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Easy Triplet / Sextuplet pattern for slap bass!

Danny Stewart — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:11:39 +0000

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Marcus Miller – Blast Theme 1st part

Sebu — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:50:17 +0000

here is my version of “Blast” with a slow version. Hope you’ll like it!!

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Intermediate Slap Bass – Sliding 7ths

Danny Stewart — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:52:45 +0000

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Larry Graham – Pow groove

Sebu — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:29:53 +0000

I was inspired by the marlowe video so I transcribed the groove in pdf, guitar pro 5 &6; you can find two grooves but I played only the second.

You can download the tabs here : bassistik

Christmas slap bass in E:-)

MarloweDK — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:58:33 +0000

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Download transcription/TAB as Guitar Pro 5 ( in zip file )

Alain Caron style – Groove N°1

Sebu — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:51:15 +0000

Hello folks,

I tried to play in the style of the great Alain Caron, jazz-fusion player from Canada.

You can get details in the second part of the vid with the slow version; hope you’ll like this type of funk.

You can get the tabs in guitar pro format or pdf on my site, bassistik.com.

Enjoy!!

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rajoe groove lesson – happy roasted brain

rajoe — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:21:41 +0000

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kind of bobby vega-marcus miller inspired somethin’
title because my computer did a lot of freezing and loading during recording

drum backing tracks

normal tempo 88 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV0hjJb__P8

slower tempo 68 bpm version at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnV67DyDfL0

Larry Graham jams with 10 Danish bassplayers

MarloweDK — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:25:26 +0000

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In connection with Larry Graham and Graham Central Station’s concert November 6, 2011 in Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Larry Graham wanted something extra to happen during his bass solo.
So he contacted me (LG knows me from last time he visited Copenhagen where I interviewed him and also joined him on stage – see link below) and asked me to assemble 10 bass players than would join him on stage for an improvised bass jam.

Needless to say , it wasnt hard to find volunteers, we could have been 20 on stage!
Every versatile bass player over the age of 25 knows Larry Graham and is on some level inspired by him
But there was only room for 10 plus Larry and his band.
What a blast! When I looked around I only saw ear to ear smiles on my colleagues faces:-D

Bassplayers from left to right:

Morten “Jay” Jacobsen
Mikkel Risum
Nikolai Wolf
Christian Grønborg-Veitner
Nicholas Findsen
Mogens Palsbøl
Maciej Szymczynski
Henrik West
Bo Stief
Thomas “MarloweDk” Risell

Riff #19 – Alain Caron – “D-Code”

Bruno Tauzin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:15:14 +0000

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L336 Slap bass line in Em

MarloweDK — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:48:38 +0000

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A “Larry Graham style” slap line in the key of E minor
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Riff #17 – Primus – “My Names is Mud”

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:42:43 +0000

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Funk Slap #4

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:13:59 +0000

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L334 Slap bass with plucked octaves

MarloweDK — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:03:00 +0000

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I was sitting and practicing the main bass line to Larry Grahams The Jam, its got some rapid 16th note thumb slaps and plucked octaves, that are quite hard to execute.
Inspired by that I made up this little E groove (Has nothing to do with the Jam other than the technique used)

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Riff #12 – Marcus Miller – “Rampage”

Bruno Tauzin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:27:20 +0000

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How To Play – “Higher Ground” (RHCP)

Nate Perry — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:04:01 +0000

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A step-by-step tutorial with Nate Perry on how to play Flea’s intro bass line to “Higher Ground”, the 1989 Red Hot Chili Peppers cover of the Stevie Wonder song, from their album “Mother’s Milk”.

Hi there, my name is Nate Perry, this is the first of many more bass tutorials that I will be putting up and I am excited to be a new member of the PlayBassNow community. “Higher Ground” is a good exercise in slap and pop octave execution and one of Flea’s more well known bass lines. Focus on these key elements and the line will come together in no time:

Groove and time: Never lose site of the swung 8th/8th note triplet feel of the line. Practice it with a metronome, slowly at first, while gradually increasing the tempo – paying close attention to laying it in there, leaving space in between the notes and focusing on the groove.
An aggressive right hand attack. An aggressive slap with the thumb and hard pop/pull with the middle finger is essential to bringing out the tone.
Deconstructing the line, isolating each part and looping the most difficult parts until they become smooth. Don’t just play the whole line over and over. When you run into a snag, focus on that snag until you iron it out.

Good luck and thanks for checking it out!

L327 Slap bass groove in Am

MarloweDK — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:28:17 +0000

Slap line with using the open A string and double stops in sixths
Im playing my five string Fbass VF5

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MarloweDK meets Larry Graham on Bass

MarloweDK — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:22:42 +0000

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A dream come true, playing Larry Grahams bass on stage with the Master himself:-)
Venue is “Jazz by the Sea” at Copenhagen Jazz festival 2011
I wont wash my thumb for a long time:-D
A thin guy with a white bass hides behind a fat guy in the start of the video – I guess he is shy;-)
The sound is unfortunately very shitty, but you can hopefully get an idea of the vibe.
Notice the two local danish guys in the hornsection, trumpet player is Michael Millfield

THANK YOUI LARRY GRAHAM! FOR THE INSPIRATION!

