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03-02-2005, 03:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, Kent. England | | | Slap DVD/Video recommendations wanted.
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I can already play bass at an acceptable enough standard to be in 2 gigging bands and an acoustic duo. However I would like to learn to slap, and I really have no idea of the techniques involved other than the obvious. Does anyone have a particular favourite "teach yourself" DVD or video? |
03-02-2005, 06:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central Illinois | | The Slap Bass Program With Alexis Slarevski  |
03-02-2005, 09:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tallahassee FL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Finger Blister The Slap Bass Program With Alexis Slarevski |
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03-03-2005, 04:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, Kent. England | | | That'll be the one then. Thanks people! |
03-03-2005, 08:07 PM
| | | | I also like the DVD that Ed Friedland made. |
03-05-2005, 08:26 PM
| | | | Stu Hamm's DVD is what got me on my feet with slapping.
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03-07-2005, 10:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida | | | I think they have that DVD and more at bassbooks.com, not sure, but they have a good selection of books there |
03-07-2005, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Houston, TX, USA | | | That slap bass video is a great primer/intro to slapping. it will show you the basics.
But i have to say the key is just to practice, practice some more, and then practice even more (use a metronome). As rudimentary as a thumb slap is or a finger pop, slapping didn't click for me until i got those basic techniques down pat, then i was able to segue into playing w/ time. Once the timing comes together w/ your techniques (your slap techniques have to be to the point where your not thinkin about it) then it gelled. Up until that point it sounded like me making clicking noises. |
03-08-2005, 05:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Newcastle/England | | | I am currently learning from louise johnsons bass lesson video, he shows u 20 differant licks and is most of them are slap pop or thumping, I am more familiar with Flea's way of slap poping just attacking the bass with all your might, but i have always liked the 70's style sharp snappy slap poping and have been wanting to learn it for ages and this video really helped me |
03-16-2005, 12:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Clawson, MI | | | I second the Louis Johnson Volume 1 only. Volume 2 is like 10 years later, he's wearing hobo clothes, and it doesn't cover slapping much at all.
Volume 1 is very good for getting that traditional 70's slap technique down.
Personally, I don't like the way people were slappin and poppin in the 80's. It was less funk and more "Mark King" flash. I have the Flea Instructional video and it's got some good licks, but his technique is fairly limited musically.
-Eric. |
03-19-2005, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Finger Blister The Slap Bass Program With Alexis Slarevski | I've used the search feature before to look up "best instructional videos" and this one by Slarevski is consistently touted as one of the best around. Might have to pick it up myself. 
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03-29-2005, 04:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Reading, England | | | i too have got the ed friedland dvd and it is good.
was a flea dvd that got me started but that was more interesting than instructional i would say. |
03-29-2005, 04:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wales, UK | | | I've got the Ed Friedland DVD too, it's really good. It helped me quite a bit with triplets, but I just can't get the hang of left handed slap. |
03-29-2005, 10:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Portland, ME, USA | | | I think the only music instruction video that I've ever owned was a Beaver Felton 'Slap Happy' VHS. Kinda old, though.
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04-02-2005, 10:07 PM
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I have just bought Hal Leonard's "Slap Bass The Ultimate Guide" It is very good and the man on the video teaches you some really good tips and exercises. I got it off of MusiciansFriend.com for 20 dollars. It is a DVD and comes with a little booklet that includes all of the exercises. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn how to play slap. 
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04-05-2005, 05:35 PM
| | | I have been slapping for about 2 years now, and I've never read nor watched a video on slapping technique. I've pretty much taught myself, and I have been writing some really proffesional killer slapbass songs and rifts. It just has to come natural to the bassist i guess. Peace,
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04-09-2005, 06:11 PM
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The Slap Bass Program With Alexis Slarevski
| anywhere i can get a NTSC verisoin of this dvd?
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04-09-2005, 08:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Waterloo, Canada | | | There is no DVD of "The Slap Bass Program" as of yet...just the VHS version (which is NTSC). |
04-10-2005, 03:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia. | | for what it's worth you could try http://www.funkychops.com |
04-10-2005, 08:40 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sweden | | | I have the Slap bass program and i dont like it.
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