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Slap Bass Study #3

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This piece is a challenging slap bass study played using a drop-D tuning. A wide range of techniques are used in this piece including chord strumming, double popping, fretting hand slaps, machine gun triplets and more.

If you require additional help with any of the techniques used in this piece, 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 1 HOUR and 8 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:

1. Advanced Level - Slap Bass Study #3

This video is a demonstration of the piece, performed on a 1966 Fender Jazz Bass strung with Rotosound stainless steel strings.

2. A Section

This video covers the covers the main theme of the piece, which features strummed chords, tenths and double popping figures. This lesson covers bars 1-8.

3. B Section

The bass plays a melody line with the synth during this section. This lesson covers bars 9-24 in the accompanying transcription.

4. C Section

This section has a slightly more conventional slap part, although it also contains some double popping licks and some artificial harmonics. This lesson covers bars 25-36.

5. E Section

This lesson covers the repeating two-bar bass groove that is played beneath the piano solo at letter E. This video covers bars 45-46 in the transcription.

6. F Section

This lesson covers the first half of the bass solo, which begins in a relatively simple manner, before gradually building in complexity. This lesson covers bars 47-54.

7. G Section

This lesson covers the second half of the bass solo, which is based around a repeated melodic idea and features some complex fills. This lesson covers bars 55-62.

8. H Section

This section is similar to the C section, but with a Victor Wooten-inspired open string hammer-on line played in the final four bars. This lesson covers bars 63-74.

9. I Section

This video covers the final iteration of the main theme, which contains a complicated triplet fill in the final bars. This lesson covers bars 75 – 83.