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| slap it bass book: Ultimate Slap Bass Stuart Clayton, 2011 Ultimate Slap Bass covers every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. |
| slap it bass book: Slap Bass Bible Hal Leonard Corp., 2019-03-01 (Bass Recorded Versions Mixed). 30 great slap bass songs are included in this collection of note-for-note bass transcriptions with tab: Aeroplane (Red Hot Chili Peppers) * Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz) * Glide (Pleasure) * Peg (Steely Dan) * Rio Funk (Lee Ritenour) * School Days (Stanley Clarke) * Seinfeld Theme (Jonathan Wolff) * Something About You (Level 42) * Tommy the Cat (Primus) * What Did He Say (Victor Wooten) * You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) * and more. |
| slap it bass book: The Bass Book Tony Bacon, Barry Moorhouse, 1995 A complete illustrated history of bass guitars. |
| slap it bass book: Progressive Slap Technique for Bass Guitar Stephan Richter, 2004-02-01 This full size book and CD introduces slapping and popping techniques as well as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, ghost notes and cross hammers. Also includes a thorough study of all the important rhythms and syncopations used in slap playing. Contains over 140 slap licks, grooves and patterns. |
| slap it bass book: Slap & Pop Bass: A Guide to Modern Funk Techniques, Book & CD David Overthrow, 2002-07 Learn to serve up funk-a-licious grooves and extract the vibrant percussive sounds hidden in the electric bass. Renowned expert, David Overthrow teaches everything you need to know to get started playing hot slap & pop bass lines. Following a clear and logical progression, each essential technique is covered individually, from hammer-ons and pull-offs to double pops and double stops. Your skills build gradually so learning is easy! Over 100 licks and grooves are provided, plus a special library of bass lines for additional fun. The recording demonstrates all the music featured in the book. A great book for any serious bass player, from beginner to advanced. |
| slap it bass book: Funk Bass Jon Liebman, 1992-12-01 (Bass Instruction). Critically acclaimed as the best single source for the techniques used to play funk and slap-style bass! Includes a foreword by John Patitucci and is endorsed by Rich Appleman of the Berklee College of Music, Will Lee, Mark Egan, Stuart Hamm and many others. Features several photos and a special section on equipment and effects. A book for everyone -- from beginners to advanced players! Includes a 58-minute audio accompaniment. |
| slap it bass book: The Latin Bass Book Chuck Sher, Oscar Stagnaro, 2011-01-12 The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and various South American styles. Over 250 pages of exact transcriptions of every note Oscar plays on the 3 accompanying CDs. Endorsed by Down Beat magazine, Latin Beat magazine, Benny Rietveld, etc. |
| slap it bass book: Bass Aerobics Jon Liebman, 2011-09-01 (Bass Builders). Perfect for beginning to advanced players, this book with audio by world-renowned bassist and educator Jon Liebman provides a 52-week, one-exercise-per-week workout program for developing, improving and maintaining bass guitar technique. Liebman teaches: chromatics; scales & arpeggios; string-crossing and advanced patterns; slapping & popping; and more -- all in styles ranging from rock, funk and R&B to jazz, disco, reggae and more. Bassists using Bass Aerobics will benefit from increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy and heightened coordination not to mention an awesome new groove vocabulary! The accompanying audio contains all 52 workout grooves for both demonstration and play-along. |
| slap it bass book: Slappin' Marc Ensign, 2015-04-28 Gleaned from years of teaching, performance, and listening experience -bass players at all levels will benefit from studying the numerous exercises, grooves, and musical examples offered in this book. Whether you are into funk, R&B, fusion, jazz, rock, punk, reggae, alternative music, or any other style; the slap technique will find a niche in your bass playing vocabulary. Chapter headings include: Technique, Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs, Ghost Notes, Left Hand Slap, Open Strings, Double Slap, Double Stops, Double Pops, Other Licks and Tricks, and Advanced Grooves & Solos Using All Techniques. The author strongly advises the student to play each lesson slowly until the exercise or principle being illustrated is thoroughly mastered. Written in notation and tablature. Audio and video download available online. |
