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08-28-2002, 08:24 AM
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this is your last warning....i lost my brother because he played "higher ground" in a store....  j/k....
Theres a few good books on this subject that are good for learners and even lay out notes in the usual way and the dreaded TAB. as well as coming wit a cd.
They came in useful for me... |
08-28-2002, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Stanford, CA | | Thx all *runs to GC to play Higher Ground*  |
08-28-2002, 11:59 AM
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This thread should've been moved to "Recordings", but we snuck one by 'em. Ales for everyone!!! 
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08-28-2002, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Stanford, CA | | | Why recordings? But yay!
*grabs ale* |
08-29-2002, 12:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Singapore. | | | Some suggestions:
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" Sly and the Family Stone
Lost in Emotion - Lisa Lisa & the cult jam (I know its kind of corny, but its good practice)
Just the two of us - Bill Withers
nice simple slap groove towards the end of the song
Turn it on - Level 42
off their 1st album. Towards the end as well. simple solid slap bass.
Freetime - Spiro Gyra
and when you get a little better...
Peg - Steely Dan
Nice fluid hammer on lines.
Night Rhythms - Lee Ritenour
Off his "Festival" album. Marcus Miller plays a simple but effective bassline with lots of feel. |
08-29-2002, 12:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | Re: What are good beginner slap songs?
Quote: Originally posted by Noobai
The fact that I have completely dead strings doesnt help, but oh well, shouldnt be long until I get a new bass. (Im not wasting money on my current one).
| Wow...when your strings die, you get a new bass. Man, I wish I was rich... |
08-29-2002, 01:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Stanford, CA | | | Heh, Im not rich. In fact, Im quite poor. The bass I have is just such crap (its not even mine) that Im not wasting money buying new strings for it. I'd rather wait another month or two for a new bass. |
08-29-2002, 01:35 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Quote: Originally posted by Noobai
Heh, Im not rich. In fact, Im quite poor. The bass I have is just such crap (its not even mine) that Im not wasting money buying new strings for it. I'd rather wait another month or two for a new bass. | You would be surprised how much better slapping on your old bass would sound with new strings.
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08-29-2002, 01:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: No where i like. | | | Yeh and plus, when you get a new bass if you snap a string or they go bad you have replacements.....tada!
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08-30-2002, 12:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Stanford, CA | | | Im not goign to rewind so many damned strings :\ And every penny I scrounge is going towards a new bass/amp. |
08-30-2002, 09:44 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | this would be better in technique than basses, so away it goes...
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08-30-2002, 02:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dietzenbach,Hessen,Germany | | | Forget me nots, I dunno the name of the band but it's the original of "Men in Black"
And of course, Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Higher Ground
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08-30-2002, 05:25 PM
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Forget me nots, I dunno the name of the band but it's the original of "Men in Black"
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08-31-2002, 01:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Dietzenbach,Hessen,Germany | | Yvon, I now can play along with Forget me nots very well
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09-16-2002, 01:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna BC, Canada | | | boil your strings in water with just a few drops of vinegar for 30 minutes, then boil them in new clean water with no vinager for 5 minutes, hang em to dry untill dry.. they will sound maybe not as good as new but definately better.. impossible to learn to slap and make good progress with dead strings... geeze, i'll mail you a set of my used strings, they arent dead i just change them frequently. |
09-16-2002, 06:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hampshire, UK | | | You might try "Just Around The Corner" by Herbie Hancock (on the album "Mr Hands" from 1980). I really like the funky slap bass riff on that, and it's not too fiddly. It was played by Freddie Washington. |
09-17-2002, 06:25 PM
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It's how I learned
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09-18-2002, 09:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: currently throwing down in the RGV, Mission, texas | | hummmmmm.....311: "Come Original", has a great groove in it, little chordy parts and just good solid slap part that isnt too hard to grasp. (mad love for P-nut) fun song to play over all, good mix of technique, i think.
and if you want something to keep you busy(i mean busy), try "Squeeze Me Macaroni" by Mr.BUngle, it should keep you off the streets for a while, its not easy, by any means, crazy a$$ed progressions, very agressive song, if you like slap, this song will kick you in the arss. i love it.
but if you hear something and you like it, just try playing it, if you need help, get some, but dont let it scare ya off. get crazy with the s#!T.
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09-20-2002, 07:20 AM
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get the groove down with the fingers because if ya don't have that first you'll never find it with slap.
words from vic wooten 'you gotta have the cake before you can have the icing'
dig it
sounds like if your borrowing someone elses bass and it has dead strings, your not investing enough effort into it and therefore forsaking the fine art.
try havin a listen to jaco, wooten, stanley clarke bootsy collins, larry graham and even stu ham.
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