'Slap and Tickle' was written to represent the instrumental music recorded by virtuoso bassist Stuart Hamm during the late eighties and early nineties. The line features many common elements of his playing style, such as complex slap grooves, triplet popping lines, note bending, the use of open strings, and the use of the two handed tapping technique. This track also includes a long bass solo, which will provide you with an opportunity to put all of the above techniques to use in a musical way.
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This course contains the following videos, each of which can be selected from the video player above:
This video is a full demonstration of 'Slap and Tickle', performed on a Kubicki Ex Factor bass.
This video gives a brief overview of the course.
In this video you'll learn how to play the A section, which is bars 1-8.
In this video you'll learn how to play the B section, which is bars 9-14.
In this video you'll learn how to play the C section, which is bars 15-22.
In this video you'll learn how to play the E section, which is bars 29-34.
In this video you'll learn how to play the F section, which is bars 35-50.
In this video you'll learn how to play the G section, which is bars 51-62.
In this video you'll learn how to play the H section, which is bars 63-79.
This lesson covers Stuart Hamm's tone and offers advice on how you can achieve something similar.