"Slap Bass"... 2 Great Exercises To Get You Started!
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Ok, I think you’ll be in agreement… Slap bass is simply one of the coolest and funkiest techniques you can use on bass!
Unfortunately for many players it’s really hard just to get up and running with this technique and much of this is down to the movement of their slapping arm. More likely than not they’re using too much forearm movement and not enough forearm rotation, which is what I believe is the best and easiest way to get that snappy slap sound you associate with bass players such as Larry Graham and Marcus Miller.
In this lesson I’m going to focus on movement and take you through two great plucking hand exercises will help you get the correct fluidity of movement you’ll need to start creating and playing great slap bass lines.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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In case anyone cares, the bone moving is the radius or radial bone. The movement is called pronation when slapping and supination when popping.
I care and the information is appreciated. What's the movement called when it just produces a terrible noise?
Being shit
I understand the technical term is faeculation ;-)
Actually popping is the same movement.
That's called my slap bass playing.
God bless you Scott, and your family, you're the reason I'm picking up the Bass again after 10 years and I'm 60 years old.
I just picked it up and I'm 74.
Excellent!!!
I'm a guitar player of 35+ years and only now getting into bass...
Your voice/inflections are easily digestible, making it easy to follow you, as opposed to others that try and "DRILL" the info into you and throwing the info at you...
Great job and thank you!!!
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I'm only watching this to play the Seinfeld theme.
To be honest, I'm only learning the bass to play the Seinfeld theme.
To be even more honest, I'm only still alive to play the Seinfeld theme.
Soap want to blow your mind? The Seinfeld theme was played on a keyboard. A bass was never touched to play the song....
why did you do that. Dude died
that got dark quick
Best reason ever. czcams.com/video/RH2Wz9MqqGI/video.html here ya go my man. good luck!! hardest minute of your life haha
Back in my day, it was the Night Court theme.
Slap bass came out of Black churches.
Larry Graham brought it to popular music, Louis Johnson modernized it, everyone else took it from there.
Bootsy rarely uses it and is not known for it.
The best and simplest way to characterize it is to "play drum patterns on a bass" where the thumb is the bass drum, and the pop/snap is the snare drum.
great lesson! I am a guitar player for over +10 years and just started with the bass. Your lessons will bring me much further in exploring this instrument! Thank you!
Your lessons are spot on! Your attention to detail is great and you're able to put your thoughts into words so well. This channel should have so much more views!
How are you doing Scott? I am lefthanded and learned to play my brother in law Rickinbacker Bass upside down back in the seventies. Had giving up bass playing in a gig after I got a lefty bass. Back then everyone just wanted the bass player to just hit basic notes so to shine the light on the lead guitarist. Well unknown to those I had played with they did not know that I have been playing guitar since I was 14yrs old and never stopped learning guitar. Trying to keep this short by saying I got so bored playing simple bass so I did not go out to play gigs anymore. About 5 Yrs ago I got a call that a bass player quit the band 1 hour before they were to be on stage so I grabbed my right and went to help them out.
I began to play and about midway through the 1st song I realized I made a big mistake. So I adjusted and decided I am gonna play lead on my bass and it went great for me and I received a lot of great comments. Well I been wanting to return to learning Bass even better and you sir have shown me a lot of new ways to play bass and I thank you very much.
I did stop playing bass due that is what everyone wanted me to do so I have just been using it to record at home because I am a decent lead guitarist and been playing gigs on guitar so now I want to switch around with playing both. I have been playing for 45 years now. Thank you for putting the bass back in my heart.
I was robbed 6months ago of all equipment and beginning to build my equipment back. I was heartbroken due to being retired and it will take a while to get my tools back but I will. I watch a lot of your videos Scott. Peace brother, Sammy Campbell
Samuel Campbell hey karl here, I am lefty that is like you, play right hand bass upside down. I haven't played in 8 yrs. I want to start playing again. How hard was it to adjust to left hand bass? Thx
Samuel Campbell oo 'll p
Holy moly! Was wondering why I was absolutely not getting a proper SLAP out of my bass all the time, until 3:28 ! This has opened my eyes! Thanks a ton!
My action is rubbish... but then again, I'm still pretty much of a noob lol
I just checked out Marcus miller “Detroit” from “renaissance” and I can’t wipe the smile off my face....so cool. Good lesson
Had been wondering for so long why I couldn't get the sound - never would have crossed my mind that my strings were too high but it's so obvious now!! Sound advice!!
you're so awesome... i love all the tutoring method. altough i can't understand it all since i lack in english languange, but overall it's worth watched. thanks so much man...! you rock...!
