5 Simple Slap Bass Techniques That Sound ADVANCED

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  • čas přidán 27. 10. 2023
  • These five slap bass techniques are simple to execute but make your bass lines sound incredible! Get all the tabs, backing tracks and practice videos for this lesson at: / charlesberthoud
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Komentáře • 154

  • @BassCampOfficial
    @BassCampOfficial  Před 7 měsíci +9

    Get all the tabs and backing tracks for this lesson and a Can't Hold No Groove practice video at: www.patreon.com/CharlesBerthoud

  • @Jeffect3
    @Jeffect3 Před 7 měsíci +99

    I don't even play bass but I like watching these to get a better appreciation for all the techniques and details I would otherwise miss.

    • @basshunter1148
      @basshunter1148 Před 7 měsíci +5

      This is your calling to buy one

    • @Jeffect3
      @Jeffect3 Před 7 měsíci

      @@basshunter1148 I've been thinking about it!

    • @schuylerdevin418
      @schuylerdevin418 Před 6 měsíci +1

      That's how it starts. Next thing you know, you have as many basses as you do guitars. 🤪

    • @skylee5029
      @skylee5029 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thx for taking some time to appreciate Bass. Spread the word my man. Too many people still think Bass is just for failed guitar players

  • @Dyas777
    @Dyas777 Před 7 měsíci +24

    I do all the exercises from videos from this channel for a few weeks. I enjoy every moment of it! I hope to join the patreon soon.

  • @gihad87
    @gihad87 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Finally some advanced techniques tutorial. All of the youtube is filled with beginners lesson but hard to find something more advance once you got the basics down. Great video.

  • @jeffp5138
    @jeffp5138 Před 7 měsíci +12

    Thanks Charles, I've been hacking at cant hold no groove for a long time. The section right after the right hand tap has always eluded me. This is the best breakdown I have ever seen of it. Looks like practice time!

  • @sine_0
    @sine_0 Před 7 měsíci +3

    YES thank you so much Charles. You are a gem to the bass community.

  • @Nathan_North
    @Nathan_North Před 7 měsíci +11

    Another great lesson Charles! This second channel is so useful!

  • @MJTbreww
    @MJTbreww Před 7 měsíci +5

    Such a fantastic video! Would love to see a full transcription of an advanced song some time! Those snippets really highlight the amount of things going on - very handy for regular players wanting to learn!

  • @sebastiendiago2347
    @sebastiendiago2347 Před 7 měsíci +4

    Thanks for these videos Charles. They're great for us intermediate bassistsn

  • @bassmasta9117
    @bassmasta9117 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Dude I have been trying to figure out the little rhythmical slaps and pops in between the groove for so long and this finally gave me the answers! Time to practice..

  • @annastuhlmiller2657
    @annastuhlmiller2657 Před 7 měsíci +10

    This Is so helpful! Thank you Charles!

  • @JeremyCulbreath
    @JeremyCulbreath Před 7 měsíci +1

    Always been one of my favorite pieces from him (out of SOOO many great ones). Great job breaking it down!

  • @steves8840
    @steves8840 Před 7 měsíci +10

    Loving this new channel - thanks Charles!

  • @taiping2995
    @taiping2995 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Sir Charles,
    Thank you for all your content, please keep us posted on your signature bass! 😊

  • @bassomatic6055
    @bassomatic6055 Před 7 měsíci

    Love the inventory of techniques you discuss. Very useful as a practice resource.

  • @bobasquid3339
    @bobasquid3339 Před 7 měsíci +22

    One thing many leave out is instrument. The instrument matters. Not all basses produce the same sound and that depends on various factors like string height (too high, much harder to play), tension, action, tone settings, wood, type of pick ups etc. These things matter greatly, it's not just the technique. Especially If you're a beginner. It can be frustrating when you hear these clean snappy pro instruments and you wonder why yours sounds like thuddy dead wood. String height was a big one for me when I started out. It was too high and right string tension, it made it incredibly hard for me to play and I had no idea. It takes time and patience sometimes you learn the hard way but keep going. Don't get discouraged. Hope this helps.

    • @adroit57
      @adroit57 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Any instrument with a good set up will be able to sound "pro" if the player is good

    • @bobasquid3339
      @bobasquid3339 Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@adroit57 but for a bassist who is starting out, who's technique isn't as developed yet, it matters. Believe me, the instrument makes a huge difference. Once you're more advanced and have experience, then yes, you could probably make the worst instrument sound ok.

    • @RubyDimasStudio
      @RubyDimasStudio Před 7 měsíci +4

      That is true, for example just puttting new strings have a big impact in slap sound.

