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Old 06-12-2008, 02:43 PM
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bass with drums?

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ok so me and my friend would play fingerstyle bass with drums and i know about that, but how do you get slap bass to sound right with drums? we just cant get it!
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Old 06-12-2008, 02:47 PM
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try playing the same lines you would play finger style only you're playing slap... I like to keep dead notes to a minimum as the drums are already playing extremely percussive... also I know that when I was first doing slap with other people I realized I was rushing like mad...
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