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02-08-2003, 04:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Williamsport, MD | | | slap/pop speed and accuracy
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let me begin my declaring myself as a huge les claypool, victor wooten, and stanley clarke fan.
i've <u>finally</u> gotten my slap/pop technique to work for me. i had problems with my fingers popping the strings, but that hurdle is now eliminated...
i can fake my way through many lines, though i'm curious as to any good techniques for getting the speed up... such as any exercises you all do? thanks.
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02-08-2003, 06:17 PM
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02-08-2003, 08:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ, USA | | As with anything bass-related, start slow... and use a metronome. Set it to something like 60 BPM, and put it up a notch at a time. Sure ,takes a long time, but really builds up that speed.  |
02-08-2003, 08:27 PM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | start slow and work up the speed. also, keep your slapping hand loose - don't tighten up. that chokes your potential speed and also can hurt your timing.
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02-09-2003, 07:24 AM
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Clincian: EA, Zon, Boomerang, TI. Author "The Art of Solo Bass" | | | | |
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02-09-2003, 12:52 PM
| | | heh, that artcle is almost the exact same thing a bass instructor at idyllwild jazz camp taught me 
and it works!
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02-09-2003, 01:51 PM
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Clincian: EA, Zon, Boomerang, TI. Author "The Art of Solo Bass" | | | | | He probably got it from me! I learned the technique in 1979 and have been teaching it ever since. The article in Bass Frontiers was printed in the May/June issue of 1998 - almost 5 years ago.
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02-12-2003, 01:55 AM
| | formerly James Hetfield | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Melbourne, Australia. | | | Hey Mike, ive been doing that drumstick technique for a week now, and it has already helped me a million bucks! i reccomend it to ANYONE and EVERYONE who wants faster slapping!!
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02-12-2003, 09:22 AM
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Clincian: EA, Zon, Boomerang, TI. Author "The Art of Solo Bass" | | | | | I wish that I could take credit for it. But it was shown to me in 1979 by Randy Coven ("Sammy Says Ouch")
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02-12-2003, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Williamsport, MD | | as always, your help is greatly appreciated
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