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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
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.
@@GrupettoGaz2905 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😁
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 (?
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.
![Awesome Slap Bass Riff [RHCP] - Get Up And Jump! (tabs and tutorial)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bII_P8omyzE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Awesome Slap Bass Riff [RHCP] - Get Up And Jump! (tabs and tutorial)](/img/tr.png)
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.
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.
I watched many slap bass lessons. This one here though 'opened the door'! Thank you and all the best from Belgium! 👍
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.
This is the type of video that is helpful for all bass players. Great teaching as well. Thank you.
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.
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.
Awesome again . I'm very Grateful, Thank you. HAPPY NEW YEAR Mark!!
very nice explaination. Thanks for keeping it simple for us.
Sounds great!!! Appreciated!!!
Best bass teacher on the web, happy new year!🎉
I wish you a happy new Year Mark, and a good new beggining in the USA
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'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.
Great lesson! Thanks for showing step by step.
Thank you a lot. Great riff for beginners.
What a great wealth of information you share... must thank you for it!!!! ❤
Thousand thank you sir for wonderful lesson,I need more learn About slap techniques
Excellent, Happy New Year Mark
Thank you, Sir 💪
Excellent
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.
imo it is best to learn everything parallel thumb and down thumb. it makes improv so much more comfortable
Happy New Year Mark
@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.
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.
@@GrupettoGaz2905
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
Nice 👊🏽
Witch bass do you play??
My friend, what kind of bass your play?
I love this channel almost as I love Skyrim
I’ve been playing bass since I was 14. How do I start doing it right though?
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 (?
cheers
Well that's what i do, i just go around whacking things.
This sounds a lot like “bullet in the head” 🙌🏽🤘🏽
How do you stop the E string from ringing when slapping the A string that is tricky
When I thump a note, the sound is very soft and I have the volume turned high. How do I fix that?
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.
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
I hear FTM Epic
“Most Slappers play like this!” 😂🤣😂
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.