The original slap bass can be heard on early country records too. 955 The idea of the slap is that youre going to hit the string with your right hand thumb. Chapter 6: song for hannah, slap marcus and slap crackle pop. Gymguitar for beginners: super useful tips you cant afford to missstretching exercises for guitaristsbass guitar cheat sheets combo120. In the following exercises all the notes are played on the open a string. 22 exercises combining 16th notes patterns and octaves to master essential movements. Bass guitar exercises for dummies-patrick pfeiffer. Slappin: a complete study of slap technique for bass book. The strings are thicker and give you a lower sound than a guitar. Figure 2-b with a type-ii slap lesion, the biceps attachment and the adjacent superior aspect of the labrum have pulled off the superior glenoid tubercle. Teacher loops: these are virtual lessons utilizing a bass track and a drum track to illustrate things like warm up exercises, scales, arpeggios, slap lick. The 3rd string is tuned to a, so it s usually referred to as the a string. It doesnt make a big difference if you have 20, 22, or 24 frets on your guitar. 10 pages of lesson material spread over 2 workbooks containing exercises and info for every lesson. Play each separately fi rst then put them together with the backing track. Use your thumb to slap the strings with your strumming hand. After clicking the button and logging in to patreon, look for the pdf attached to the bottom of the post. Figure 2-c a type-iii slap lesion is a superior labral bucket-handle tear. And lessons, plus youll get an exclusive free copy of the bass guitar resource book.
For these exercises well be using the chromatic scale. Are you looking to up your slap bass game? This lesson will really help you start out on the right foot, staying in time when you practice, using a metronome. 10 arpeggio exercises for bass /// part 1 play along easy bass chord riffs for beginners! Tutorial. Click here to download the free slap bass in a band pdf. Apply dry or moist heat to the shoulder prior to the exercises and during the sleeper stretch. Popular scales and modes for slap bass; beginner level exercise area; chapter 6. 915 New this unique creative guitar studio course explores exercises for. You need to know about articulations to play slap well. Funk slap is popular with bass players of all ages and represents the ultimate level of training for any. Below is a simple song that will incorporate three octave shapes. This allows you to dial up the volume of the slap that is heard.
Ill be teaching you basic exercises so you can get sound accuracy when. The point of our exercises is to work technique, after all. The 2nd string is tuned to d, so it s usually referred to as the d string. Strumming, fingerpicking, and hybrid accompaniment patterns for guitar. Finger nail is a technique i developed inspired on flamenco guitarist. The cycle of 5ths is just an organized way to travel through the keys so you hit every one. Lesson 2 -exercises to improve speed and learn licks. Learn about the basics of slap bass technique with the help of joe santerre and his book slap bass lines published by berklee press. And reggae figures 31-34 18 chapter 5: technical exercises 35-52 23 acknowledgments 23. While doing this technique, keep your hand as close as possible to the guitar since youll want your fingers to be able to directly address the strings as. Method books to his name, and hes the author of rock guitar for dummies, blues guitar. Basics of bass guitar playing 8 there are usually about 20 something frets on a standard bass guitar. As most bass players are aware, you can play the bass guitar by using your fingers, a plectrum or what is known as. Slap tongue articulation adds to the available palate of sonorities. In this e-book pdf you can find 8 guitar etudes sheet music. One thing i notice about my technique: as my slapping index finger hits the strings, the base of my thumb lands on the top of the guitar. Harmonic slaps can be thought of as one of the first forays into using percussion on the acoustic guitar. Another thing youll need to be very comfortable with is your plucking technique. 773
Introduces hybrid slap technical approaches which combine elements of. 21 slap bass or funk bass it is possible to use all fingers on the right hand in one fast movement. Figure 2-d a type iv slap lesion is a superior labral bucket-handle tear that extends into the biceps tendon. You can download a free pdf of the lesson here: 8 string, 7 string. This chapter is all about just playing some fun slap bass grooves. To reduce in?Ammation, apply a bag of crushed ice or frozen peas to the shoulder for 15 to 20 minutes after performing both exercises. Written for solo instrument 4-string bass guitar notation with a duration of 10 mins. Part 1 exercises to develop the thumb slap technique. Daric bennetts learn the bass guitar fretboard with 2 exercises to. 662 Learn how to play slap bass guitar from the master, stu hamm. Chapter 13: building finger independence with chord exercises.
