Chord strumming is a relatively simple technique to add to your repertoire, but as you’ll discover from this course, it can add considerable scope to your slap bass grooves. All of the most influential slap players have used strumming at some point, and so in this course you’ll learn how to incorporate this new concept. […]

This video course covers bass grooves that are played with a swung sixteenth note feel. As you will discover, this is a very different feel to the straight sixteenth note feel, but it’s an important one for a bass player to be comfortable with. The exercises that are covered here are not particularly difficult from […]

This video course will examine the challenges of playing slapped lines over the shuffle feel. Shuffle grooves are based on a triplet subdivision, where the beat naturally divides into three, rather than two or four. This gives the music a very different feel. For examples of slapped shuffle grooves, listen to ‘Higher Ground’ by Red […]

This final section features a series of exercises that utilise all of the techniques that have been covered. These include fretting hand slaps, machine gun triplets, tenths, double stops and chord strumming. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF worksheet and audio files for this course (available […]

This short course will cover some of the basics of the slap bass technique. These include the best position to wear the bass, how to set up your action for the technique, and how to approach practising it. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above to receive the PDF that accompanies these lessons […]

This course covers the basics of the slap bass technique and will get you playing some simple exercises. It also covers fretting hand muting technique, which is an important – and often overlooked – component of playing slap bass. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF worksheet […]

This course will show you how to add popped notes into the slap bass technique. Doing so will add considerable scope to the kinds of lines that can be played. The fretting hand muting technique – an important element covered in the previous course – will also be adapted for use with popped notes. You’ll […]

This course will show you how to add ghost notes ¬– sometimes known as ‘dead notes’ – into slap bass grooves. Ghost notes are common to many techniques but work particularly well with slap bass. This is because they add an additional percussive element, which fits perfectly with the rhythmic nature of the technique. Don’t […]

With the fundamentals of the slap and pop technique now in place, this course will begin adding in phrasing techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs and trills. Each of these elements will add extra flavour to your slapped basslines. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF worksheet and […]

This final section of the beginner slap bass course contains exercises that combine everything that was covered in the previous courses. This includes basic slapping and popping, fretting hand muting techniques, ghost notes, hammer-ons, pull-offs and trills. Don’t forget to hit the Download Resources button above in order to download the PDF worksheet and audio […]