    • @Paintplayer1
      @Paintplayer1 Před 7 měsíci +1

      When budgeting for a bass, budget for setup and strings. I have songs in my band, all of which I wrote the basslines for myself, which I have difficulty playing on a bass that isn't set up or that has old strings, which I can play effortlessly on my own bass that I keep set up and equipped with good strings

    • @gihad87
      @gihad87 Před 7 měsíci

      That is true, although I heard that if you are able to learn stuff and be able to pull it off on the oldest cranky guitar you can find, then when you move to something higher grade it will be so much easier and sound much better.

  • @tigerscott2966
    @tigerscott2966 Před 19 dny

    Great lesson...thanks.

  • @chrisperkins1467
    @chrisperkins1467 Před 6 měsíci +1

    High quality advice right here. Thanks for the video.

  • @ThomasHope73
    @ThomasHope73 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Excellent lesson! 👍👍

  • @aeakd
    @aeakd Před 7 měsíci

    This is very helpful for practicing! Looking forward to more videos with exercises like this, great channel

  • @marcuswright4141
    @marcuswright4141 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I’ve been watching you for a while now, I’m an old school player trying to learn something new, thanks for the tips

  • @zadokmotorfreight2423
    @zadokmotorfreight2423 Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent video and absolutely gorgeous bass!!!!

  • @giz7729
    @giz7729 Před 7 měsíci +5

    can you do a video about Berklee what you did where and stuff like that pls?

  • @pauljacques2278
    @pauljacques2278 Před 7 měsíci

    Great lesson. Subscribed! Thank you!

  • @NashtyFunk
    @NashtyFunk Před 6 měsíci

    Great instruction man, this was really easy to follow and super helpful.

  • @winstonschwarz1636
    @winstonschwarz1636 Před 7 měsíci +2

    That bass sounds bloody good man!

  • @dirtyjared
    @dirtyjared Před 7 měsíci

    thank you for taking the time to teach us some things. hella appreciated!

  • @Ream359
    @Ream359 Před 7 měsíci

    This is amazingg.. thanks Charles... world need bass.. hell yeah!!!

  • @aliberta9652
    @aliberta9652 Před 5 měsíci

    thanks so much !!!

  • @povilasl5383
    @povilasl5383 Před 7 měsíci

    this video is crazy good, thank you!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jimjamjul
    @jimjamjul Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks Charles!

  • @kizashikaze9066
    @kizashikaze9066 Před 6 měsíci

    Subbed!! I've been playing guitar since around '99. I've always loved listening to bassists and watching them play with their fingers. When I learned about slap bass, I was super interested. Okubo Hiroshi made that interest peak substantially since the mid '00s and since then I've wanted to get a bass. Life has gotten in the way, but I think the time has come. Time to get a cheap bass and start practicing!

  • @user-xg2np6gu5t
    @user-xg2np6gu5t Před 7 měsíci

    Your videos have been very helpful.

  • @connorwhite652
    @connorwhite652 Před 7 měsíci

    THANK YOU CHARLES

  • @leonjohnson5539
    @leonjohnson5539 Před 7 měsíci

    Wow❤🎉🎉 thanks 👍 so very much for breaking the hole thing down thanks looking forward to seeing more 🎉 thanks again ☺️

  • @NZP-Bass
    @NZP-Bass Před 7 měsíci

    super cool charles, I love this channel... tappers all life!!!!!

  • @Funkybassuk
    @Funkybassuk Před 7 měsíci

    Very useful tips!

  • @ElBellacko1
    @ElBellacko1 Před 7 měsíci

    ill be trying these love the video

  • @fabiobastosesteves3807
    @fabiobastosesteves3807 Před 6 měsíci

    Sensacional parabéns!!

  • @thelastofthelemmings6279
    @thelastofthelemmings6279 Před měsícem

    Thanks man 😎

  • @anggamartaBassPlayer
    @anggamartaBassPlayer Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks Charles

  • @tigerscott2966
    @tigerscott2966 Před 19 dny

    Nice bass collection too...
    It's like Xmas morning there.

  • @heinhtut6398
    @heinhtut6398 Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you so much ❤

  • @johnnydepp2376
    @johnnydepp2376 Před 7 měsíci

    Damn. Great video!!

  • @1234drums
    @1234drums Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you very much, Sir ❤

  • @ReBible180
    @ReBible180 Před 6 měsíci

    Awesome… Awesome

  • @metalisit
    @metalisit Před 7 měsíci

    Would definitely love more how to videos from you like this.

  • @edfarmer2613
    @edfarmer2613 Před 7 měsíci

    Great Stuff...

  • @justsomedude5727
    @justsomedude5727 Před 7 měsíci +3

    I'm not great at slapping compared to Pick or Fingers, but a cool technique I found is to slap your thumb on the artificial harmonics (slap the string 12 frets up from the note you're playing) it gives a cool octave effect.

