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11-26-2003, 05:17 PM
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i guess i'm kind of an intermediate to bass, i started 4 months ago but i'd been playing guitar for awhile so it was no huge leap. i'm pretty accurate with slapping, but hell i might as well take advantage of all yer collective wisdom... so what are some of your favorite slapping/funky lines? i'd like to expand my vocabulary a bit
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11-26-2003, 05:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY/Boston, MA | | | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane |
11-27-2003, 12:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | Oooo, Aeroplane's a great tune! Might be a little rough if you haven't been slapping a lot for a while, but you should be ok with practice.
I'd reccomend RHCP - Jungle Man as a good, easy first slapper tune. |
11-27-2003, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Colorado Springs, CO | | | Sly and the Family Stone's "I Wanna Thank You" is the easiest slap line to learn. It's also a great way to get yourself into the funk mode. |
11-28-2003, 11:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kanata, Ontario. Canada | | | Brick House by the Commodores. or most things by Bootsy Collins. Tower of Power is good too.
hey jrug do you know the chord progression to "I wanna thank you"?
any help would be great. my band wants to do it for a tribute thing but we can't find a decent transcription. I don't have the time to do it now anyway.
some help?
thanks
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11-28-2003, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kanata, Ontario. Canada | | | DUH...
I GOT THE SONG DOWN. I HAD DOWNLOADED THE WRONG SONG!!! OOPS.
HAHA MY BAD |
11-28-2003, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Colorado Springs, CO | | | If I remember right, the bass line remains the same all throughout the song. I'll give you a ghetto little transcription here.
D EE e de (rest) D EE e d (slightly longer rest)
Rinse and repeat as necessary.
Captial letters represent thumb slaps on the A string and lower case are pops one octave higher. This won't help your band mates too much so they'll have to get their own forums. |
11-28-2003, 01:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kanata, Ontario. Canada | | | thanks man. thats what i got. the basic idea is E.
keep the funk alive.
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11-28-2003, 01:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY/Boston, MA | | Quote: Originally posted by Groovin_Joe
Brick House by the Commodores. or most things by Bootsy Collins. Tower of Power is good too.
hey jrug do you know the chord progression to "I wanna thank you"?
any help would be great. my band wants to do it for a tribute thing but we can't find a decent transcription. I don't have the time to do it now anyway.
some help?
thanks
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11-28-2003, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest | | Can't forget this funk powerhouse! 
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11-28-2003, 07:13 PM
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane | tis a tough one but i'll get the hang of it eventually
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12-02-2003, 05:25 PM
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there's a few fun lines for ya  |
12-07-2003, 02:49 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: long island ny | | | best funk bass line jaco pastorious come on come over..and a slow funk groove line has gotta be bootsy on we want the funk cAUSE its classic |
12-07-2003, 02:59 PM
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AJ funkin' it up, with a pick no less. Easy to learn, but HARD to master.
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12-07-2003, 03:15 PM
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Can't forget this funk powerhouse! | Who is that playing  |
12-07-2003, 03:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Lancs, Todmorden. | | Higher ground is a good simple slap line to master by RHCP.
But i must agree that Areoplane is my favorite.  |
12-07-2003, 03:22 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: long island ny | | | a higher ground is a stevie wonder song/ majority of rhcp songs are covers that alotta people dont know bout..like yourself |
12-07-2003, 03:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Lancs, Todmorden. | | Quote: Originally posted by nugget77
a higher ground is a stevie wonder song/ majority of rhcp songs are covers that alotta people dont know bout..like yourself | Are you serious 
Even the slap line  |
12-07-2003, 03:28 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: long island ny | | | no same exact bass line but flea throws some slap..but the song and lyrics are exact..i like the wonder version better..i like howq the chilli's did the ohio players roller coaster though |
12-09-2003, 05:59 PM
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Brand New Heavies - Put the funk back in it.
Billy Cobham - Some Skunk Funk
Average White Band - Grooving the Night Away.
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