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Neil Gray
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Joined: 09 Oct 2003
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Location: Melbourne, AUS
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Yeah, I guess I would say I've been playing for a long time with my forearm (not literally!). I'm not about to change, but for a laugh I'd though I'd give it a try...
Wasn't that funny in the end.  
Like Faith No More said: "It's always funny until someone gets hurt and then it's just hilarious!"
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nday25
Big Hamster
Joined: 22 Jan 2004
Posts: 99
Location: at my computer desk
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject: can't play slap! |
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I can't play slap but ive been tryin for a while. no one gives enough directions. please help!!!!!  |
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Neil Gray
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Joined: 09 Oct 2003
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Location: Melbourne, AUS
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Okay... are you listening???
The thumb: Wave your hand as though you're doing a 'sort of' gesture to someone. If you know sign language, this is easy. If not, rock your hand so that your pinky points parrallel to the floor, and then rotate till your thumb does. Repeat this over and over.
Close your fist, keeping the thumb out, and keep the motion going.
With your thumb, strike the E string and grimace because it sounds horrid and nothing really happens.
Now do it faster.
Now do it faster still.
You should have a fat E bouncing around your lounge room.
If not, loosen up a bit and relax.
Try again until you get your fat E!
Take your pointer, and place it over the D string. The octave for the E is on the second fret of the D string, so place your left hand on the second fret as you normally would to play an E.
After you 'slap' your E string with your thumb, 'pluck' the D string with your pointer by pulling it away from the bass, almost as though you're grabbing a hold of your bass by the D string, only gentler. Let it go when you've pulled it out half a centremetre or so (1/4 of an inch).
The idea is to 'pop' the string onto the pickups/fretboard.
Practice these things until you nod your head and go "Ohhhhh! THAT'S how it works."
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brusinow
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Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| urbanfunkmaster wrote: | Hey there. I learn't to slap before anything else strangely enough (cause slapping was the reason i wanted to learn bass!) I notice that alot of people use the 'traditional' method of slappin, keeping you thrumb parallel or 45 degrees to the string and quickly bouncing of the string in a prima facie 'slapping' motion.
I played like this for about 1 month until I realised that by bouncing off the string you are reducing the speed at which you can slap because your thumb is distancing itself from the strings constantly. So what i started to do (and its abit hard to describe and initially do) is (take E string for example) still use the slap motion, but instead of bouncing off the top of the string, I tried to brush\hit the inner edge of the string and insead of pulling the thumb away come to rest it on the next string. When you are playing fast obviously this last step is void cause you would end up muting the string...its hard to describe, though when done right it looks as if you aren't even slapping the string. This way gave me far more volume in my slapping as well.
hope that helped some what! sick with whatever style suits you though |
Yeah, thats a tried and proven method of slapping-hell, if you can think of a way of slapping its been done and done effectively. Specifically, the first notable slapper Larry Graham of Sly and the Family Stone did it this way. As long as you practice and find something you can do consistantly and comfortably, just do what you do:)
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BigGuppy
Sea Monkey
Joined: 26 Feb 2004
Posts: 12
Location: on my big leather armchar watching tele
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| Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I'm fairly knew in the slapping thechnique and im entireally self-taught and i change angles depending on what string im slapping i.e. i slap the E at a 45 dergee angle to give it better sound and then flatten out as i move down. The best way to find a cofortable technique (in my opinion) is to just go trying EVERYTHING and even try doing something of your own, this way your gonna be the most comfortable because the difrent techniques are adapted to height of bass, bass body style for example on my custom fretless mokingbird I can easily rest my on the body's top curv thingy.
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Dark Lord Vigo
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Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 440
Location: Manchester - UK
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Slap away baby, slap away. It's the technique of the Gods.
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lanks
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Joined: 08 Jan 2003
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To keep my E string from vibrating when I slap I mute it with my thumb on my left hand 
Slap takes a while to learn but *Holy Censor, Batman* does it sound sweet |
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