  • @JamesThomas-gg6il
    @JamesThomas-gg6il Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hey Charles, Victor agrees with me too, its better to breathe than not breathe, but i have no idea about the bass playing thing... Both of you are awesome.

  • @andrewwatson8615
    @andrewwatson8615 Před 7 měsíci +14

    Nice editing, excellent playing. Fantastic as always Charles. Will your new signature bass be available to buy anytime soon?

    • @BassCampOfficial
      @BassCampOfficial  Před 7 měsíci +7

      Nov 27!! (Cyber Monday)

    • @andrewwatson8615
      @andrewwatson8615 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@BassCampOfficial thank you 😊

    • @Cybrtronlazr
      @Cybrtronlazr Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​@BassCampOfficial is there an estimated price? Tryna cop if it's affordable...

  • @chi_playallgame477
    @chi_playallgame477 Před 7 měsíci

    So good

  • @leonardoares1127
    @leonardoares1127 Před 7 měsíci

    Best bass lesson

  • @8Phoenix8
    @8Phoenix8 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Ima apply this on my cello :)

  • @lavitikis100
    @lavitikis100 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Less claypool and victor are my top bassists of all time. Strait masters at the craft. I'm left handed on a right hand guitar. I never converted so most of the techniques for normal playing is hard to apply to me. But I still enjoy playing.

  • @TheUngratefulSons
    @TheUngratefulSons Před 3 měsíci

    this dude is giving some real solid advice

  • @OriginalNightStalker
    @OriginalNightStalker Před 7 měsíci +1

    A request - from a VERY long-time bass player and an admirer of yours: The one link in the chain in your videos that I would love to know is your sound gear and recording. Presumably you use a compressor - type and settings, eg ratio etc? That would be very useful. Then EQ - how are you setting the EQ to get that lovely balanced tone from the highest notes to the lowest? What's your recording chain like and is there any difference in your live performance audio chain? What sort of amp, speaker setup do you use, for example? Your sound is impeccable, but would love to know how to get it - or even close to it... Keep up the good stuff. Respect from here Down Under.

  • @kevinw.8946
    @kevinw.8946 Před 7 měsíci

    ...and just like that - SENSE WAS MADE!

  • @doggygamer2341
    @doggygamer2341 Před 7 měsíci

    nice i must have missed all this in my lessons

  • @ericromano892
    @ericromano892 Před 3 měsíci

    super!!!!)

  • @emailchrismoll
    @emailchrismoll Před 7 měsíci

    you have better tone and cleaner chops than VicWoo. keep up the amazing work

  • @blairjones8231
    @blairjones8231 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Brilliant stuff Charles. Left handed tapping had never entered my mind. I am about to immediately try it. I tried double thumbing yesterday which being an old fart I had previously resisted. Have you ever personally met Victor Wooten/played with him??

  • @Det3rnate
    @Det3rnate Před 6 měsíci +1

    @BassCampOfficial 10:11 tbh (maybe bcs I started on *My Channel 2 weeks ago* going full throttle ➜ 💯 % active & all the related work/ video Editing etc) ...
    ... of course I was absolutely stunned by how easy & understandable you explained everything here, where I as a Guitarist with interest in also learning about the Bass, even I got it all right away...
    ...and still somehow I was even more impressed by the fact, how much work you must have poured into the editing here 😳 Right on time with every change in the techniques used, the text boxes have been on point the whole time ... 😂🤘🏻🎸
    huge respect for that much effort by making the Video so detailed ✌🏻😊
    ~Det

  • @kembangpetetan
    @kembangpetetan Před 6 měsíci

    Mantap boskuh....

  • @jorgebarbosa8014
    @jorgebarbosa8014 Před 7 měsíci

    Hello Charlie! What kinda of bass would you recomend for a total beginner (never played bass)???
    Great video by the way

  • @NhoyskieIbanez
    @NhoyskieIbanez Před 7 měsíci

    can you also teach what will be the settings in the bass guitar if only plugin to Amp. without any effects, to make it sound funky!!!!

  • @danroberts3585
    @danroberts3585 Před 2 měsíci

    Great lesson!
    The question I have is about your bass.
    What pickups do you have in it and is it neck through?

  • @Mulk99493
    @Mulk99493 Před dnem

    Mantap bassis👍👍👍👍

  • @zombielynx21
    @zombielynx21 Před 7 měsíci

    This feels like a stealth "How to Les Claypool" video in the best way.

  • @joseperez-iy6vl
    @joseperez-iy6vl Před měsícem

    What guage bass strings do you recomend I feel My bass is too thick maybe I should use thinner strings also Ive been playing a 5 string but I notice all or most of the great bass players use a 4 string thinking about going back to 4 string

  • @lennymo9088
    @lennymo9088 Před 7 měsíci

    Charles, may i ask what strings you use for Slap technique ?