| slap it bass book: The Art of Solo Bass Michael Dimin, 2015-11-18 The Art of Solo Bass is a jumping off point, a place to glimpse the possibilities of the electric bass. This book examines the use of chords and chord/melody in performance, arranging, composing and the development and exploration of new techniques. from using chords to enhance and embellish your groovin' bass lines, to developing a comping style to perform with an ensemble and finally to create solo arrangements and compositions for practice and performance.The Art of Solo Bass will open new horizons for you, the bass player. This is a step-by-step tutorial into the techniques, theory and practical application of solo bass. the Art of Solo Bass includes actual arrangements, recordings, notation and tablature to guide you along the way. |
| slap it bass book: Funk Bass Chris Kringel, 2004 (Bass Method). The Hal Leonard Funk Bass Method is your complete guide to learning funk bass. It uses real funk songs to teach you the basics of grooving and soloing funk bass in the style of Flea, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, Rocco Prestia, and many others. Songs include: Brick House * Can't Stop * Fire * Higher Ground * I'll Take You There * Let's Groove * Pick up the Pieces * Stay * Sumthin', Sumthin' * What Is Hip * and more. |
| slap it bass book: Iron Maiden Bass Anthology Iron Maiden, 2009-01-01 (Bass Recorded Versions). This book of note-for-note Steve Harris bass transcriptions is a must-have for any rock bassist. 20 classics, including: Aces High * Can I Play with Madness * Evil That Men Do * Fear of the Dark * Iron Maiden * No Prayer for the Dying * The Number of the Beast * Run to the Hills * Running Free * The Trooper * Wrathchild * and more. |
| slap it bass book: Creative Bass Technique Exercises Dan Hawkins, Joseph Alexander, 2019-02-21 Discover fully-formed musical grooves, riffs and licks you can incorporate into your playing right now - each one carefully crafted to develop dexterity, timing and feel. |
| slap it bass book: The Jazz Bass Book John Goldsby, 2002 Spilleteknisk, biografisk og historisk indføring i en række jazzbassisters spillestil |
| slap it bass book: Music Theory for the Bass Player Ariane Cap, 2018-12-22 Music Theory for the Bass Player is a comprehensive and immediately applicable guide to making you a well-grounded groover, informed bandmate and all-around more creative musician. Included with this book are 89 videos that are incorporated in this ebook. This is a workbook, so have your bass and a pen ready to fill out the engaging Test Your Understanding questions! Have you always wanted to learn music theory but felt it was too overwhelming a task? Perhaps all the books seem to be geared toward pianists or classical players? Do you know lots of songs, but don't know how the chords are put together or how they work with the melody? If so, this is the book for you! • Starting with intervals as music's basic building blocks, you will explore scales and their modes, chords and the basics of harmony. • Packed with fretboard diagrams, musical examples and exercises, more than 180 pages of vital information are peppered with mind-bending quizzes, effective mnemonics, and compelling learning approaches. • Extensive and detailed photo demonstrations show why relaxed posture and optimized fingering are vital for good tone, timing and chops. • You can even work your way through the book without being able to read music (reading music is of course a vital skill, yet, the author believes it should not be tackled at the same time as the study of music theory, as they are different skills with a different practicing requirement. Reading becomes much easier once theory is mastered and learning theory on the fretboard using diagrams and patterns as illustrations, music theory is very accessible, immediately usable and fun. This is the definitive resource for the enthusiastic bassist! p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px} This book and the 89 free videos stand on their own and form a thorough source for studying music theory for the bass player. If you'd like to take it a step further, the author also offers a corresponding 20 week course; this online course works with the materials in this book and practices music theory application in grooves, fills and solos. Information is on the author's blog. |
| slap it bass book: The Ultimate Heavy Metal Bass Book Chris Matheos, 2012-02-28 This book is all about Heavy Metal bass playing. It can be very fast and complicated. A variety of grooves (open string, octave, hammer-on) that range from old school to contemporary are presented. Rhythmic studies and rhythm section awareness are also a focal point. Working with space and complicated kicks is a major part of this style. Audio tracks are available that feature original instrumental songs with a full band and play-along mixes. There is also a section that focuses on music theory and interesting scale options. All examples are written in bass clef 4 and tablature. Free audio downloads are available for use with this title. |
