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Slap Bass Study #2

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This study piece features a very busy style of slap playing, one that has been popularised by bassists such as Mark King, Stuart Hamm, and Victor Wooten. A wide range of slap techniques are put to use in this piece, including fretting hand slaps, chord strumming, double popping and open string hammer-ons.

For bassists who wish to learn the piece but require additional assistance with some of the techniques required, the following courses (all included in the monthly subscription cost) should prove useful:

Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above to get the PDF transcription and audio files for this piece (available to subscribers only). The transcription is available with TAB and without, for those who wish to give their reading skills a workout.

This course is 42 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:

1. Advanced Level - Slap Bass Study #2

This video is a demonstration of the piece, performed on a GB Guitars Rumour bass strung with Rotosound stainless steel strings.

2. Course Overview

In this video I’ll be discussing the main challenges in this piece, as well as offering some advice on how you can achieve the perfect tone for tracks such as this.

3. A Section

During this intro section the bass plays a slapped groove that includes accented strummed power chords. This lesson covers bars 1-8 in the transcription.

4. B Section

This lesson covers the main slap groove of the piece, which is a very busy line that utilises the double popping technique extensively. This lesson covers bars 9-18.

5. C Section

This section features some strummed open string tenths, more double popping and some open string hammer-on licks. This lesson covers bars 19-26

6. D Section

This section features a new part that is based around a C7 chord. Double popping and chord strumming techniques are featured here again. This lesson covers bars 27-34.

7. E Section

This final video covers the outro of the piece, which is heavily based on the A section. This lesson covers bars 35-43 in the accompanying transcription.