  • @bertt1055
    @bertt1055 Před 6 měsíci +4

    I think you have surpassed Victor Wooten.

  • @mysteryshrimp
    @mysteryshrimp Před 7 měsíci

    I heard that exact opening line 20 years ago. About Bela Fleck. Sounds fast and complex. Hands barely move.

  • @andrewfreeman131
    @andrewfreeman131 Před měsícem

    What model of Schecter is that?

  • @user-uf2uc3ce2r
    @user-uf2uc3ce2r Před 6 měsíci

    But what is the difference between hammer-ons and left hand tap? Is left hand tap just a special name for a hammer-on that appears on the “first” (e.g., after repositioning a left hand) contact with a fretboard?

  • @LoDzyo
    @LoDzyo Před 4 měsíci

    2:17 Looks like there's a mistake in the tabs of the very first exercise (?). The second legato 7 - 9 on the D string is not a P but a T. Am I correct?

  • @boostman9935
    @boostman9935 Před 7 měsíci

    Could you do a lesson how how to learn songs by ear

  • @4XFX1
    @4XFX1 Před 7 měsíci

    What bass is that you using.

  • @briansliney2900
    @briansliney2900 Před 7 měsíci

    Anyone know what kind of bass that is?

  • @RafaelLima-hg8kz
    @RafaelLima-hg8kz Před 7 měsíci

    Well, i would not say it is easy, but simple , as you said i can agree. 😂

  • @nicolascalazans210
    @nicolascalazans210 Před 7 měsíci

    Hey, Charles! Do a video about hybrid picking slap, please!!! I'm a fan of polyphia. 😀

  • @mackoy85
    @mackoy85 Před 7 měsíci

    This video is full of chunky tips and techniques!

  • @LogansMediaHub
    @LogansMediaHub Před 7 měsíci

    Charles, do you have an editor for this channel or is it all you?

  • @thundrxhyper5478
    @thundrxhyper5478 Před měsícem

    How do you play with your left hand completely flat on the fretboard? I tried to do it like you did and I couldn’t get my hands completely flat no matter how hard I tried.

  • @samuelmori3026
    @samuelmori3026 Před 7 měsíci

    Charles Berthound should take notes from your lessons 😉😁🫡💯

  • @charlestaylor3195
    @charlestaylor3195 Před 7 měsíci

    8:29...and you wonder 'Why doesn't this sound that groovy?'. I've wondered that about so many things.

  • @alecrisser12
    @alecrisser12 Před 7 měsíci

    Why weren't you doing this a few years ago when I was trying to learn this stuff? 😩 I mean, I learned it anyway, it just took longer. Still, I'd love to see a long video where you show in its entirety all the bells and whistles in and how to play U can't hold no Groove.

  • @lie5578
    @lie5578 Před 7 měsíci

    So difficult 😂

  • @samuelmori3026
    @samuelmori3026 Před 7 měsíci

    Charles Berthoud should take notes from your lessons 😉😁🫡💯

  • @bartecki75
    @bartecki75 Před 2 měsíci

    👍🎸

  • @ttb4456
    @ttb4456 Před 7 měsíci

    but how are your tap-slides so clear? whenever i do so, it sounds like metal hitting metal without a note

  • @charlesfinney1055
    @charlesfinney1055 Před 7 měsíci

    What bass is that ..that you're playing

  • @Mis-amados-perros77
    @Mis-amados-perros77 Před 7 měsíci +1

    how is the name of the bass? the sound is perfect for me, thx

  • @UncommonDenominatorj528
    @UncommonDenominatorj528 Před 7 měsíci

    I take it a Left Handed tap must be specific, as in, different from a conventional Hammer On. What's the difference?

  • @lenartkosel3717
    @lenartkosel3717 Před 7 měsíci

    I can see this chanal getting subs faster than your main

  • @LeFingal
    @LeFingal Před 7 měsíci

    dude, move to norway, buy a cabin, invite me to it, and whatever i don't know on bass, you teach me... ill repay you by making incredible music and to credit you on all my music till i die, deal?

  • @bigbroiswatchingyou2137
    @bigbroiswatchingyou2137 Před 7 měsíci

    No way we just go the tabs to the legendary BassCamp theme for free

  • @DarkShaman667
    @DarkShaman667 Před 6 měsíci

    I figured out the ohsp slap myself. My nerd friends thought, I was really cool. To be fair, it does sound really flashy.

  • @genie365
    @genie365 Před 7 měsíci

    What does the L in the tab mean?

  • @N0TD3AF
    @N0TD3AF Před 7 měsíci +1

    Where is Charles comment?