The 6th string is by far the easiest to slap on the guitar. Learn the essential slap bass guitar techniques you need to be play funky bass lines. So, let?S take a look at which elements of this bass guitar technique are indispensable in our practice! The first one is thumb slapping. Download the pdf to your computer or open directly from your web browser. Beginning slap bass dvd excerpt - easy slap bass in a jazz guitar chords, learn. 3: photo showing right hand classical guitar fingering. So there are no specific exercises for the added strings. 7 metronome exercises for bass guitar to work on your timing and groove. The thinnest string is the 1st string and it s tuned to g, so it s usually referred. Bass guitar is a relatively new instrument compared to the. Exercise on fingering techniques and positionsfull description. A slap tear can cause many shoulder problems including pain, decreased shoulder strength, and decreased range of motion. Duetoplayinga5stringbassguitar,ifoundthistechniqueextremely awkwardinslappinghigherstrings,asiwouldforceotherstringsto ringinsympathytomywristattackmyhandwouldmakecontact withotherstrings,causingthemtovibrateunintentionally. This lesson will help: bass guitar: hammer ons, pull offs, ghost notes, string bends, slides and vibrato. Series 1: major chords step 1: first, just play roots around the. You dont strum a bass like a guitar: you pluck, pick, pop, tap or slap the strings. Exercises, grooves, and musical examples offered in this book. Learn how to build a slap bass groove with the funk erector set play 21 fun slap grooves with jam tracks. 18 1 bass exercise play pentatonic exercise for bass guitar with tab - bass bass fitness.
Simple steps to slap bass guitar course the ultimate step-by-step slap bass method for bass guitar. This lesson is for those of you who want to learn how slap technique. Guitar website can watch both video lessons and download the pdf. Slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass. Beginner slap bass exercises free tabs pdf lesson 1: warm up session lvl. In this lesson i want to teach rhythmic patterns to apply when you play slap on the guitar. Thumb slap technique on fingerstyle guitar for beginners. They are pdfs based on simple guitar, blues, rock, band, shred, fusion and jazz. 305 In the following exercises you will be playing a combination of slap and. Exercises beginner songs section 1 what is fingerstyle? Ok. Its a fancy term for a scale that includes every note. Ultimate slap bass covers every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way.
This course will cover everything you need to know to start playing fingerstyle guitar including: proper playing posture. I figured that the exercises would be geared to slowly build the. As i show in the video, you want to get comfortable striking your strings in a controlled, yet forceful way. All exercises are from big funk text book-slap! E-book, where we start gradually, from basic to more advanced techniques. Bass guitars will also have a pickup selector switch along with volume and tone. All instructional examples feature tabs in pdf and guitar pro format just for the ease of learning them. A final step in the core technique, which may be tough - is to use your full arm to dial up the force at which youre hitting the guitar strings. A bass guitar is like a guitar, but with only the lowest four strings. Slap, tap and pick technique; through many years of teaching experience, dan hawkins knows that you are more likely to work on exercises that push your technical limits if they sound like music. Each lesson is based on one guitar technique guitar slap, tapping, arpeggios. Here i will show you some examples of essential elements, which are used in funk slap, practical examples with notes, tablatures and studio recorded mp3 audio tracks. Exercises and patterns to build your technique and you ability to::design. Hey, at lessons we began using tony oppenheims slap it! Book. We are going to go move around the cycle counter clockwise. These stretches and exercises should help restore movement and strengthen your shoulder. While slapping sounds cool on the guitar, we are really stealing slap bass techniques and playing them on the guitar. In this post well give you a few tips on getting started with slap bass technique. This slap is done partly from pivoting your forearm from your elbow, and part from a little flick of your wrist. An unfortunate limitation of this work is the lack of translation: it is currently only available in the original french. 1052
For all of these exercises, we are going to use the cycle of 4ths. This song is played with a swing or shuffl e feel so pay close attention to the backing track for the rhythms timing. Home exercise program for slap lesions perform the exercises in the order listed. Specially designed slap bass exercises for quick technique development. Slap bass for beginners interactive exercise learn guitar chords. Tab from the first series of my guitar video lessons on my youtube channel that helps to master traditional as well as non-traditional guitar techniques in a more interesting way than just drilling of mindless scale fingering exercises. In this video guitar lesson im going to show you a slap bass groove applied to the guitar. Use a small weight in your hand to help open up the shoulder joint. Pop technique for guitar: private lessons series: 780634032103. In this lesson well go over what is commonly referred to as the strum slap. This is a sound youll hear in many of mayers hit songs. Many bassists play strictly with their fingers, while others use a pick. Refine your technique with 300 bass guitar exercises practice tempo, time signature, phrasing, and dynamics apply bass fundamentals to playing a groove the fun and easy way to lay down a groove the bass guitar serves as the foundation for almost every popular style. 764
Its time to add a bit of sizzle to our essential slap techniques so today im. Okay, so far weve covered both thumping and plucking individually. Updated for 2013 basic slap pop exercise for bass guitar counted 1. Combined, these three documents provide excellent discussion of the available. 209 Put your guitar down for a day or at least the rest of the after-noon and come back later. Mute the strings with your left hand, does not matter which place. In this lesson i play the techniques that i consider essential if you want to play the slap guitar style. This just means that you can play a couple notes higher on the guitar and those notes are so. If you have a pick anywhere near your computer, hide it! Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking picking individual notes. Scroll down to download the drumbeat backing and the free pdf. Eg the first one appears to be the hammer on exercise from the previous lesson. Notice how the slapped string corresponds to the bass note of the chord.