#31 Bass slapstyle groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:31:51 +0000

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Bass guitar funk slapstyle groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS recorded directly in LineIn. If you need tabs write me an e-mail: mcrtchan@mail.ru

Slap and Pop bass line

Danny Stewart — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:17:03 +0000

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The chorus bassline from my original song Torn. This line incorporates slap and pop techniques at a moderate – advanced skill level. For tabs on this please visit http://dannymstewart.com/free-bass-tutorials.html and search under Slap category; Tabs and notes appear under the video and can be downloaded by right clicking and saving image as….Backing loop is also available from the media widget below…. Happy slapping!

Slap percussion

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:03:59 +0000

Slap groove with right and left hand percussion

Tablature available on my website

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Alain Caron groove style

Sebu — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:55:11 +0000

Here is a groove taken from “D-Code” by Alain Caron, album “Play”.

No double thumb, no double pluck, only traditional technique, but you need a 5 string bass !!

Tempo: 120 bpm

You can find a transcription of this groove here

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Beginning Slap Bass DVD example

MarloweDK — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:32:10 +0000

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Roughly edited and the format may be changed
An example from coming DVD release “Beginning Slap Bass” by MarloweDK.
Still dont know if there will be any speak on this release , but TAB will most certainly be included

More slaps in Em

Gigu Neutsch — Tue, 24 May 2011 21:53:53 +0000

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Interesting slap lines don´t have to be fast. More important are phrasing,
melodie and a combination of all funky “ingredients”: hammer on´s, pull off´s,
slides, triplets etc.

Funky slap w triplets

Gigu Neutsch — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:47:43 +0000

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Some funk studies with triplets, hammer-on´s, pull-off´s, doublethumb etc.

Advanced slap groove – try this at home!!

Sebu — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:37:23 +0000

hi everybody,

here is some work for your thumb, double popping, hammer-on and so on…

This groove is stolen from Bastien Burger, great french bass player but too shy to share (hey, what a good title for a song!! “too shy to share” !! Give me a folk guitar now!!)

I have a tab for this groove but don’t know how to share it. I’m looking for a solution.

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SLOW VERSION :

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Download transcription / TAB here

2. Your input on bass dvd?

MarloweDK — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:19:56 +0000

UPDATE April 13

New split screen test for my upcoming “Beginning Slap Bass DVD”, and this time the question is:

Should I include both version of split screeens and if yes, which is the most important to show first – the one which favors the fretting hand or the one favoring the plucking hand?

Focus on left fretting hand

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Focus on right plucking hand

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All below is from the old test:

THANK YOU all for your input:-), I agree that the first one that uses the whole screen area is best – but in “defense” of the second: I was maybe ay thinking of including some tab/text in the empty black squares.

But I think that will be included on another screen.

Another thing – there will probably be NO talking at all on this DVD – just playing and closeups more “internationally” usable

ETA – probably beginning of June

No digital downloads – if its going to get illegally copied… it will at least require some work!

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Hi all

As some of you might know, Im working on a beginning slap bass DVD.

And I want to get your opinions on “split screen” breakdowns of basslicks

So, watch the two examples of a closeup lick “breakdown” and put a comment of which format you would prefer

Other suggestions are also welcome:-)

(The final product will be in color)

cheers

MarloweDK

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L319 C#m slap with open strings

MarloweDK — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:22:41 +0000

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Continuing my exploration of using the open string in other keys than the obvious E, A, G, D….
This time a slap line in C# (Db) minor where the open G string becomes the b5 in a blues scale

Here is a link to a transcription, TAB or backing track for this lesson, but You need to be a registered user to download.

A Riff with Bends, Pull offs & Slide

pudsy440 — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:35:50 +0000

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Slap bass with some straight forward bends and pull offs that you can learn quite easily, check it out. There’s a SLIDE in there too. Strengthen your left hand fingers with some powerful bends. Thanks for watching and to see more bass learning videos check out my youtube channel and please subscribe.

L317 D open string funky bass groove

MarloweDK — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:57:05 +0000

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Funky bass groove in D minor , utilizing the open D string

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Sorry for the numbering confusion, the video title says L316 but this IS L317

Try before buy: testing bass books I

Sebu — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:18:35 +0000

Hello,

I’m testing several bass books, playin’ some grooves at various levels.

first video is a groove taken from “Slap it!” by Tony Oppenheim, the second from the book “Ultimate slap bass” by Stuart Clayton.

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MusicMan Stingray Classic Review

casimer — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:27:04 +0000

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Review of the Musicman Classic StingRay 4 Bass Guitar, Black, 4-String, Single Humbucker, 2-Band EQ, Black Pickguard, Maple Neck.

I’m very much enjoying playing this right now, particularly slap style as the action is perfect and it feels really responsive.

Hope this is a useful insight into what the bass is like, it’s not an exhaustive review, there’s many more sounds that can be got from the bass from your hands and different EQ settings.

#26 Bass slap funk groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:59:34 +0000

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Bass guitar funk slapstyle groove. I used my Fender Jazz bass 3TS and Tech21 NYC SansAmp VT Bass recorded directly in LineIn.

