Slap Bass - Funk Only?

[thefruitfarmer]

Just wondering if people use slap and pop (as opposed to thumping) in styles other than 70's style funk.

There are the obvious examples like Flea, Mark King, Tu Pac style hip hop etc but I am wondering if there are any more obscure examples and if anyone has been experimenting.

I have been getting a Rockabilly/Country Rock type groove going and was wondering how successful it can be slapping across various styles of music.

[capnsandwich]

Urban gospel, some progressive rock, jazz, etc., it's a technique that has found it's way all over modern music.

Check out Steve Morse Band's cd "Stress Fest" and you'll find Dave LaRue slapping the crap out of his bass to some different stuff.

[superfunk47]

Played in a prog metal band bout a year and a half ago and I'd slap. They loved it. Sounds odd, but it worked amazingly. Picked up a couple of slogans...

When I'd lay down one of my slap parts (recording or rehearsing) that they liked, I'd always hear "...And Lo, it was funky."

Also, when I'd walk in to practice, it was always, "Let there be funk!"

I miss that band...

[Q man123]

Ive seen it used in Metal.

i.e. Ryan Martinie(obviously). and the dude from the Deathcore band "As Blood Runs Black" has some slap here and there

[fretlessman71]

I used the technique in a country band to simulate a slapped upright before, with varying degrees of success...

...it usually ended with some weirdo in a Stetson that didn't fit saying, "Hey, can you play the Seinfeld theme?"

[Joe Nerve]

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[Thunderthumbs73]

Originally Posted by thefruitfarmer

Just wondering if people use slap and pop (as opposed to thumping) in styles other than 70's style funk.

There are the obvious examples like Flea, Mark King, Tu Pac style hip hop etc but I am wondering if there are any more obscure examples and if anyone has been experimenting.

I have been getting a Rockabilly/Country Rock type groove going and was wondering how successful it can be slapping across various styles of music.

I use slap to give greater punch to things that aren't "funk" from time to time, like certain syncopated rhythms that the bass and drums accent together in our band's take on "Sweet Home Alabama."

[Way Off Bass]

I think the modulation of the note/string when reflexing from the slap is associated with funky music

[BullHorn]

It's in Metal bands like Cryptopsy, Atheist, etc.

[thefruitfarmer]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

I used the technique in a country band to simulate a slapped upright before, with varying degrees of success...

That's the kind of thing I was thinking of..

Boom chicka Boom chicka Boom chicka Boom chicka....

I tried it jamming with some friends last week and they did n't know quite what to make of it. Probably worth pursuing though.

[basskababble]

There's a cool band I saw recently called C.H.A.L.K (Craving Himself Another Lovely Kill). The bassist slaps a Ric almost the whole time.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/chalkmusic

He's explicit in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O0CB...eature=related

[huckingfuskie]

a well placed slap/pop or series of slap/pops can be used effectively in any style music. It depends who and when.

[SLaPiNFuNK]

At a local blues jam, I see this guy put in slap bass licks in blues songs...

if you put things at the rite spots they can be tasteful

[Toastfuzz]

Makes for a funky rock jam. I think of slap in other music as "does this need some more funk?" (also "does this need me to stand out more?")

Slap bass = impressive. If someone walks into my apartment and goes "oh you play bass! play something!" i slap out Master of Puppets, it always makes an impression, even if I am stealing it from Claypool.

heh that reminds me of when my friend asked me to join his metal band (I'd only been playing for around a year, he'd been a guitarist for a decade.) I asked if he thought i could hold my own, he said "anyone who can slap Master of Puppets can hold their own with me."

[Fine Cut]

the cover band i play is plays several beach music songs. i, along with the guitarist, have big funk and jazz influences, so we always sneak some jazzy/funky riffs in whenever possible...people love it tho.

[onlyclave]

I find that slapping and popping are the best technique for trying out all of the basses hanging on the wall at Guitar Center on a Saturday afternoon. Everybody else thinks so too.

[bolt_thrower]

Originally Posted by huckingfuskie

a well placed slap/pop or series of slap/pops can be used effectively in any style music. It depends who and when.

Exactly. I use it in my metal band at times when it is fitting. All that matters is the context.

[jugoziithouu]

Ive seen more than one person play tool (porg metal, "art rock" heavy metal... meh u get the idea) cover slapping and popping and sounds quite right

But dont listen to us, be originall invent ur stile

[Mark Wilson]

Smooth Jazz all the way!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmsmtF9wMjc

[funkydanbass]

^^That's a tasty clip mark. Thanks for sharing...