Here be the facebook page of guy bass, awardwinning author and semiprofessional geek. For example, using the x as a slap would then preclude it from being a notation for a ghost note, which may not come up often in db playing but is still certainly a possibility. If you want to learn how to play this style quickly, check out the links above. Guy pratt born 3 january 1962 is an english singer, songwriter, composer, multiinstrumentalist, comedian and actor pratts music career spans more than 30 years. In 2010 he won the blue peter book award for most fun book with pictures for dinkin dings and the frightening things, and has twice won the portsmouth book award shorter novel for his dinkin dings series. This book is an edition, with commentary, of handels exercises for continuo playing, which he wrote for the daughters of george ii. Bass solos en clave was born as a result of the mixture of caribbean rhythms and the american jazz. I did really right this i wrote it again because my other good account and all my tabs got deleted somehow. Slap slap bass is a sound which some people think is the only sound of the electric bass. The slap is probably the most fundamental element of the slap bass technique.
He sent me this video earlier today and i was as impressed as you probably are right now. Below is a verybasic tutorial that will have you slappin in no time. When we combine the jazz repertoire with the latin rhythms, we combine them with the clave and we create a salsa blues, a latin jazz, a clave jazz or what ever you want to call it, and this combination creates an energetic, flavored and contagious fusion that makes you vibrate. In slap bass, youll learn the fundamentals of slap, from traditional to modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. Berklee press afrocuban slap bass lines book cd afrocuban rhythms are hot, and the bass is the beating heart of the groove. The simple steps to slap bass course is a complete, stepbystep method for mastering the slap bass style from the absolute basics of the thumb slap all the way through to advanced techniques such as machine gun triplets, double thumbing and flamenco rolls. Alegria aleho alejandro balderas alejandro sanz alelly alembika aleph book company. I believe that it is a technique, but only one of many. Bachs essential suites for unaccompanied cello are arranged here for bass guitar in standard notation and tablature. He is best known for his prolific work as a session bass player, working with artists including pink floyd also david gilmour and nick mason, roxy music also bryan ferry, gary moore, madonna, michael. I think the important thing would be to keep in mind that there are already many playing techniques that might now be used in more modern slap bass playing. When we combine the jazz repertoire with the latin rhythms, we combine them with the clave and we create a salsa blues, a latin jazz, a clave jazz or what ever you want to call it, and this combination creates an energetic, flavored and contagious fusion that makes you vibrate from head to toe.
Due to a lack of a drummer, larry decided to slap and pop the strings to simulate the percussive sound of a drum set. I played a bunch of great basses including boutique basses one after the other today. Larry graham developed slap bass while in a band with his mother. Ella fitzgerald slap that bass lyrics genius lyrics. Yes, there are a few decent licks and ideas, but the playalong c.
They often change their guitars, strings and effects and spend a lot of time and money on it. Id recommend sticking with your p until you get good enough at slapping, and then make a decision on the tone. Ignoring tone, the p slaps just as well as any other bass. Discover everything scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers. Now you can learn to play slap bass in seven popular afrocuban styles. Slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass. Zoom zoom zoom zoom the world is in a mess with politics and taxes and people grinding axes theres no happiness zoom zoom zoom zoom rhythm lead your ace the.
I changed a few things and added a few more exercises in. Not relaying on speed or too much techniques or complexity on style but, good enough to make people feel the groove and make them dance. This first overview lesson should inspire and give you the confidence to finally get to grips with the elusive slap technique youve always wanted. Since the emergence of funk in the 1970s, slap bass has become an essential technique in any electric bassists tool kit. Zero aldo aldon aldridge press alecosor aleev, inc.
Just took out the grooves that serious changes for the video, with a ibanes sr 600, passive year 91. Capital bass has launched at the end of 2006 at moscows 16tons club with the participation of kode9. In the following exercises you will be playing a combination of slap and pop, so it is very important that you keep your hand position. Remaining faithful to his source, ledbetter, who lectures in keyboard studies, has prepared an edition that will prove invaluable.
I bought this book to supplement my other funk slap bass playalong books. Alejandro giusti es compositor, arreglador, bajista y docente. Born in huntingdon, bass progressed through portsmouths youth categories. Slap that bass is a song composed by george gershwin, with lyrics by ira gershwin, introduced by fred astaire and dudley dickerson in the 1937 film shall we dance. Dave larue, bassist steve morse band, columnist, bass player magazinefrom simple onechord grooves to the odd time workout, the exercises in the book are interesting and musical.
Berklee press afrocuban slap bass lines bookcd musician. The exercises, which until now have not been readily available, are supplemented by clear and concise commentary. It doesnt matter what kind of bass guitar you have. Dec 06, 2002 hmm, the reason i like the warwick slap sound is that it doesnt have much topend, and more of an emphasis on low mids. Using your index finger tip, pull the string away from the fretboard and release it, the sound of the string snapping down onto the frets is know as popping. I did not copy this from a book its just set up like one. Series include stitch head, dinkin dings and the legend of frog. It is a book belonging to tony oppenheim edited by theodore presser company, and referred only to slap. The rest of the bass is essentially identical to a j or mm or anything else you can slap whatever you want. Guy bass is an award winning writer, author, and stuff. See more ideas about weird cars, vehicles and cars. I love slap bass songs, instruction, videos, tab and more. With that constraint, we can broadly define slapbass as a percussive, pizzicato style of playing the upright bass.
He first appeared on the first team bench on 7 march 2015 at the age of 16, he went onto feature on the portsmouth bench a further 36 times before making his debut in a 32 defeat at coventry city in the efl cup on the 9 august 2016 on 16 august 2016, bass was loaned to. Bass capital is an investment fund and asset manager with a broad mandate to invest tactically across markets and sectors in search of investment opportunity. Clinica bass alejandro giusti music expert youtube. Ive been playing bass guitar for a long long time, so i really know what im talking about. Slap bass guitar my dedicated bass guitar style page. Bass lessons slap bass tab slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass.
For our purposes, we will limit our discussion to the upright bass, and will not concern ourselves with the slap technique of electric bassists. These steps are also presented in my big funk text book slap, as a universal school of funkslap. Jul 01, 2001 a great method for teaching slap playing. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The reasons for my failure lie in in the bass guitar, strings, effects, amplifier, etc. The course begins with a focus on developing proper right and lefthand technique, including basic octaves, thumb, popping, pulloffs, and hammerons. Alejandro epicenter bass uploaded a video 5 years ago 2. If you ever played playstation video games 10 years ago, then you will agree the c. Bass has an integrated group of direct financing business which provide investment capital and funding solutions to midsized companies, entrepreneurs, property and other real assets.
The parties continued with performances from such british soundsystem music defining artists as s. Guy bass books, author biography, and reading level scholastic. An alternative method to achieve the sound is to slap the fingerboard with the hand. Adjusting the height of the bridge saddles 4 3 2 the backbone of sadowsky guitars 1 l to r. Bass riyaz the practice workbook for mastery of the 4, 5, and 6string electric bass guitar. Aug 05, 2008 une basse bien reglee avec des cordes assez basses normalement, cest mieux. They reach their virtuosity gradually and with slow steps. The slap bass program by dvd sheet music for bass buy. In slap bass, you will learn the fundamentals of playing slap from traditional to advanced modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs.
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