#23 Slap bass groove in six eighth

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:34:22 +0000

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Slap bass groove in 6/8
For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

Doug Wimbish style – Right hand slap effect

Sebu — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:05:42 +0000

hi,

this is a video trying to explain one of the numerous effects used by Doug Wimbish.

The groove I played is originally played by the famous french bass player Jean Bisello.

Slow version & details included.

Enjoy!!

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Double thumb bass groove 02

Sebu — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:37:33 +0000

Hi,

another approach of the double thumb technique.

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#21 Shuffled slap bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:44:53 +0000

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My new slap groove on my new fender jazz bass with doublethumb
For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru

Step Bass groove – Percussive approach

Sebu — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:10:54 +0000

Hi,

here is a Step bass groove inspired by Jean-Luc Gastaldello, another famous french bass player.

You can see the details in the second part of the vid.

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Double thumb bass groove

Sebu — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:10:51 +0000

Hi,

I played a groove inspired by the famous french bass player Jean Bisello, hope you’ll enjoy it!!

Slow version on the second part of the video.

The bass is a Spector Euro LX.

Happy new year folks!!

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L315 Am slap with open strings

MarloweDK — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:06:25 +0000

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An Aminor slap line with “Wooten style” left hand hammered on notes, and open A string plucks.

L313 Slap bass in medium-slow tempo

MarloweDK — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:08:15 +0000

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It can be hard to play funky slap in medium / slow tempo (82 bpm)
Untight 16th notes stand out so much more in slow tempos – therefore we must practice that too:-)
Hair by Larry Graham is a another prime example of playing in this tempo/groove – a song that have taken me many years to play just ok.
Gear used:
Bass: 1976 Olympic white Fender Precision bass, all stock.
Strings: Dunlop Nickel plated Medium gauge 45 -105
Headphone amp with rhythm, ampsim, compressor and chorus: Korg Pandora Px4
Recorded directly into iMovie on Macbook
Location: Hotel room

CORRECTION: The start of the slow version is wrong, the first notes should be

Hammer on from E to G on E string
Pluck/pop octave G on D string
Two thumbed low Gs on E string
Pluck/pop octave open G string

after that the rest of bar one should be ok, do the same for bar two.

UPDATE! I’ve included the correct transcription / TAB below

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#20 Funky slap bass

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:42:31 +0000

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For tabs mail me at mcrtchan@mail.ru
Key of B-minor.
Tempo – 100 bpm.
Recorded with Boss LMB-3

Doublethumb shuffle in A

Gigu Neutsch — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:42:59 +0000

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Shuffled groove in A with bluesy fills using my “alternative doublethumb technique”.

More details on this technique under

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Victor Wooten Etude #1

Sebu — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:42:07 +0000

Hello,

I’m working on a tune called “Me and my bass guitar” by Victor Wooten.

Here is the first groove of the song, not including the chords and percussion at the begginning (we’ll see it on a next video)

Hope it will help to find your way. Slow version on the second part of the vid.

Cheers

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Slap funk III

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:06:16 +0000

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For this third lick, a new technique: a right hand percussion with index and middle finger.

Free tabs

#16 Funk bass jam

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:28:45 +0000

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Small funk jam…
Tempo 100 bpm
Key of E-minor
Drum machine – BOSS RC-2 loop station
1st track – fingerstyle groove
2nd track – tapping lick
3rd track – something like slap
4th track – slap with doublethumb
5th track – little solo lick
St. Petersburg

Em Dorian Slapfunk

Gigu Neutsch — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:27:59 +0000

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6. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:12:13 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue with the concepts from lesson 5 and introduce “Octaves” addition to thumb slap, pop/pluck, left hand slap and hammerons.

Download ipod friendly m4v

#15 Slap funk groove in shuffle feel

Miha MKRT4AN — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:23:19 +0000

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Doublethumb slap funk groove in shuffle feel. G-minor.

5. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:52:27 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips

This lesson will continue with the concepts from lesson 4 and cover the basic “funk/rock scale” – the minor pentatonic scale and trills in addition to thumb slap, pop/pluck, left hand slap and hammerons.

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4. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:42:08 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue with the concepts from lesson 3 and cover the right hand pluck/pop in addition to basic thumb slap, left hand slap and hammerons.

Download iPod friendly mv4 here

3. Slap bass lesson – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:53:50 +0000

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By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue the concepts from lesson 2 and cover basic slap with the thumb and left hand slap and hammerons.

Download iPod friendly m4v version here

2. Basic slap bass – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:27:36 +0000

By popular demand – A series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques plus some general playing tips
This lesson will continue the concepts from lesson 1 and cover basic slap with the thumb, ghosted notes, muting and offbeat basslines

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1. Basic slap bass – beginner/intermediate

MarloweDK — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:54:16 +0000

By popular demand I’m starting a series of slap bass lessons covering the basic techniques.
This lesson will cover basic slap with the thumb, ghosted notes, muting, hammerons and plucking/popping.

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Download iPOd friendly video (m4v format)

Here is a link to a transcription, TAB or backing track for this lesson, but You need to be a registered user to download.

How can I create a bass line?

Sebu — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:21:04 +0000

Here are some elements about creating a bass line.

Choose a scale, choose a rhythm pattern and go!!

