Slap book - need recommedation

Are · #1 07-18-2009, 09:21 AM

Hi,

I already can play the bass, two-finger technique, but one of my students asked me to learn him something about slap-technique, and I have to admin that my knowledge is poor.

Can any of you guys recommend me a good book about slap-hand technique for bass?

Thanks...

SiReZ · #2 07-18-2009, 09:58 AM

not really a book but i really recommend "slap bass program" by alexis skartkev(whatever his last name) or slap bass by rock house both are great DVD's that i learned with.

ugly_bassplayer · #3 07-18-2009, 10:03 AM

www.bassbooks.com

Slap it by Tony Oppenheim
Slap bass bible by Anthony Vitti

JimmyM · #4 07-19-2009, 02:18 AM

Slap It rocks!

beelzelboss · #5 07-19-2009, 02:40 AM

+1 on Slap It!

Its also very good for starters because it has tabs!

darth-bass · #6 07-19-2009, 07:02 AM

Funk Bass by Jon Liebman has served me well. Being a teacher, it has all of the things you are looking for:It has tabs, standard notation, and a cd with each lick recorded on it. Funk Bass is endorsed by a host of respected players and college music departments. I love me some funk bass!

http://www.bassplace.com/ST010.html

Getaway Driver · #7 07-19-2009, 10:23 AM

I'm currently working my way through Slappin' and Poppin' with Chris McCarvill. It goes from simple to wicked tough within a few pages but you just gotta slow down, keep your technique clean, and it all works out in the end.

kirkm24 · #8 07-19-2009, 10:27 AM

I like "Slap It!" for the basics but I didn't feel like it covered double stops and ghost notes as well which is the aspect of slapping I still stink at.

The good thing about "Slap It!" is it emphasizes holding the groove down and staying in time. I see too many kids slapping and popping all over the place but they are flying off tempo at warp speed and it just isn't impressive anymore when that happens... for me anyway.

fitani · #9 07-19-2009, 12:05 PM

The Slap Bass Program by Alexis Sklarevski (I think thas it) De-mystified things quickly for me

JimmyM · #10 07-19-2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirkm24

I like "Slap It!" for the basics but I didn't feel like it covered double stops and ghost notes as well which is the aspect of slapping I still stink at.

The good thing about "Slap It!" is it emphasizes holding the groove down and staying in time. I see too many kids slapping and popping all over the place but they are flying off tempo at warp speed and it just isn't impressive anymore when that happens... for me anyway.

I thought it did a decent job with both ghost notes and double stops. Didn't over-emphasize them, but it did cover them. At least as well as I'll ever need. Maybe Tony could have done a little more, but since the emphasis for the whole book was playing tastefully and staying in time, that's why I dug it.

paul_wolfe · #11 07-19-2009, 01:28 PM

The best 3 are:

Slap It! by Tony Oppenheim
The Alexis Slarevski DVD
Ultimate Slap Bass by Stuart Clayton (which is a British publication, but you can get from www.bassbooks.com) - this has got all the basics plus some double thumping and some advanced stuff too.

jonster · #12 08-03-2009, 03:09 PM

darth-bass:

Thanks for your kind words about my Funk Bass book. I appreciate your support. Be sure to contact me if I can be of any help. Thanks!

chicagodoubler · #13 08-03-2009, 04:33 PM

I sound like a broken record.

Learn some Larry Graham songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pbhxB7cGbw

Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station.

No offense to anybody who has learned from or written a book on the method; to my knowledge, cats like Marcus, Oteil, etc... learned how to slap by imitating Larry and Louis Johnson, not shedding out of a book. At least, that's what they told me.

For that matter, anyone who has ever slapped the electric bass is either imitating the originals, or someone who imitated them. Why not just go to the source and be authentic?!!!!!!!!!

Intenzity · #14 08-03-2009, 04:41 PM

+10 for
Slap It
All the Vitti Stuff (very very high quality stuff)
and the Ultimate Slap Bass book by Clayton, that one alone will keep you busy for months.

The old Louis Johnson Star Licks video is good.
Ed Freidland's slap DVD is really really good also.
+1 on the Sklarveski video as well.

Also, Ray Reindau is currently shooting an instructional DVD that I am sure will be amazing...

paul_wolfe · #15 08-04-2009, 02:41 AM

That Ray Riendeau DVD will be worth watching! Didn't know that, thanks for the heads up. Any idea on planned release date?

jonster · #16 09-14-2010, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darth-bass

Funk Bass by Jon Liebman has served me well. Being a teacher, it has all of the things you are looking for:It has tabs, standard notation, and a cd with each lick recorded on it. Funk Bass is endorsed by a host of respected players and college music departments. I love me some funk bass!

http://www.bassplace.com/ST010.html

Thanks, Darth-Bass!