on bass, and in this video lesson, I will show you how to accurately perform the slap technique.
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