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1526/compowork01.jpg

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Marcus Miller – Power groove

Sebu — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:17:19 +0000

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Marcus Miller – Scoop Theme

Sebu — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:19:17 +0000

I was inspired by the Marcus video available on Youtube, “Scoop”.

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Marcus Miller – Rampage groove

Sebu — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:27:27 +0000

Hi,

I’m workin’ on Rampage, here is the first groove, slow version included.

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#11 Fast Bass DoubleThumb groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:33:49 +0000

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Another fast doublethumb groove in G based on minor pentatonic

Funky Filter Fun

MarloweDK — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:33:23 +0000

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Checking out my new MXR bass envelope follower

Marcus Miller Etude – Run for cover (groove)

Sebu — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:15:25 +0000

Here is the first groove of this tune. Marcus plays some variations every time, but I think this version is close to the original version.

You can find some details on the second video.

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Marcus Miller Etude – Scoop (groove)

Sebu — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:12:42 +0000

Here is the first groove of this song. I was inspired by the Marcus version on his DVD called “Master of all trades” (you can find this version on youtube, he plays only with the bass, no backing band).

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#9 Sixteenth notes slap groove lesson

Miha MKRT4AN — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:04:23 +0000

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This lesson consists of four simple elements. First element is righthand slapping with lefthand muting. Second – lefthand striking (stroking) with righthand muting. Third – popping with lefthand muting. Fourth – hammer and pulloff.
Tabs for this lesson in GuitarPro5 format tabs
Tabs for this lesson in PDF format tabs

E Slap Double-thumb/Pluck Technique (BL11)

casimer — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:16:01 +0000

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Slap Groove in E with fairly advanced Double-Thumb/Pluck technique.
Get the tab here:

Get the tab here:

Casimer

One of my own funk lines #3

Dmanlamius — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:38:39 +0000

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The third in my “Cool Funk lines to play” from myself. This one is a slap and pop lesson, aimed at students with slap and pop experience. If you are a beginner, check out my beginner slap and pop lessons!

Oh, and thankyou for all the positive messages you have all left on my other vids, here on playbassnow.com!

http://www.Dmanlamius.com

Slap bass groove – SG08

Sebu — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:28:42 +0000

Here is a groove employing the double thumb fill.

The slow version is included.

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Gigu’s Slapfunk in A

Gigu Neutsch — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:37:41 +0000

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Slow Slapfunk lick with some of my „alternative doublethumb“ technique (see more details of this technique under http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09ryv8mQPw )

hammer on, pull off, triplets etc.

BassIda shows the funk

MarloweDK — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:44:12 +0000

A great funky bassplayer from my home country Denmark – We just have to support the the local troops;-)

BASSIDA aka IDA FUNKHOUSER aka Ida Kristine Nielsen!
Sings, raps and play bass!!

First solo album out now: “Marmelade”.
The music is a mix of old school funk, hiphop and ear catching soul.
-With a lot of Bass in it
Ida is also the bass player of ZAP MAMA and have been playing all instruments, writing and producing music in different bands for years.

Here Bassida shows how to play her bass line to her funky track Marmelade

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Step bass groove – STG03

Sebu — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:10:36 +0000

Here is a groove inspired by Jean-Luc Gastaldello, french bass player who wrote a book called “Le Step”.

The second video tries to give details about the different techniques I used to play that groove, the third video is the slow version of the groove.

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Slap funk #02

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:06:46 +0000

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Slap lick in E minor.

I use E minor pentatonic

Transcription

Slap Style Groove # 02

Michael Dunstheimer — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:56:43 +0000

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Slap Lick over E7 Chord.

Sometimes its harder to play at lower BPM. Im still practicing this one.

Transcription

Slap Style Groove # 01

Michael Dunstheimer — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:49:42 +0000

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Slap Lick with E-Minor Pentatonic Scale.

Transcription

Step bass groove – STG02

Sebu — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:59:03 +0000

Another Step bass groove of my composition. Slow version coming soon.

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1st video with explanations and slow tempo:

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L307 Fast doublethumb picking

MarloweDK — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:40:33 +0000

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A lick of the day “Classic”.

Like in the good old days: Korg Pandora px4d, webcam, bad lighting, hum and noise from line input, the original camera angle….:-)

iPod m4v

Flash flv

Step Bass Groove – right hand fingering

Sebu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:26:31 +0000

Another step groove using this special right hand tapping.

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slow close-up for the right hand tapping technique

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Alternative doublethumb

Gigu Neutsch — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:36:52 +0000

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Here i am using a alternative technique for doublethumb lines. In principle ist the same purpose: to slap sixteenth notes on one string. The only difference is, that you play the upcoming movement of you hand with your index finger and not again with the thumb. For additional pops you use the middle finger.

For my taste the sound of the upcoming index finger notes is more satisfying than playing all notes with the thumb. Check it out and let me know your opinion.

At the end of the video you will see that the king of pop still lives on in the heart of so many children….

