The slap is a long way from being an australian version of ian mcewans saturday. I dont know where he went wrong with the slap book. Set in the suburbs, it centres on a closeknit, affluent community made up of predominantly secondgeneration. The book also includes a detailed history of the slap technique, as well as biographies of all of the major contributors to the technique. Well walk you through the ins and outs of choosing the bass strings that make sense for both your music and instrument. The bass guitar is one of the most significant new musical instruments to have appeared in the 20th century, and the bass book is the first to study its complete and fascinating story, with the full story of the most important bass players and bass makers. In fact, you might not even sound like the pros in your first few years, it all depends on. Les claypool is one of the alltime best slap bass players. Lingering in the mist, just out of reach there is, and stan slap is. The course begins with a focus on developing proper right and lefthand technique, including basic octaves, thumb, popping, pulloffs, and hammerons. The slap by christos tsiolkas goodreads share book.
Slapping on bass guitar involves using the edge of ones knuckle, where it is. If you are looking to begin playing the bass guitar then this how to video is the place to start. Slap bass techniques, adjustments and tricks to develop. How to play slap bass guitar for beginners wonderhowto. Ultimate slap bass is a complete tutorial book, covering every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing and popping, strumming, open string hammerons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. There is a slew of books available but very few that are actually any good.
The book starts with basic slapping and popping technique and moves on to cover ghost notes, using hammerons and pulloffs. Acclaimed for 25 years as the most comprehensive study on slap technique, the new 25th anniversary edition includes 99 recorded examples on the included cd as well as tab. This masterwork contains vocal, guitar, bass and drum parts for 52 songs from four albums in its 1040 pages. Although theres some additional material eg a short history of slap bass playing, interviews with marcus miller, mark king, stu hamm, vail johnson and ray. If you love the groovy bass lines in popular funk and rock songs, you might want to learn how to play slap bass. With this tutorial you will learn tips to improve your slap bass guitar technique. Although most hold to the belief that it was developed from the viola da gamba leg viol, which originated in 15th century europe, paul brun, in his book a new history of the double bass, makes the claim that the internal construction so much resembles the violin family of instruments that the double bass probably originated as the lowest register member of that wellknown family. It is primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar.
All my bass lessons on how to slap and doublethumb. Slap bass bassline publishing release new slap bass ipad. Ever have the feeling that no matter how rewarding your job is that theres an entirely different level of success and fulfillment available to you. Here are bass lines for 14 songs from 14 artists who brought innovation to pop music. Rolling stone readers pick the top ten bassists of all. History, setup, and technique by donovan stokes published in fall 2008 issue of bass world.
It is considered to be a member of the violin family, and it has the lowest pitch in that family. Make sure to boost the treble and bass while cutting the mids. The technique for slap bass differs from that of standard bass. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. In this book, the first in the series of three, the technique is covered from the absolute basics. Ultimate slap bass is one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. The only 3rd slap instruction you will perhaps need is the hal leonard book funk bass by chris kringel as that gives you some real famous songs to learn. Ebook has 193 exercises, as well as 3 unique examples of bass solos.
Of course, you can later progress to victor wootens and primuss transcriptions. The creative jazzfusion composer and performer has won 14 grammy awards. Ultimate slap bass by stuart clayton overdrive rakuten. Slap bass perhaps the ultimate marmite musical expression, slap bass is revered by guitar geeks and reviled. In slap bass, you will learn the fundamentals of playing slap from traditional to advanced modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. The bass guitar, electric bass, or simply bass, is the lowest pitched member of the guitar family. This ebook and more can be instantly downloaded at.
The only way outside of the matrix to develop your technique is practice, practice, practice. Slap bass continues to be used in the 21st century, as it is widely used by modern rockabilly and psychobilly band bassists, including kim nekroman nekromantix, geoff kresge tiger army, scott owen the living end and jimbo wallace the reverend horton heat. Free slap bass exercises marks and symbols used in funk. Rolling stone readers pick the top ten bassists of all time. Funk slap is popular with bass players of all ages and represents the ultimate level of training for any bassist. We have been chronicling and sharing alabamas true history for over 10 years through, our books, and now our podcast, the alabama grist mill. In past few years, interest in slap technique for the double bass has been increasing exponentially. Looking for something with a lot of exercises for developing the technique more. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary.
The slap that i wantedmore the book does the job that the author wanted it to. Slap bass is a difficult technique to master, so it will take a lot of practice. This is a pretty advanced lesson, so if youre just starting out with slap bass you. You probably wont sound like your slap bass idol the first time you play a bass. Slap bass definition and meaning collins english dictionary. This post highlights some legendary books that any bass player can learn from. I did not copy this from a book its just set up like one. An upright bass, also known as the bass or double bass, is a stringed musical instrument that is played either by plucking its strings pizzicato or with a bow arco. Unfortunately, it continues to be very difficult to find information about it.
These include audio files for our books, and additional transcriptions. History and pedagogy by dave schroeder a doctoral essay submitted to the faculty of the university of miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of. The slap, a novel that is bringing out the worst in the. Ultimate slap bass is a 206 page book with two cds that aims to be a definitive guide to the slap bass technique and also aims to be for all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Im expanding on the groove with a little improv, mostly on the rhythms. If youve explored musicians friends huge selection of bass guitar strings and come away a little confused, this guides for you. Funk studies for the electric bass was the first book to be published on slap bass technique. Scotts top 15 books for bass players scotts bass lessons. While researching for my upcoming book about slap bass, i had a chance to meet and interview some of. How to choose the best strings for your bass guitar the hub. For some, its all about that one riff that it commands our attention, and for others, its about a part so intricate that it brings the song to life. Bassline publishing is pleased to offer a selection of free resources. Funk studies for the electric bass first published in 1981 and written by tony oppenheim, slap it. Here, i present to you the 100 greatest bass songs of all time.
The strings on your electric bass have a powerful influence on its tone and playability. The author stuart clayton had authored several bass books prior to the 2007 publication of ultimate slap bass and also regularly writes for the british bass guitarist magazine. So the simple answer is yes, i believe you would benefit from studying the. The perfect bass line can make you dance or reduce you to tears, and it can absolutely make or break a song. It was only years later that i devoured the front part of the book which is all about his history and legend. Ive been writing a book about slap bass history and techniques for almost eight years now and i realize how much work and time that kind of. The slap that i wanted to deliver with that book was to a culture in australia that had literally made me sick, sick to the stomach.
Feel free to play around with the timing slaps bass is using your right thumb if left handed then left to slap the strings. The nook book ebook of the slap bass guitar lessons for beginners. Slap bass pdf, big funk text book slap, ebook with mp3. I do not plan to repeat the many technical exercises included in slap it. Keep in mind that these two books cover traditional slap technique. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses. The journal of the international society of bassists a quick and dirty history of slap the first thing we must do is to define slap bass. It will take you from simple to advanced practices and enable you systematic progress, no matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned bass player. Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. The 100 greatest bass songs of all time hidden under. In this mouthful of a lesson ill show you how to play a quirky slap groove that incorporates some elements you might not be used to. Check out slap it by tony oppenheim and the slap bass bible by anothony vitti. Online can be thought of as the next volume of, or a sequel to, my book slap it.