The Perfect, Starter Slap Bass Riff For Beginners
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Tab and lesson material here: www.talkingbass.net/the-perfe...
Many famous and popular slap riffs are actually fairly tricky for beginners.
Today's riff is written specifically for this lesson and allows you to practice the basic techniques of both slapping and popping, your note control in the fretting hand, a clean technique by way of muting and your hammer on's.
It’s an incredibly simple riff from a musical standpoint, but it’s packed with content for subtle focused practice.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:00 The Riff
1:18 Notes and Rhythms
4:43 Slap/Pop Technique
6:50 The Fretting Hand
10:11 Note Control Exercises
12:58 Hammer On's
16:11 Applying Technique To The Riff
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Bass Gear:
► Enfield Lionheart Bass Guitar
► SIMS Super Quad Pickups
► DR bass strings
► Levy Leathers Bass Strap
► GRBass Bass Amps - Hudba
Tab and tracks here: www.talkingbass.net/the-perfect-beginner-slap-riff/
Very good lesson Mark. Exactly the skill sets required for proper slap/pop playing. Thank you.
This is the type of video that is helpful for all bass players. Great teaching as well. Thank you.
I've been watching a lot of your slap lessons and thanks to your information I'm beginning to grow a good foundation with the motivation to practice.
I signed up for the two slap bass courses by this bloke during lockdown a couple of years ago and the lessons are incredible. I dive in and out of lessons now for new inspiration. Definitely the best online, well worth it. Great fun.
Awesome again . I'm very Grateful, Thank you. HAPPY NEW YEAR Mark!!
I have been trying to slap for about 4 years ( I can "slap" to my own songs, sort of) . After hearing Mark king say you must split it into 16ths & then watching this I finaly understand it. A fabulous lesson.
I watched many slap bass lessons. This one here though 'opened the door'! Thank you and all the best from Belgium! 👍
Best bass teacher on the web, happy new year!🎉
very nice explaination. Thanks for keeping it simple for us.
I wish you a happy new Year Mark, and a good new beggining in the USA
Great lesson! Thanks for showing step by step.
I'm a bouncer myself. For some reason I can never get that follow through one where the thumb stops on the next string. Not sure why, it seems like it shouldn't be that hard haha.
Sounds great!!! Appreciated!!!
Happy New year from Australia! at 62 I have just started back learning bass after 20 years, I couldnt slap then and guess I never will be able to! Just realized at my age I need a short scale, after only 2 days playing your 12 bar blues lesson on my old fender P I can't move my wrist lol, Its that little finger stretch on the Major scale :( Subscribed thanks.
What a great wealth of information you share... must thank you for it!!!! ❤
Slap is just my favourite! Last year I started the steps to slap bass course and the journey has been just fantastic. The only thing I hate is how often the strings need changing to maintain that clear zing. Happy New year to all of you slappers!
If you find your strings go 'dull' quite quickly, maybe try coated strings such as those made by Elixir, for example? I have found that they stay 'fresh' considerably longer than normal strings.
Excellent, Happy New Year Mark
Thank you a lot. Great riff for beginners.
Thousand thank you sir for wonderful lesson,I need more learn About slap techniques
Happy New Year Mark
Thank you, Sir 💪
Excellent
Nice 👊🏽
This would have been extraordinarily useful when I started. Could not figure out how to slap. Took me about two weeks to figure it out. The action on my bass is so low it rattles like crazy unless I play very softly. That also meant bouncing was impossible. I eventually figured out how to strike through the string. Yesterday I raised the action to eliminate the buzzing and damn, my playing sounds so much better now. Benefit to learning the strike through method, is like you said, easier learning of double thumbing.
cheers
@TalkingBass ..I do all my hammer ons with my pinkie. It's probably because I started with 6 guitar in the 80s for a couple years. But my ring finger is my weak, dummy finger. Any advice?
I do try to get my ring finger involved more and I've been following all your videos for 3 yrs now. You go BASS JEDI.
soo is there a video of this man explaining how to set up the pots? io mean the pick up and tones ones, i keep losing time turning them back and forth and cant get this sound, ot any sound i want for that matter (?
Well that's what i do, i just go around whacking things.
How do you stop the E string from ringing when slapping the A string that is tricky
As a general rule, do the E and A strings get the thump from the thumb and the D and G get pull with the finger?
I've avoided this style of bass playing for years...
As a general rule Ian, I'd say "yes", - certainly with simple riffs like this one, containing octaves. With more complex lines the D & G strings do sometimes get slapped by the thumb, but it really depends on the exact context of the line.
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Thank you for the reply.
Since my group has chosen some songs which feature this style of play, I want to do my part. But as indicated earlier, I've avoided it😁
My exact question Mark looks like he's still plucking with the thumb on the D and E. Which finger is doing the pull?
@@oliekigk index or middle fingers are your poppers, bro. It comes down to preference, really
I’ve been playing bass since I was 14. How do I start doing it right though?
My friend, what kind of bass your play?
Witch bass do you play??
I love this channel almost as I love Skyrim
When I thump a note, the sound is very soft and I have the volume turned high. How do I fix that?
Do you think you can conver victor Wootens u can’t hold no groove I have been trying to learn it for a long time
This sounds a lot like “bullet in the head” 🙌🏽🤘🏽
Nice, thanks! But how do I mute the E-string while slapping/plucking the higher strings?
I point that out in the video. Use the thumb of the fretting hand to mute.
“Most Slappers play like this!” 😂🤣😂
I hear FTM Epic
You talk so much, but as everyone else you are not telling how hard to slap it?
As I’ve mentioned on many slap videos, the strength of slap is unimportant. It’s the technique and having new strings that makes for the slap tone. I can slap hard or soft and it makes no difference.
TOO MUCH Talking Mouth, than Talking Bass.