The "turning a door handle" thing is maybe the best advice I have received. Top notch. Made it easy for my brain somehow. Thanks much. Very helpful videos..
You have it on lock down, and seeing it flow so easy for you is very beneficial!
More info out of this video than almost any other I've watched. Thanks Scott!
Thanks for the help Scot. Love your tutorials. Keep em coming. Slap slap, ping...
slap improv just seems like its something incredibly satisfying
Thanks. Slap bass is something I have always wanted to learn well. I'll practice your techniques.
Im in love with Marcus Miller's slap bass! Its so amazing!
I am a leftie bassist who plays a leftie and a rightie left handed. :) I love your videos Scott! I also love my drum kit and playing it too. I love both bass and drums evenly!
I love drums too! :)
You're in a good spot to make music then cause Drum and Bass is all you need. Speak a rhyme over it and it's a track.
***** I know. :) That is what my band is: A bass guitar and a drum kit. Nothing is solid as yet as far as tracks go but a few are getting there. Hear some of the evolving tracks in my soundcloud account - link in my YT profile I think? lol
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Scott, can you play drums? I think it would be wicked if you could show us just for the fun of it in some future video you doing some drumming if you can drum. :) Nothing serious to try and teach anyone just a fun video for shits and giggles! lol
yea do that. Play the drums and then add the bass-riff. Let anyone who thinks they can add vocals to it and see what comes out. It's wold be very youtubish.
Cool lesson and cool dude!
Yes, you are correct about that! I've been following his lessons. He's extremely easy to follow and he's an amazing talented bass player.
cool
The ulnar and radius are the bones in question! Thanks for all the awesome vids.
YEAH!! Been waiting for more of these slap bass lessons! (Not saying I don't like the other other lessons, I especially love your theory and walking bass lessons) but hope to see more of these and how to create slap basslines/riffs over chords or when playing in a band as well!!! Loving your work as always. Cheers!
There's more on the way Kerwin, thanks for watching :)
Marcus Miller rocks! He's so awesome...
He certainly is man!
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newbe here... just bought 5 string... dont have an amp yet goin crazy
Thank you Scott, very good lessons!
thanks scott, U sure are good on that bass brother. much obliged for the pro insight & techniques. Your a good teacher. your probably creating a generation of slap monsters.
Thank you Scott! Nice video! Greatings From Argentina!
Excellent!
Very good tutorial.
Thank you Thank you
very helpful video, much appreciated, thank you!
Excellent teaching! Thank you!
Thanks for the clarification about the wrist rotation. I'm a drummer who happens to love the bass as well. My positioning was not correct and I was getting mixed results. Thanks for the words of wisdom.
I've no Base guitar I've only keboard and acoustic guitar
But when I saw your lesson I want to get Base guitar 😊😊😊
Awesome tutorial video
I like it 👍
That's the radio-ulnar joint!!! (the door-knob motion) KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!! Great lesson
Thank you. You have so many videos just remarkable. Is there a place where you have them numbered starting with 1 on. I'd love to go through them. Just love your playing and teaching.
very detail. i like this course
Very nice class, greetings from Brazil! Thanks
Excellent tutorial! Thank you.
That bass...Everything is perfect.
Cool. For me it's slapping on A & D. This really helped thanks :)
Great tips, bro! I appreciate it!
I've been playing slap bass for quite a while now and after watching this and a few other videos I just realised I've been doing it completely different this whole time 😂 still works though
That was great! Thanks!
Boas técnicas, nunca vi essa marca de contra baixo. Ganhou mais um escrito
This is really good stuff! Thanks again Scott!
Thanks for watching Timothy! :)
Thanks scott!! You're bass sounds sooo good.. do you have tutorial on how to engineer different sounds of bass with and without effects. In my bass amp there were adjusters that i dont know what for, maybe those adjusters has to do something to make me sound good..
Thank you Scott, nice lesson!
Super useful! Thanks
Great tut. Thank you!
perfect demonstration how drastically touch influence the sound
WOW!! Great!! Thank you!!
Paul Simon - bass solo riff from "Call me Al" - now THAT'S what slap bass should sound like!
Omg so much help! Thank you!
Very Helpful lesson.
Scott love your Bass Lessons, yep from the Guitar guy
great teaching sir
Great vids. Really enjoying them. Having been playing for many years (40+)... I am trying to see if this old dog can learn new tricks. On the slap style, how do I get that clean sound on the low E? Should I get my guitar techie to raise the strings? BTW, what strings do you reccomend?
