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EntertainmentHow to Slap Bass

How to Combine Basic & Advanced Slap Bass Techniques

Transcript

Hi, my name is Sam Lipman. I’m a multi-instrumentalist. I make records and I will be releasing my first solo debut record here in the fall called ‘A’ for Aphorisms. Check it out samlipmanmusic.com. We are gonna be playing some slap bass. So in this segment, I wanna talk about how to, how to take a single bass line and spice it up with a few little fills. The simpler you can keep it, the more calls you’ll get for gigs. Let’s take a grove like this, kinda like the one we learned in the first chapter. Okay, there’s a simple groove, now I’m gonna put a fill in, that used hammering and pull off. The occasional hammer-on, okay that used a bit of syncopation, did you hear it? That combined a little bit of syncopation with a little bit of pulling. Let’s look at something else. Now I’m gonna add a bit of syncopation. Now I’m gonna add a double stop. Now I’m using lots of syncopation right there. How fun was all of that?


Lessons in this Guide

How to Do Cool Slap Bass Tricks

How to Slap Bass in Rhythm & Blues Style

What Are Time Signatures?

How to Do a Slap Bass Solo

Great Slap Bass Artists

How to Slap Bass Punk Style

How to Do Slap Bass Sliding & Phrasing Elements

How to Add Syncopation to Slap Bass

How to Read Slap Bass Tabs

How to Play with a Drummer or Metronome

How to Create a Groove

Song Structure & Chord Progression for Slap Bass

How to Create a Standout Bass Line

How to Combine Basic & Advanced Slap Bass Techniques

How to Do a Double Stop

How to Pop Bass in Slap Bass

How to Combine Basic Slap Bass Techniques

How to Do a Hammer-On & Pull-Off in Slap Bass

How to Have Proper Slap Bass Thumb Technique

How to Slap Bass with Sam Lipman

What Is Slap Bass?

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