| slap it bass book: Bach Cello Suites for Electric Bass , 2014-12-01 (Bass). All six of J.S. Bach's essential suites for unaccompanied cello are arranged here for bass guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 * Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 * Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 * Suite No. 4 in Eb Major, BWV 1010 * Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 * Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012. |
| slap it bass book: All the Good Stuff Janek Gwizdala, 2017-12-22 All the Good Stuff is the definitive guide to what every musician is searching for - worthwhile practice that will take your playing to the next level. Written by internationally acclaimed bassist Janek Gwizdala, this practice manual is saturated with twenty years of curated exercises from a professional's arsenal. All the Good Stuff will not only solidify your technique, grow your vocabulary, and increase your musicianship, but it will teach you how to do these things for yourself for years to come. This long-awaited second edition comes to you entirely reimagined, with clearer instructions, flawless copywork, and all exercises included in all twelve keys for bass clef, TAB, and treble clef. |
| slap it bass book: Extreme Metal Bass: Essential Techniques, Concepts, and Applications for Metal Bassists Alex Webster, Cannibal Corpse, 2011-09-01 (Bass Instruction). As the original bassist for the seminal death metal band Cannibal Corpse, author Alex Webster offers invaluable insight into the realm of metal bass guitar. This exclusive book/audio pack provides detailed, hands-on training, featuring vital bass guitar techniques and concepts. Extreme Metal Bass further demonstrates how these techniques can be applied in real-life situations within the context of a song. No matter what brand of metal you subscribe to from classic metal to modern metal and beyond Extreme Metal Bass will supply the bass skills you crave. Extreme Metal Bass also includes access to enhanced audio with demonstration and play-along tracks of all the examples in the book, plus play-along MIDI drum files for optimum practicing. This book is designed for players who use a standard-tuned five-string bass (low to high: B-E-A-D-G). If you do not have a five-string bass, a four string (tuned B-E-A-D) will work for much of the material presented. |
| slap it bass book: Ray Brown's Bass Method Ray Brown, 1999 (Bass Instruction). Legendary jazz bassist Ray Brown reveals his lessons and teaching philosophy in this in-depth book. Includes: solo exercises and arpeggios; music fundamentals; right- and left-hand positions; scales; chords; exercises in tenths; rhythm patterns with drops; diminished chords; runs and variations; blues patterns; extension scales; and much more. |
| slap it bass book: Slap Bass Encyclopedia Josiah Garrett, 2018-05-11 This book contains over 1,000 unique rhythm patterns for developing slap bass technique, inspired and derived from drum rudiments shared by professionals and educators around the world. The exercises are designed to improve an array of aspects across slap and double thump styles: technical ability, precision and timing, rhythmic awareness, speed and accuracy, and dexterity. The Slap Bass Encyclopedia is an intensive guide for the curious bass player that wants to improve their slap bass performance. Includes access to online audio. |
| slap it bass book: Standing in the Shadows of Motown Dr. Licks, 1989 Guitar Book Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded all-star performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behind-the-scenes Motown. Features a 120-minute CD! Allan Slutsky's 2002 documentary of the same name is the winner of the New York Film Critics Best Documentary of the Year award! |
| slap it bass book: The Total Jazz Bassist David Overthrow, Tim Ferguson, 2007-05 The Total Jazz Bassist is a complete jazz method, giving equal treatment to both electric and double bass. Covering styles like bebop, Latin, funk and fusion, this book provides examples and lessons that will help you become a well-rounded bassist. The Total Jazz Bassist also covers theory, technique, tunes, solos, jazz styles, and includes great advice for practicing and doing business. You'll learn to develop walking bass lines, how to solo, bass lines and solo patterns for blues changes and major and minor two-five-one progressions, dominant 7th chord scales, approaches for playing Rhythm Changes, and much, much more! This is the one place to get everything you need to make you not only a great jazz bassist but an asset to any band. A CD demonstrating the examples in the book is included. |
