This week we’re looking at the bass line from the Level 42 classic Lessons In Love. This slap riff by bass legend Mark King is a great slap workout. It’s all thumb, no pops and a really incessant rhythm. Good Luck!!! Lessons In Love This track isn’t particularly complicated, but what it is is extremely…
This week I’m going to work through the slap bass classic POW! by Graham Central Station played by the amazing slap innovator Larry Graham! POW! – A Slap Classic Pow! can be a tricky riff to get under your fingers so take it nice and slow to begin with and slowly build up speed while…
This week we’re looking at the funky intro slap riff from Punk It Up by Infectious Grooves featuring the mighty Rob Trujillo Rob Trujillo… Metal Bassist? Most of you will probably know Rob as the bassist for Metallica. Some of you might also know of his playing with Ozzy Osbourne and his original rise to…
This week we’re looking at a great slap bass riff, the main slap line from the song Blackeyed Blonde by the Red Hot Chili Peppers played by the awesome Flea. Blackeyed Blonde Blackeyed Blonde is a great slap bass riff for working on a clean fretting hand technique and slap-pop action in the right hand….
This week we’re going to be looking at the slap bass line from the song ‘Forget Me Nots’ by Patrice Rushen. The slap line is originally played by Freddie Washington. You may have already seen my breakdown of the riff from the Top 5 Must Know Slap Riffs video. However, I recently saw a video…
In this lesson we’re going to have a look at the main riff from the original studio recording of Mr Pink by Level 42. The original bass riff has both a slap bass line and a fingerstyle bass line so learning only one part can sound a little empty. So… to help with this problem,…
This week I’m looking at the 3 biggest problems I see in players getting started with slap bass technique. Slapping can be really tough for beginner bass players that want to imitate their heroes like Flea, Marcus Miller or Mark King but some of the issues are easily fixed with some simple tips. Top 3…
THIS WEEK we’re looking at DOUBLE THUMB technique. You may have seen Victor Wooten and a hundred other Youtube virtuosos playing with this style. It’s simply a way of creating two slap hits out of one basic motion so we get two for the price of one by playing both an upstroke as well as…