L303 Slapbass with doublethumbing

MarloweDK — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:51:34 +0000

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Quick and dirty slap and doublethumb lick tutorial.
Notes are strictly from the E minor pentatonic scale (E, G , A, B, D ), but im actually only using E, B and G in the lick (but in different octaves)

Just straight into Quicktime player with macbook webcam from Sandberg bass California JJ to Tc electronic rh450 amp to Apogee soundcard.
New Fender Nickel-plated steel roundwound strings, gauge 45 -105
Its a mono recording but unfortunately saved as stereo recording, so you will only hear one side, i told you its was quick.
I will from time to time do these “low quality” recordings when i dont have patience or time for HD, audio and videoediting.
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Step bass groove – right hand slide

Sebu — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:02:27 +0000

ok, here is the step bass technique in a groove context.

This one concentrates on the right hand technique, but you can also hear the left hand percussions as well as the strumming right hand on the 2nd part of the groove.
Strumming consists in sweeping a string with all the fingers of the right hand, begginning with the small finger (the 4th), then the 3rd, 2d and 1st.
Right hand slide tries to imitate a out of tune drum.

Voici un groove qui emploie le glissé main droite ainsi que du strumming. La première partie est purement “step”, la deuxième est plutôt “slap”. On m’a demandé du step en contexte de groove, le voici, même si toutes les techniques ne sont pas employées dans ce dernier, ça donne quand même une idée non?

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L302 Slap, tap and more;-)

MarloweDK — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:49:38 +0000

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A combination of Victor Wooten style left hand slap, John Entwhistle style “typewriter” tapping and Jaco Pastorius style percussive fretboard slide slaps. Talk about (con)fusion:-D

Im playing a Sandberg California JM bass “Masterpiece editon” im trying out.

I now give online One on one lessons at:

http://www.ashburymusichall.com/offerings/funk-rock-bass-marlowedk

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L301 Hammeron slap and strum bass in A

MarloweDK — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:46:08 +0000

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The hammeron slap technique (Laboriel, Wooten…) im working on. Some compression is used to even out the volume between normal thumb slap and hammer on slap.
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#7 Thumb rake funk groove with right hand muting

Miha MKRT4AN — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:37:39 +0000

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During the groove i use palm muting on all strings - I put my righthand on strings in between bridge and bridge pick-up and play only with my thumb. Then i rake with thumb on A and D- strings and add some left hand muting to it. Tempo 110 bpm. Key of D-minor.

Step bass L02

Sebu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:57:17 +0000

Watch the special right hand technique.

I try to play a percussive pattern.

Later we will play a real bass groove using this particular technique.

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Step bass L01 (beginners)

Sebu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:54:16 +0000

The notes on the video are:

G – C – A – D

Always the same pattern, start at a slow tempo (60bpm), then increase your speed and try to reach 100bpm.

It’s a warm-up exercice.

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Gigu´s Slaplick in Em

Gigu Neutsch — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:13:00 +0000

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Dorian Slaplick with doublethumb and Miller style tab….

#5 Fast DoubleThumb groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:07:57 +0000

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Fast doublethumb groove in G# based on minor pentatonic with 3th added.

Step Bass ex01

Sebu — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:06:40 +0000

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Step bass!!

This term was invented by a French bass player, Jean-Luc Gastaldello.
The step technique includes the main techniques of slap with different percussive techniques.
These movements are used by masters such as Abraham Laboriel or Victor Wooten.
Step Bass includes about ten different movements for right hand/left hand.

This video is just an example, lessons will follow soon!!

Gigu´s Latin-funk theme in F#

Gigu Neutsch — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:09:32 +0000

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Since Jaco brought the bass from the last into the first row here and then we have the possibility to play the theme of a song with our bass, or at least to double it together with another instrument.

In Latin music this happens often that the bass plays the same line along with the piano or the brass section.

This example mixes up latin feel with funky style….

#2 Funk slap bass groove

Miha MKRT4AN — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:51:54 +0000

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Slap groove in B.

F# Dorian slap bass (double thumb/pluck) SL04

casimer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:41:45 +0000

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Slap bass piece based around specific slap techniques. The double thumb/pluck is the hardest technique for the right hand. This is where you strike through the the A string with your thumb, pluck back up through the string, like a pick, and then in quick succession pluck the G string with your index and middle finger. There’s a slowed down, close-up of the right hand at the end of the video. Happy Slapping!

Cameo: Shake Your Pants (P.A.L and H2)

Blyss — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:36:28 +0000

Cameo’s “Shake Your Pants” from 1980.

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E Funk (with Boss Auto Wah)

Blyss — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:03:35 +0000

Inspired by some old school Cameo and Prince

Drum loop programmed in Reason 4.

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view on youtube

Slap precision exercise # 3

Dmanlamius — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:33:36 +0000

Here we have a slap exercise that has a consistent and constant rhythm throughout. The mutes and nature of the slap are creating a rhythmic feel about the line.

This exercise will give you a good sense of timing if you play it along to a beat or a metronome.

Try and keep everything as tight as possible! Remember, be strict with yourselves…:)

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E Dorian Slap Groove EDS01

casimer — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:42:53 +0000

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This slap groove uses hammer-ons, pull-offs, 10th chords, harmonics and the funk peel-off. There’s a slow version and a close up of the right hand technique for the funk peel-off.

Slap bass – Alain Caron’style

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:27:38 +0000

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A slap lick in the style of the great Alain Caron.

