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 Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:41 am
A bassic ( smile ) rundown of how to play slap for you all:
You will be using your thumb (to slap) and index or middle finger (to pop). A pop (sometimes pluck) is when you slide your chosen finger slightly underneath the string and pull it away from the fretboard. This should produce a nice twangy sound.
Now first, keep your hand perpendicular to the strings and your thumb at a 50-60 degree angle with the string you're slapping. You will need to have your arm at a particular angle. Think of a traditional scarecrow with rigid upper arms. This may ache after a long period of playing, but you'll get used to it.
Secondly, remember, it's all in the wrist. For a basic slap exercise, you can slap and pop an octave - an octave is 3 frets across (including the fret you start on) and 3 strings down (including the string you start on).
For a bit more help (with visuals) I found this nice little site that may be able to help you all out even more: http://www.howtoslapbass.com/slap-bass-tutorial/
Hopes this helps at least a little bit. Enjoy!
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:46 am
Nice, you even got an outside reference, if I may just make a quick ammendmem. When you slap, make sure to hit the string with your thumb and then pull away, do not leave your thumb on the string for this may mute the string, completely undermining what you meant to do.
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:34 am
Aahz Nice, you even got an outside reference, if I may just make a quick ammendmem. When you slap, make sure to hit the string with your thumb and then pull away, do not leave your thumb on the string for this may mute the string, completely undermining what you meant to do. unless you're meaning to mute the string when you slap... which is also a big part of slap popping (at least how i like to slap pop)
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:58 pm
Shogun Drizzt Aahz Nice, you even got an outside reference, if I may just make a quick ammendmem. When you slap, make sure to hit the string with your thumb and then pull away, do not leave your thumb on the string for this may mute the string, completely undermining what you meant to do. unless you're meaning to mute the string when you slap... which is also a big part of slap popping (at least how i like to slap pop)
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:04 pm
Kyrenx Shogun Drizzt Aahz Nice, you even got an outside reference, if I may just make a quick ammendmem. When you slap, make sure to hit the string with your thumb and then pull away, do not leave your thumb on the string for this may mute the string, completely undermining what you meant to do. unless you're meaning to mute the string when you slap... which is also a big part of slap popping (at least how i like to slap pop) Lol. True, I was talking about muting with the thumb, but that is also that something that should be taught later as well.
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:57 pm
Kyrenx A bassic ( smile ) rundown of how to play slap for you all:
You will be using your thumb (to slap) and index or middle finger (to pop). A pop (sometimes pluck) is when you slide your chosen finger slightly underneath the string and pull it away from the fretboard. This should produce a nice twangy sound.
Now first, keep your hand perpendicular to the strings and your thumb at a 50-60 degree angle with the string you're slapping. You will need to have your arm at a particular angle. Think of a traditional scarecrow with rigid upper arms. This may ache after a long period of playing, but you'll get used to it.
Secondly, remember, it's all in the wrist. For a basic slap exercise, you can slap and pop an octave - an octave is 3 frets across (including the fret you start on) and 3 strings down (including the string you start on).
For a bit more help (with visuals) I found this nice little site that may be able to help you all out even more: http://www.howtoslapbass.com/slap-bass-tutorial/
Hopes this helps at least a little bit. Enjoy! The first video I can play, but the others won't play for me. sad
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:52 pm
Emotional Shinobi Kyrenx A bassic ( smile ) rundown of how to play slap for you all:
You will be using your thumb (to slap) and index or middle finger (to pop). A pop (sometimes pluck) is when you slide your chosen finger slightly underneath the string and pull it away from the fretboard. This should produce a nice twangy sound.
Now first, keep your hand perpendicular to the strings and your thumb at a 50-60 degree angle with the string you're slapping. You will need to have your arm at a particular angle. Think of a traditional scarecrow with rigid upper arms. This may ache after a long period of playing, but you'll get used to it.
Secondly, remember, it's all in the wrist. For a basic slap exercise, you can slap and pop an octave - an octave is 3 frets across (including the fret you start on) and 3 strings down (including the string you start on).
For a bit more help (with visuals) I found this nice little site that may be able to help you all out even more: http://www.howtoslapbass.com/slap-bass-tutorial/
Hopes this helps at least a little bit. Enjoy! The first video I can play, but the others won't play for me. sad
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:09 pm
Kyrenx Emotional Shinobi Kyrenx A bassic ( smile ) rundown of how to play slap for you all:
You will be using your thumb (to slap) and index or middle finger (to pop). A pop (sometimes pluck) is when you slide your chosen finger slightly underneath the string and pull it away from the fretboard. This should produce a nice twangy sound.
Now first, keep your hand perpendicular to the strings and your thumb at a 50-60 degree angle with the string you're slapping. You will need to have your arm at a particular angle. Think of a traditional scarecrow with rigid upper arms. This may ache after a long period of playing, but you'll get used to it.
Secondly, remember, it's all in the wrist. For a basic slap exercise, you can slap and pop an octave - an octave is 3 frets across (including the fret you start on) and 3 strings down (including the string you start on).
For a bit more help (with visuals) I found this nice little site that may be able to help you all out even more: http://www.howtoslapbass.com/slap-bass-tutorial/
Hopes this helps at least a little bit. Enjoy! The first video I can play, but the others won't play for me. sad Hmmm... THAT'S WHY I HATE QUICKTIME!
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:45 am
hmmm don't forget to hit the strings with your bone in the thumb, other way there won't go out any sound wink
best beginner song for slapping is "can't stop" smile
greetz
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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:53 pm
yep thats the fundementals
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 2:52 am
Endos hmmm don't forget to hit the strings with your bone in the thumb, other way there won't go out any sound wink best beginner song for slapping is "can't stop" smile greetz yeh, if they dont put in the Syncapation/Muted notes, then its all pretty easy
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:33 pm
always slap at the highest fret you have(22,19,20,24,whatever)
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:04 am
TraigLighthouse always slap at the highest fret you have(22,19,20,24,whatever) Not true. Sorry... I never had to do that to get my slap outta my bass.
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:30 am
Escaflowne_11 TraigLighthouse always slap at the highest fret you have(22,19,20,24,whatever) Not true. Sorry... I never had to do that to get my slap outta my bass. yeh i Can Slap by the Bridge, but it sounds alot Better if i do it Just over the Fretboard than any where else
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:19 am
Emotional Shinobi Kyrenx Emotional Shinobi Kyrenx A bassic ( smile ) rundown of how to play slap for you all:
You will be using your thumb (to slap) and index or middle finger (to pop). A pop (sometimes pluck) is when you slide your chosen finger slightly underneath the string and pull it away from the fretboard. This should produce a nice twangy sound.
Now first, keep your hand perpendicular to the strings and your thumb at a 50-60 degree angle with the string you're slapping. You will need to have your arm at a particular angle. Think of a traditional scarecrow with rigid upper arms. This may ache after a long period of playing, but you'll get used to it.
Secondly, remember, it's all in the wrist. For a basic slap exercise, you can slap and pop an octave - an octave is 3 frets across (including the fret you start on) and 3 strings down (including the string you start on).
For a bit more help (with visuals) I found this nice little site that may be able to help you all out even more: http://www.howtoslapbass.com/slap-bass-tutorial/
Hopes this helps at least a little bit. Enjoy! The first video I can play, but the others won't play for me. sad Hmmm... THAT'S WHY I HATE QUICKTIME! So do I stressed
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