| slap it bass book: Percussive Slap Bass Chris Matheos, 1996-12-06 This method book explains how percussive slap bass works with the drums, and how playing percussively will make you lock tighter with the drummer. Included are sections on building a percussive groove, pop control, moving patterns, individual string control, slap without pops, slapping with tensions, double pops, slapping with dyads, triplets, Flamenco thumb technique, odd meters, applied grooves, and a special section for a rhythm section workout. Notation and tablature are clearly explained with instructions on left hand muting and many slapping tips. This method will make your grooves sound fuller, making your playing mode more valuable to your rhythm section. |
| slap it bass book: FastTrack Bass Method - Book 1 Jeff Schroedl, Blake Neely, 1997-02-01 (Fast Track Music Instruction). Everything you need to know about playing the bass, including music notation, tablature, riffs, licks, and scales, syncopation, and rock and blues styles. Method Book 1 includes 75 songs and examples. |
| slap it bass book: Bass Technique Finger Gym Simon Pratt, Joseph Alexander, 2018-02-13 The Bass Technique Finger Gym is an instant 'shot-in-the-arm' for bass players of any level. It focuses on building a solid foundation of clean, usable, musical skills. |
| slap it bass book: 100 Funk Grooves for Electric Bass Dan Hawkins, Joseph Alexander, 2020-07-03 |
| slap it bass book: Steve Bailey -- Six String Bass Steve Bailey, 1991-12 Six String Bass is written to help you make the transition from either the four or five string bass to the six string. The book begins with an exploration of the low B and high C strings followed by scale studies, random note studies, technique, and chord voicings (triads, seventh chords and inversions). |
| slap it bass book: Jazz Bass james stinnett, 2020-01-05 music bass book |
| slap it bass book: Bass Grooves Ed Friedland, 2004-08-01 (Book). This invaluable guide and accompanying CD give bass players both the musical background and training needed to get on with their grooving. With lessons guided by a metronome and presented in various musical styles and rhythmic applications, bassists increase their ability to internalize rhythm. The book also breaks down classic styles and grooves from rock, blues, R&B, jazz, Afro-Caribbean, and other traditions. Each example includes a notated version of the drum part and details how to program it into a drum machine. |
| slap it bass book: Jazz Bass on Top Andy McKee, 2011-03 Features 50 classic jazz songs with precise fingerings to help you gain mastery of the fingerboard. |
| slap it bass book: Slap Tubes and Other Plosive Aerophones Bart Hopkin, Philip Dadson, 2007 They can be simple to make, yet they are fully musical and they sound great. This is the category of musical instruments known as plosive aerophones. The category includes the end-struck tubes sometimes called slap tubes, as well as many other instrument types. They're good for kids, requiring only modest tools and skills and having real educational value. For others, young or old, they provide one of the most rewarding instrument-making projects you're likely to find. At the same time, slap tubes and their kin have been central to the performances of serious, top-notch musical groups like Blue Man Group, UAKTE, Urban Strawberry Lunch and From Scratch. This book tells you everything you need to know to make them, with ready-to-build designs as well as the information you need to design your own.--Publisher. |
| slap it bass book: The Artistry of Anthony Jackson Andy Robertson, 2021-03-11 |
| slap it bass book: Progressive Beginner Slap Bass Muzician.com, Peter Gelling, 2023-03-24 For beginner slap bass players. Covers slapping, popping, left hand hammers, slides, bends, ghost notes and double stops, and shows you which scales, arpeggios and fingerings to use. |
| slap it bass book: Essential Grooves for Writing, Performing and Producing Contemporary Music Dan Moretti (musician.), Matthew Nicholl, Oscar Stagñaro, 2010 This book features scores, mixed audio tracks, and component audio files for 41 contemporary grooves, which may be used with the creation of music on the computer. Includes genres such as Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, rock, funk, soul, hip hop and jazz. The book also includes discussion of each style and groove. |
| slap it bass book: Rockabilly Bass Johnny Hatton, 2015-02-01 (Bass Instruction). Learn the tricks and tehnique of playing rockabilly bass from one of the world's foremost masters, Johnny Hatton. In this book, along with video lessons online, he will teach you: the snap * the slap * the hand positions * stragith eighths * the double slap * the swing slap * the triple slap * slap patterns * mambo * alternate slap techniques * two-beat swing slap. Plus, you'll learn about jazz notation, scales and music theory. |