Composed mostly of sixteenth notes, playing a tempo of 120, this plan uses two techniques, double thumb and double popping.

This plan was written for 5 string, but for 4 strings owners, you just have to transpose the lick. Instead of being in C, it will be in Fa.

L268 Groovy octaver bass in F

MarloweDK — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:42:22 +0000

With Boss OC-2 octaver -Maybe its time to buy a new octaver… or clean up my technique;-)

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Pack slap 1 – #08

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:01:52 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #08

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Pack slap 1 – #07

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:01:22 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #07

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Pack slap 1 – #06

Bruno Tauzin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:01:07 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #06

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Pack slap 1 – #05

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:28:00 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #05

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Let’s Work

Blyss — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:36:05 +0000

I was 10 years old when this record came out and I’m still trying to “get it right” . This is one of the nastiest bass grooves ever.

Old video with a 15 second delay in between parts.

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Pack slap 1 – #04

Bruno Tauzin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:27:30 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #04

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Pack slap 1 – #03

Bruno Tauzin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:42:21 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #02

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Pack slap 1 – #02

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:42:09 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #02

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Pack slap 1 – #01

Bruno Tauzin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:41:16 +0000

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Pack slap 1 – #01

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Slap precision exercise # 1

Dmanlamius — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:00:39 +0000

Explanation of this, and how to approach this lesson and series of lessons, plus tabs- available here!

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Free and easy bass lessons!

Slap Funk

Bruno Tauzin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:38:57 +0000

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Slap funk in E minor, I use E7 chords and E blues scale

L258 Em slap w crosstring hammerons

MarloweDK — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:43:00 +0000

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Hammerons on downbeats are hard i think, and is still not second nature to me (maybe 5th nature ha ha), but if one wants to grasp the “Wooten style” its pretty essential.

Ahh, weekends in the summerhouse….:-)

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L252 Doublethumb slap in G

MarloweDK — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:18:02 +0000

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Apart from the first plucked note everything is thumbed and doublethumbed

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L251 E9 or Em9 Doublethumb pattern

MarloweDK — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:21:42 +0000

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L247 C9 groove

MarloweDK — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:10:44 +0000

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With examples of su4 to root resolutions

L246 E major pentatonic slap bass melody

MarloweDK — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:41:47 +0000

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With some strum added

For those of you who wonder about the location, its from my summerhouse:-)

How to play Teen Town (the slap version)

MarloweDK — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:03:47 +0000

How to play Jaco Pastorius’ Teen Town in the Marcus Miller slapped version

YTJ09 Gritty funk with strumming, thumbing and chords

MarloweDK — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:51:43 +0000

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L232 E slap with DT and lotsa popping

MarloweDK — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:55:56 +0000

E slap with double thumbing and lots of popping (time to get blisters)

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L230 Slap bass lick in 2 octaves

MarloweDK — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:54:17 +0000

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L228 E slap bass w cross-string hammerons

MarloweDK — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:24:33 +0000

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L225 Em hammeron slapbass

MarloweDK — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:58:27 +0000

Slap line in E minor with hammerons

L224 E major pentatonic slap bass melody

MarloweDK — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:51:15 +0000

Wtih a lot of hammeron’s and pulloff’s

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YT16 Funk slapping and strum bass

MarloweDK — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:59:09 +0000

This is the first of the 2 videos featured in Kutiman’s great and now famous Youtube remix “The Mother of all funk chords”, see it on Thru-you.com

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YT 17 marloweDK double thumb slap bass technique

MarloweDK — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:55:56 +0000

Explanation of my doublethumb technique

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YTJ03 P bass slap #3

MarloweDK — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:16:05 +0000

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YTJ04 P bass slap #2

MarloweDK — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:10:58 +0000

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YTJ02 Gospel style bassline thumb slap

MarloweDK — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:51:11 +0000

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YT07 Doublethumb slap bass lesson

MarloweDK — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:41:16 +0000

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YT08 My double thumbing bass style with lesson

MarloweDK — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:41:14 +0000

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YT09 Slap lesson 2

MarloweDK — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:41:12 +0000

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L219 E Slap bass in 1st position

MarloweDK — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:17:43 +0000

Some times slap bass in E sounds better and brighter in this position, because of the thinner strings insted on playing the notes on the A and D (as usual) you play them on the D and G strings. You got a more Marcus Miller timbre.

Notice how I, after playing the E string mutes it with my left hand thumb

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bass groove school 07

MarloweDK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:38:41 +0000

Its hard to play slow slap, but when it works it sooo funky. Using strummed octaves I’m emulating an octaver.
Larry Graham is the master of this kind of groove, listen ie to “Free” from Larry Graham & Graham Central Station: GCS2000

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bass groove school 03

MarloweDK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:38:35 +0000

2 Slow slap grooves, with double stop octaves, vibrato, glissando etc.

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bass groove school 08

MarloweDK — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:24:04 +0000

Funk groove in E (surprise)

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L215 Slap bass w left hand hammerons

MarloweDK — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:15:12 +0000

Slap bass w left hand 1′st finger hammerons on “one” – i find this technique challenging and i s fairly new to me, and is something i need to pratice more.

