Double Popping
When it comes to popping notes, most players will favour either their first or second finger. It’s nevertheless an excellent idea to be able to use either, and the previous video course (which covered double stops) should have afforded you ample opportunity to work on this.
In this course we’ll be taking this a step further and using the first and second fingers to pop notes in sequence rather than together. The combination of thumb slaps and first and second finger pops makes for another excellent way to play triplets, as you will discover from the exercises in this course. These can then be used as rhythmic figures that can add an extra dimension to your slap lines.
1 - Introduction
In this video we'll be talking about the double popping technique and how it can be incorporated into our slap lines. I'll also be demonstrating this technique using the bassline from Stu Hamm's 'Count Zero'.
2 - Getting Started with Double Popping
In this video we'll be looking at the basics of the technique. We'll be starting off using it with eighth note triplets, then doubling this up to sixteenth note triplets. As you'll likely discover, this technique is not as difficult as it sounds.
3 - Exercise #5
This is a simple exercise in E that clearly illustrates how the double popping technique can be used to add some rhythmic excitement to a line.
4 - Exercise #6
This exercise is in the key of A minor and is a little more challenging.
5 - Exercise #7
This exercise is in the key of F# minor and uses the same triplet figure that we've used in the previous two exercises. This line also features an unusual figure in the second and fourth bars.
6 - Exercise #8
This exercise again uses the same sixteenth note triplet figure, but with a quicker tempo this time.
7 - Exercise #9
This exercise works over the chord changes to the Jaco Pastorius classic 'Teen Town' and is quite challenging to play. A great line to play once you have it under your belt though.
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