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10-16-2011, 05:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK | | | Does 'slap' on DB mean the same thing as 'pop' on bass guitar?
Terminology check : Does 'slap' on DB mean the same thing as 'pop' on bass guitar?
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10-16-2011, 08:33 AM
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A&R, Soulless Corporation Records | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Round Rock, TX | | | No. On DB, slap is when you strike the fingerboard with your palm, resulting in a muted, percussive sound. "Pop" means pop, which is when you use your fingers (Probably all of them, it's a big string that needs a lot of force, unlike BG, to make much sound) to pull the string so it strikes the fingerboard, but making a pitched sound instead of the percussive sound of a slap. |
10-16-2011, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by John Crosley  | So would you say that there he is both slapping AND popping, even if the style is still 'slap'? |
10-16-2011, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Beginner Bass . "Pop" means pop, which is when you use your fingers (Probably all of them, it's a big string that needs a lot of force, unlike BG, to make much sound) to pull the string so it strikes the fingerboard, but making a pitched sound instead of the percussive sound of a slap. | OK Cool. Just that I've seen people call THAT the slap, e.g here.... Video: Single Slap Boogie Woogie: Play Rockabilly Style Double Bass | eHow.co.uk |
10-29-2011, 05:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Edmonton A.B. Canada | | | There is a lot of debate over the correct terminology. Some call it a slap some call it a snap, I suspect mostly electric players that make the switch call it a pop. I usually call it a snap just to be clear that it is different than the click with no note.
I also suspect that slapping on electric bass is only called slapping because the upright technique came first, electric slapping isn't really slapping at all. They used to call it thumping or thumbing in the 70's.
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10-29-2011, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by kurt
I usually call it a snap just to be clear that it is different than the click with no note.
| By 'click' do you mean basically a hard mute, a la here: Imelda May - YouTube
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10-29-2011, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by topo morto Terminology check : Does 'slap' on DB mean the same thing as 'pop' on bass guitar? |
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10-29-2011, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by bssist | I like.
But do you call that 'slapping' ? 'Cos I don't think he's 'snapping'...
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10-29-2011, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by topo morto I like.
But do you call that 'slapping' ? 'Cos I don't think he's 'snapping'... | If I had to try to be specific I would call that slapping. I would call the pull & release snap or pop. [irrelevant offensive statements removed]
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10-29-2011, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by kurt I also suspect that slapping on electric bass is only called slapping because the upright technique came first, electric slapping isn't really slapping at all. They used to call it thumping or thumbing in the 70's. | I think the term Larry Graham used was "Thumping and plucking", which is pretty accurate. I think "slapping and popping" stuck because it's easier and more fun to say and it has the added tinge of innuendo that "thumping and plucking" lacks.
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02-26-2012, 02:13 PM
| | | | On upright there are so many different types of slaps too, pulling the string so it slaps back and hits the fingerboard is a slap, slapping the fingerboard before you play the note is a slap.
Different people name some of them differently but if you google search for scott hinds he has some videos to demonstrate different types of slaps that are easy to see and hear.
Also memphisevil has some good ones youtube but those I believe are mostly harder slaps like the drag triplet. (dont think he has any of the basic slaps). |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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