L207 E slap bass w fast doublethumb fill

MarloweDK — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:09:26 +0000

A slap groove with a fast Marcus Miller inspired doublethumb fill

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L199 Slap bass in E

MarloweDK — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:48:15 +0000

Well, trying to make a lesson in a friend’s house in Sao Paulo, thx Marcio:-)

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L193 Fast slap bass in A

MarloweDK — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:00:54 +0000

A fast slap line played to a country/shout drumbeat.

Its almosst like cheating playing this shorscale bass with light gauge strings (40 -95), so easy to slap and pop…

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L184 Slap bass line in E with G open string variation

MarloweDK — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:12:21 +0000

Slap bass line in E with G open string variation – Note the use of cross-string hammerons

This is recorded on a crap bass with bad wiring, but its recorded from a room in the south of Brazil:-)

L183 G7 bass groove w lotsa’ open G’s

MarloweDK — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:18:55 +0000

G7 bass groove with lots of plucked open G string G’s – and also with G major pentatonic fills.

L182 E major pentatonic melodic slap bass

MarloweDK — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:19 +0000

E major pentatonic melodic slapline with emphasis on the 9th and 6th – giving it a slightly more jazzy sound.

L181 Slap bass groove in C w plucked doublestop

MarloweDK — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:46:09 +0000

slapgroove in C with plucked doublestop (chord consisting of 2 notes – here C (root) and Bb (b7)).

L179 Funky rhythm strumming bass

MarloweDK — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:49:27 +0000

Funky rhythm strumming on the 2 top strings only 2 notes E (root) and D (b7) – forming a E7 chord with no third.

L175 Fast doublethumbing triplets

MarloweDK — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:33:26 +0000

Fast doublethumbing triplets in A
Right hand: Thumb down, thumb up , middle (or index)

L166 Funky E7 slapbass #2 "the fill"

MarloweDK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:01:02 +0000

L164 Funky E7 slap #1

MarloweDK — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:52:08 +0000

L152 Doublethumppppp! in G

MarloweDK — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:00:15 +0000

A bluesy doublethumbing slap line in G

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L151 Slap bass with the "Jimi Hendrix" chord

MarloweDK — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:44:04 +0000

The classic “Jimi Hendrix” chord or the E7#9 chord known from among other songs “Purple Haze” , here “of course” in a slap bass setting:-D

The 4 string bass version of the chord is spelled:
E – root – 0 or 12 fret E string
G# – major third – 11 fret on A string
D – flat seventh – 12 fret on D string
G – Augmented (Raised or #) ninth – 12 fret on G string

L151 Slap bass with the “Jimi Hendrix” chord

MarloweDK — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:44:04 +0000

The classic “Jimi Hendrix” chord or the E7#9 chord known from among other songs “Purple Haze” , here “of course” in a slap bass setting:-D

L149 Em slap with Bm fill

MarloweDK — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:31:38 +0000

Slapline in E with B minor pentatonic fill , B minor over E minor sounds coolio!:-)

L148 Double pluck in A

MarloweDK — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:40:34 +0000

Bassline with “double plucking” (pluck with index & middle).
Not that easy to utilize.
This bassline sounds kinda’ odd meter , but its not…

L146 slappin’n'tappin’

MarloweDK — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:21:47 +0000

A slapline combined with a fast triplet pentatonic tapping lick in Em

L146 slappin'n'tappin'

MarloweDK — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:21:47 +0000

A slapline combined with a fast triplet pentatonic tapping lick in Em

L145 LG style turnaround

MarloweDK — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:00:23 +0000

Larry Graham style ascending/descending turnaround – After 8 bars of fast gospelstyle funk this turnaround is often used. Its actually 2 compiled into 1 , you can either play the ascending or the descending on their own

L142 G funk with strum

MarloweDK — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:59:54 +0000

G funk with open strings and strum

L141 Slap groove in E #3

MarloweDK — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:13:33 +0000

Slap groove in E #3 using the open G and D strings

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L140 Doublethumb fill in E

MarloweDK — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:11:11 +0000

Doublethumb fill in E

L139 Slap bass groove in E #2

MarloweDK — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:07:11 +0000

Slap groove in E #2

L137 Slap groove in E

MarloweDK — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:05:35 +0000

Standard thumbing ‘n’ poppin’ groove in E

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L132 Double thumb bass groove in E

MarloweDK — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:30:34 +0000

Doublethumb groove in E

L127 Slap fill in A

MarloweDK — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:16:16 +0000

Slap fill in A with hammerons, pulloffs and a bit of doublethumbing

L126 Slap in E with Pulloffs

MarloweDK — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:02:09 +0000

A Wyzard (bassplayer in Mothers Finest) inspired Slapline in E with lotsa pull-offs.

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L123 Slap with cross-string hammerons

MarloweDK — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:30:59 +0000

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L119 E7 slap bass w double thumbing

MarloweDK — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:21:42 +0000

Bass lick of the day:
A funky slapline in E with a bit of doublethumbing

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L108 16′th shuffled DT in E

MarloweDK — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:08:21 +0000

Bass lick of the day:

16′th shuffled groove or “Hiphop feel” groove in E, not an easy task to maintain the shuffled notes when doublethumbing.