Great lesson dude
que buena leccion, saludos
thank you for nice lecture
You just got yourself another subscriber my friend!
"to mr chat and not enuf slap". Mr Scott is exremely talented at slap bass he is simply giving an intro to beginning slap. Today's lesson for" TOO MUCH CHAT NOT ENUF SLAP" - GRACE my friend
oh my word i love it
Exam season, great time for me to get some blisters on my right hand ^.^
Good stuff as always! :)
Cheers man :)
I love the practice but I wish you showed us more of ur left hand cause i heard what you did but I didn't see it ... thanks man
awsome stuff
Thank you, sir :D
great thx !
Thank you Sir
Have a look at Celso Pixinga as well, he's an incredible slap bass player. And also, thank you very much for your free videos!
Great intro to a fascinating technique that I'd like to grow in---now I have some tools to start working on it! Thanks!
You are so very talkative teacher. Just do what you want to teach
thoomb up for this lesson ;3
Radius and Ulna are the bones involved.
Cheers
This chap seems to have pretty big hands. Note at 0:42 how he envelopes his beautiful bald head
His baby finger is an inch longer than my ring finger but I still love playing the bass. Just have to live with my physical limitations and make up for it with feel and groove.
note your hand should cover your face; heel to chin, forefinger and ring finger over eyebrows. Otherwise you may have a developmental disorder. In other words, "big hands - big face"!
The beast from glass playing the bass!! Yeahh
Abe Laboriel it's awesome too with slap.
your bass sounds great ... Thanks for the vid
Thanks man :)
I love the intro song! Is the full version available anywhere?
Scott,
Thanks for the video. For the first time I think I have a fighting chance to learn how to slap. I thought of bombarding you with many questions, but I will stick to the most pressing one:
What do you do with your middle, ring and pinky fingers? I am finding it necessary to support & stabilize my right hand hand with my middle finger off the pickguard while I pull with my index finger. I think I see you doing the same, but you make no reference to it! Please, elaborate!
Hi Im a Korean who really enjoy watching your bass lessons and I have a question for slap. When I try to practice slap I usually put my pinky finger on the body of the bass guitar is it okay to do??
amazing
thanks for your great vids
anyone knows the tabs of the exercice between 1.55 - 2.05 ?
Scott, can you make a playlist that has all of your videos that have yo do with theory (chord tones, triads, ect.)?
Gracias!
Cheers Carlos! :)
as a guitarist picking up a side skill i didn't realise how important the higher notes were to the slap base sound until i watched this video. i could never get the grove cheers
Is slap bass easier if someone had a big toe for a thumb?
Ken Skid wtf type of question is that
the real question
Ken Skid I never had a problem
Victor Wooten would know the answer to this
Is it easier to slap with a huge cock? You know with a golf ball tip
This vid is very helpful 😊. Was there a follow up vid?
5:44 very funny! cool lesson thanks
Any tips for getting a good solid sound (when thumbing) on the D string? I get good volume on on E and A, and the sound vanishes on the D, or I get a harmonic. Thanks!
I have seen most player's just slap on the low E low A and even lower B string can you slap on the D and G string's as well
Hi Scott! Great stuff, I've been watching your videos "religiously"! Do you find it easier for a "slap beginner" to start with p-bass (wider neck, more space between strings), or do you find it all the same?
Hello! Thank you for the video!
In the video you said that when you "pluck" the string, that string is hitting the top fret.
I imagine that in a fretless bass the technique must be different, am I ok?
How can I properly slap on a fretless bass?
Been playing for over 10 years now and have just never gotten into slap, just not my cup of tea I guess. I don't really actively listen to music that features it, but I want to learn in order to have the weapon in my arsenal so to speak. Really appreciate the ideas on growing myself into it.
Been playing for 12-13 years, time to get my slap action on!
I've been playing for 2 months and I can already play slap bass
Hey Scott what are you playing in this video mate? Its such a nice looking Bass. Has a Pbass look to it kinda, Love LOVE that natural wood grain with the black guard.
Super useful. Thanks Scott! So there's a part 2 with double thumbing coming up next, right? :P
that thing your twisting is called a wrist scott ;)
love your videos man, i just thought that part was funny.
@Scott's Bass Lessons - please talk about Jack Bruce. Bootsy Collins as well. Mostly Jack.
Ethan Farmer is another beast when it comes to slap bass and Brown Mark from "The Revolution"