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Before Beginning... A Quick Word On Holding The Bass
(This way of holding the bass lends itself to Mark King's style of slap, although it can be adaped to other styles)
In order for you to achieve a tight technique, it is necessary to wear the bass in the position indicated in Video 1. Make sure the bass is making an angle with your body of about 30 degrees, and is high up into your right armpit, but not so high as to cramp you when you are sitting down.
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Video 1 - Wearing the bass
Next, you will need to adjust the position of your slapping hand. Bring your right arm over the bass until your upper right arm lies on the bridge end of the body (refer to Video 2.). Then, bend your elbow up until your lower right arm lies just below parallel with the strings. This should bring your right hand somewhere in the vicinity of the last fret on the fret. board
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Video 2 - Arm positioning on the bass
OK so far? Next, put your right thumb up until it's making roughly a 45 degree angle with your hand (see Video 3). Now place your left hand (fretting hand) on the fret board, with your left index finger resting on the seventh fret of the G - string (making a D note) and rest your other fingers over the fret board (see figure 3). Make sure your left thumb, which is behind the neck, is roughly in line with your left middle finger.
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Video 3 - Thumbs up for slapping!
OK, Now on with the lessons!
Technique
1
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Double Pop-Thumbing
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Technique
2
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Double Simultaneous Pop
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Technique
3
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Thumbless Hammering
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Technique
4
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Popped Hammer Pulls
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Technique
5
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Pentatonic Runs
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Technique
6
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Pentatonic/Blues Progressions
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Technique
7
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Popped 9ths
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Technique
8
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Leading Pentatonic Triplet
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Technique
9
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Split Triplets
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Technique
10
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Dead String Pop/Ghosting
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Technique
11
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Split String Pentatonic Phrasing
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Technique
12
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Triplet Runs... The Machine Gun
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Technique
13
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Slap-Strum Combos
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Technique
14
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Mark King Style Phrasing
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Technique
15
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The End Result...
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Slap And Pop! DVD
By
Gary Denyer
This comprehensive GAZZBASS.COM DVD SET, "SlaP And PoP"
chronicles the bass guitar, its history, and the techniques of slap bass playing. A must for the beginner or intermediate, and a great reference work for the advanced, "SlaP And PoP" is both a musical journey and a teaching tool for all the budding slappers out there...
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21 Techniques For Monster Chops
By
Gary Denyer
"21 Techniques For Monster Chops!"
is a vastly revised and immeasurably more informative version of our online slap bass mini course! Due to an enormous amount of requests and questions, we've produced this all-inclusive DVD! With 7 extra techniques and a book full of tab, notation and explanations...
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Copyright © 2011 Gary Denyer