| slap it bass book: 50 Modal Slap Bass Workouts Chris Matheos, 2011-08-18 This book was created for the bassist who has mastered the basics of slap bass and wants to expand his or her skills. Many of this book's examples were written to fine tune individual string control - the ability to thumb or pop on any string at any time. Individual string control is one of the most common weaknesses with slap bass students. Some of this book's examples are common fingerstyle workouts that are arranged for slapping. Developing the ability to slap finger style bass lines gives the bassist an amazing skill. This book covers some very advanced slap techniques, including triple pops and the flamenco thumb technique. Written in tablature only for the four-string bass.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc. |
| slap it bass book: Ultimate Slap Bass: Intermediate Level Stuart Clayton, 2013 |
| slap it bass book: The Bass Book Tony Bacon, Barry Moorhouse, 1995-06-01 (Book). The Bass Book offers a complete illustrated history of bass guitars from Fender's first in the 1950s through the models of the next 40 years that formed the foundation for modern music. The bass guitar is undoubtedly one of the most significant instruments of this century, yet this book is the first to study its history. Features original interviews with bass makers past and present, dozens of unusual, specially commissioned color photos, and a reference section that provides a wealth of information on every major manufacturer. |
SLAP Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SLAP is to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand. How to use slap in a sentence.
SLAP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SLAP definition: 1. a quick hit with the flat part of the hand or other flat object: 2. an action that insults or…. Learn more.
Slap Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SLAP meaning: 1 : to hit (someone or something) with the front or back of your open hand; 2 : to hit something with a sound like the sound made when your hand slaps something
Slap - definition of slap by The Free Dictionary
1. a sharp blow or smack, esp. with the open hand or with something flat. 2. a sound made by or as if by such a blow or smack. 3. a sharp or sarcastic rebuke or comment. slap on the wrist, relatively mild criticism or censure: He got away with a slap on the wrist. 4. to strike sharply, esp. with the open …
Slap - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
To slap someone is to hit them with the palm of your open hand. It's not nice to slap your sister, no matter how mad you are. A smack or open-handed blow is a slap, and you can …
SLAP Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SLAP is to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand. How to use slap in a sentence.
SLAP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SLAP definition: 1. a quick hit with the flat part of the hand or other flat object: 2. an action that insults or…. Learn more.
Slap Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SLAP meaning: 1 : to hit (someone or something) with the front or back of your open hand; 2 : to hit something with a sound like the sound made when your hand slaps something
Slap - definition of slap by The Free Dictionary
1. a sharp blow or smack, esp. with the open hand or with something flat. 2. a sound made by or as if by such a blow or smack. 3. a sharp or sarcastic rebuke or comment. slap on the wrist, …
Slap - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
To slap someone is to hit them with the palm of your open hand. It's not nice to slap your sister, no matter how mad you are. A smack or open-handed blow is a slap, and you can also describe the …
SLAP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you slap something onto a surface, you put it there quickly, roughly, or carelessly.
Slasher | Slap Battles Wiki | Fandom
Slasher is a badge glove added on June 13th, 2025 and is obtained through the Reawoken badge. The glove has a dark-brown leathery texture, with a wrist made of animal fur. The glove also has …
What does SLAP mean? - Definitions.net
A slap is a sharp blow or strike typically delivered with an open hand, often as a reaction to misbehavior or as an expression of anger, disrespect or contempt. It is usually aimed at a …
Slap Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
To strike with something flat, specif. the palm of the hand. To make a sudden, sharp noise, as upon impact. To cause to strike forcefully and loudly. To put, throw, hit, etc. carelessly or with force. …
SLAP Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
to strike sharply, especially with the open hand or with something flat. to bring (the hand, something flat, etc.) with a sharp blow against something. He slapped the package against the wall. The …