L104 Just Doublethumb in E

MarloweDK — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:51:49 +0000

Bass lick of the day:
Only using Doublethumbing in E, takes a while to get this thing goin’, especially the upstrokes on the upbeats on the G string.
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L103 Slap bass LJ style

MarloweDK — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:23:12 +0000

Bass lick of the day:

Slapping with ghosted notes “Louis Johnson style”, it involves the left hand fingers slapping the strings on the fretboard.

My left hand 1′st finger is playing the ie D on 5th fret A string, and the middle and index are doin the slapping

Be sure not to press the strings down with left hand , just kind of giving them ..well… a slap.

Can be quite hard for beginners NOT to sound a note, we only want just the “click” sound

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L85 Slap bass in D7

MarloweDK — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:29:22 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Slapline in D7 , slightly shuffled

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L84 Slap w strum and powerchords i Em

MarloweDK — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:14:38 +0000

Combining Slap, strum & powerchords (root,fifth, octave), using a Dorian minor scale (1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 ).

L83 Slap bass in A w double thumbing

MarloweDK — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:08:23 +0000

Bass lick of the day:

Slapline in A w/ DT, slightly shuffled

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L80 Groovy slap bass in A

MarloweDK — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:52:03 +0000

Bass lick of the day:
Groovy bassline in A, im doublethumbing some of the upbeats

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L77 Doublethumbing in A minor

MarloweDK — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:00:52 +0000

Bass lick of the day:

Cant get more DT than this:-D, im basically using my thumb exactly as a funky rhythm guitarist would use his pick – alternating up and downstrokes

A minor – tempo 110 bpm

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L73 Slap with root/fifth doublestops and DT

MarloweDK — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:11:13 +0000

Slapline with doublestops (1 and 5) and doublethumbing.

L72 Swing slap in Dm w DT

MarloweDK — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:35:27 +0000

Swing slap in Dm w/ double thumbing

L71 Swing slap in G

MarloweDK — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:22:35 +0000

Swing slap in G, 16′th shuffle groove
tempo 105 bpm

L67 Medium slow slap in G

MarloweDK — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:53:30 +0000

Medium slow slap in G
Tempo 100 bpm

L65 Slapline w/DT in F7

MarloweDK — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:32:25 +0000

Slapline w/ Doublethumbing in F7
Tempo 112 bpmt

L64 Slap w DT in G major

MarloweDK — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:52:23 +0000

Slap with DT, using G major pentatonic scale (1 2 3 5 6 )

L61 Slapline in E

MarloweDK — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:17:26 +0000

Another E slapline, tempo 100 bpm

L58 Slap line in Em

MarloweDK — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:05:51 +0000

Slap line with doublethumb, E minor , tempo 93.

L57 Slap fill in Em

MarloweDK — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:47 +0000

Slap fill in Em, using notes from the dorian minor scale -1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7.

L46 Slap line in C#m

MarloweDK — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:07:42 +0000

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L45 Slap line in A7

MarloweDK — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:00:02 +0000

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L42 Slap bass Em pentatonic fill-line

MarloweDK — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:27:01 +0000

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L39 Slap line w DT in E7

MarloweDK — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:08 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Slap line w/ DT in E7 (Em7 if you leave out the major 3′rd).

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L38 Doublethumb in Eb

MarloweDK — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:01:21 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Doublethumbing lick/exercise in Eb, quite hard , but you can practice just one octave for starters.

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L32 Slap in E

MarloweDK — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:08:11 +0000

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L30 Slap line /w DT in E

MarloweDK — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:00:29 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Slap line in E with a bit of doublethumbing

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L26 Slap fill in E

MarloweDK — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:10:33 +0000

Bass lick of the day: A “Marcus Miller’esqe” type slap fill i E using the open G string

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L20 Slap bass in E

MarloweDK — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:18:46 +0000

Basic Slap, pluck, left hand hammerons in E

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L17 Slap bass D w double thumb

MarloweDK — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:47:22 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Slap bass D w double thumb using the d minor pentatonic scale exclusively.

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L16 Basic slap in E

MarloweDK — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:52:51 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Basic Slap bass line in E

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L14 Slap bass line E7 to A7

MarloweDK — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:05:02 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Slap bass line | E7 | A7 | with doublestops

L11 Slap bass fill in G

MarloweDK — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:06:54 +0000

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Bass lick of the day: Slap bass in G with open string notes
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L09 Pentatonic slap fill in E

MarloweDK — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:50:38 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Pentatonic slap fill in E, with hammerons, slides and pulloffs.

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L08 Doublethumping in D

MarloweDK — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:21:34 +0000

Doublethumbing bassline in D

No count-in in the videoexample but bassline starts directly on the downbeat (1)

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L07 Shuffle Slap in Em

MarloweDK — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:03:29 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Shuffle Slapline in Em

Trying my best to get a Larry Graham vibe goin’.

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L05 E7 slap bass line with slides

MarloweDK — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:54:26 +0000

Bass lick of the day: Oldschool slap bass line in E with slides

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L04 Slap groove in A

MarloweDK — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:17:02 +0000

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Slap groove in Am7 or A7 (no third in this groove, thus playable over both dominant7 and minor7 chords)

A bit of double thumping thrown in.