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Slap Bass Study #2

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This is another study piece that has been written as a resource for working on playing slap grooves over the shuffle feel. This is something that bass players typically find quite challenging, but once you have the feel down, they are fantastic to play. This piece also makes use of tenth intervals, strummed chords, popped double stops and fretting hand slaps – plenty to get your teeth into!

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 28 MINUTES long and contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:

1. Intermediate Level - Slap Bass Study #2

This video is a demonstration of the piece, performed on a Mayones Viking bass strung with Rotosound stainless steel strings.

2. Course Overview

This video gives an overview of the main challenges in this study piece. It also offers some advice for finding the right instrument and tone for lines like this.

3. A Section

This section of the piece features open string tenths, played as plucked double stops and as strummed chordal parts. This lesson covers bars 1-16 in the transcription.

4. B Section

This section is the main slap groove. This line requires only conventional slap technique but is challenging to play because of the triplet feel. This lesson covers bars 17-32.

5. C Section

This section is predominantly built around chord tones from the Cmaj7 chord that occupies the first three bars. This lesson covers bars 33-36 in the transcription.