Need Slap Experts

[HOLE_IN_THUMB]

I'm a bass player of about two years self taught by tabs and jamming, who wants to learn slap BADLY. The only song I know well is "Jungle Man" by the RHCP. The main reason I'm intimidated by slap are the mutes and I'm mainly looking for advice with mutes and tabs in increasing slap-difficulty. Like I don't want want u guyz to go "CLASSICAL THUMP LULZ". put like 5 really easy slap lines then work your way up to say intermediate. thx

 

[HOLE_IN_THUMB]

sorry "only SLAP song i know is jungleman"

 

[Connor]

rage against the machine - take the power back
korn - ball tongue (for speed, no popping though)
faith no more - crack hitler

there's a couple, i'm pretty sure i started out with the album frizzle fry by primus. so move to that after you learn these.

 

[Connor]

also, learn thumbs up style. it's alot better IMO.

 

[HOLE_IN_THUMB]

what about the whole not feeling the mute thing does that just kind of fall into place?

 

[AndysRipper]

Higher Ground --- RHCP
Bombtrack Rage against the machine
Cant Stop RHCP

errr, when you've got those nailed try something a bit harder like
Get up and jump or blackeyed blonde RHCP

www.ultimate-guitar.com the tabs are accurate enough

 

[RadioMasterDude]

The slap part on "School Days" by Stanley Clarke.
The slap part on "Aeroplane" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The slap part on "Blue Powder" by Steve Vai.

They both have muted notes in 'em and those are the songs I started with.

 

[Silaxian]

what about the whole not feeling the mute thing does that just kind of fall into place?

Speaking for only myself, the muting is a "feel" that is best developed by doing it, over and over. Surround yourself with slap bass oriented music, the more variety the better. Any discussion of slap bass should ideally begin with artists like Larry Graham and Louis Johnson, who were pioneers in the technique. So go to the source, you can find video material from these guys on Youtube. Keep at it and you'll get there, the key is to persist.

 

[Andy419]

"Slow Ride" by Foghat
"Backwoods" by RHCP
"Power Mad" by Primus

Pretty easy slap songs to get started on.

 

[lonestarwings]

I'm also struggling with the dead notes but what helped me a lot is the DVD "slap bass" by ed friedland. It comes with a book that has tab and standard notation for a ton of cool liks and songs, plus you can watch Ed demonstrate it on the DVD while you try to do it.