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Old 02-18-2009, 04:26 PM
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I'm trying to get better at slap

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I can slap my way out of a paper bag; i'm not bad. But I want to get myself to more than just a decent slapper. Any thoughts on scales/songs/techniques I could use to help me through? I want to put the work in, just don't know where to find some help.

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im not a great slapper by any regards but in my experience ive always found technique advice on slapping oftentimes doesnt relate to everyone, so my advice would be to practice your level of slap as much as possible and find the style of slap that works best for you, and once youve done that i would suggest doing exercises that make you slap all the way up and down on the neck and find songs that will help you work on your speed

this is a string skipping excercise but ive found it sounds really sick when you slap and its great for a slap exercise, although doing it quickly can be a tad difficult

G---------1-----4-------------2-3--------
D---2-3------------1-----4---------------
A-----------2-3-------------1-----4-----
E--1----4------------2-3-------------

and do that at half step intervals all the way up the neck to the 12th fret, or further if you want

hope that helped
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youtube & lessons.

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Old 02-18-2009, 04:43 PM
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Thanks for the help, and for the record, I did do a search before I posted.
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