Sunday, May 04, 2008

Slap Exercise





Hi,

The key to slapping the bass and allowing people to enjoy and tap along with you, is by adding ghost notes to your playing.

The above is a cool slap groove which is not too complicated but yet a good practice.

Make sure that the ghost notes (X) can be heard.

Have fun

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, i like this lesson alot, i am not good enough to slap, well im ok and regular style, slapping i am learning. this lesson has helped me a great deal. i am trying it though with out the ghost notes first. then adding them, works great for me. thanks.

benjso28 said...

As you explore further, you will realize that many slap stuff uses ghost note. Also in finger style, ghost note is frequently used in funk playing.