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Old 04-24-2005, 09:38 PM
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I've been messing around with some slap stuff off and on and would like to get more into it. I know a few relatively easy songs and would like to expand out. What are some great songs to try? I've tried "Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again", "Brick House" and "Fly Away" (Lenny Kravitz). I mainly like old-school stuff. Any ideas?
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Might I recommend "Take the power back" by rage against the machine. It'll be a challenge but with a few runthroughs it'll go well.
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Might I recommend "Take the power back" by rage against the machine. It'll be a challenge but with a few runthroughs it'll go well.

u beat me to it!!! another good one that i started on was cant stop by the chili peppers.
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Chili Peppers Higher Ground is a great exercise. If it's beyond your capabilities slow it down. I think it's great to practice slap stuff slowly and persistently with a metronome, till one day it kinda locks in and yer flying away without ever even knowing how it hapenned.
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try the seinfeld theme. its fun, sounds good. also, it is short, so it is great for working on precision and speed.
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i learned to slap on Aeroplane by RHCP...
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