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Introduction

In this series of courses, we'll be learning to use the slap technique, as popularised by bassists such as Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Mark King, Flea, Victor Wooten, and many more.

If you've never used the technique before, this is the course for you. We'll be starting with the absolute basics, then learning to incorporate popped notes, ghost notes, hammer-ons and pull-offs. By the end of the course you will have all the tools you need to tackle most of the slap and pop lines encountered by today's professional bassist.

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Slap Bass – Beginner Level

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This course is the perfect place to start if you are completely new to the slap bass technique. Throughout this series, we'll be looking at each element of the technique in turn, learning how to use it, then employing it in a series of real-world exercises. This course contains the following sub-courses (click on each one to see to the full content).

Getting Started

In this short course we'll look at some of the basics: the best position to wear the bass, how to set up your action for the technique, and how to approach practising it.

Slapping Basics

In this course we'll be looking at the basic slapping technique and focussing on some simple lines that will allow you to put it to use. We'll also be learning to use the fretting hand muting technique, an important - and often overlooked - part of the slap bass technique.

Adding Popped Notes

In this course we'll begin adding popped notes into the mix, which will add a lot of additional scope to our lines. We'll also be applying the fretting hand muting technique to popped notes, and playing some more adventurous lines.

Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs & Trills

With the fundamentals now in place, in this course we'll begin adding in phrasing techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs and trills, all of which will add flavour to your lines.

Using Ghost Notes

In this course we'll look at how to add ghost notes into our grooves, to give them an additional percussive element.

Beginner Level Exercise Area

In this final section of the Beginner Slap Bass course, we'll looking at some new slap and pop grooves that combine everything that we've covered in the previous courses. This will include fretting hand muting, ghost notes, hammer-ons, pull-offs and trills.