With that constraint, we can broadly define slapbass as a percussive, pizzicato style of playing the upright bass. Due to a lack of a drummer, larry decided to slap and pop the strings to simulate the percussive sound of a drum set. Alegria aleho alejandro balderas alejandro sanz alelly alembika aleph book company. I did not copy this from a book its just set up like one. When we combine the jazz repertoire with the latin rhythms, we combine them with the clave and we create a salsa blues, a latin jazz, a clave jazz or what ever you want to call it, and this combination creates an energetic, flavored and contagious fusion that makes you vibrate. See more ideas about weird cars, vehicles and cars. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Yes, there are a few decent licks and ideas, but the playalong c. Ive been playing bass guitar for a long long time, so i really know what im talking about. Berklee press afrocuban slap bass lines bookcd musician.
Larry graham developed slap bass while in a band with his mother. Adjusting the height of the bridge saddles 4 3 2 the backbone of sadowsky guitars 1 l to r. Ignoring tone, the p slaps just as well as any other bass. It is a book belonging to tony oppenheim edited by theodore presser company, and referred only to slap. Slap that bass is a song composed by george gershwin, with lyrics by ira gershwin, introduced by fred astaire and dudley dickerson in the 1937 film shall we dance. Bass slap bass program alexis sklarevski pdf document. The rest of the bass is essentially identical to a j or mm or anything else you can slap whatever you want. Now you can learn to play slap bass in seven popular afrocuban styles. Bachs essential suites for unaccompanied cello are arranged here for bass guitar in standard notation and tablature. Bass solos en clave was born as a result of the mixture of caribbean rhythms and the american jazz. Slap bass guitar my dedicated bass guitar style page. Bass lessons slap bass tab slaps bass for beginners bass lessons hey i wrote this tab to help people who are learning slaps bass. They reach their virtuosity gradually and with slow steps.
He first appeared on the first team bench on 7 march 2015 at the age of 16, he went onto feature on the portsmouth bench a further 36 times before making his debut in a 32 defeat at coventry city in the efl cup on the 9 august 2016 on 16 august 2016, bass was loaned to. If you want to learn how to play this style quickly, check out the links above. For our purposes, we will limit our discussion to the upright bass, and will not concern ourselves with the slap technique of electric bassists. In slap bass, youll learn the fundamentals of slap, from traditional to modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. Slap slap bass is a sound which some people think is the only sound of the electric bass. Clinica bass alejandro giusti music expert youtube. Dec 06, 2002 hmm, the reason i like the warwick slap sound is that it doesnt have much topend, and more of an emphasis on low mids. He sent me this video earlier today and i was as impressed as you probably are right now. Bass has an integrated group of direct financing business which provide investment capital and funding solutions to midsized companies, entrepreneurs, property and other real assets. I bought this book to supplement my other funk slap bass playalong books. Dave larue, bassist steve morse band, columnist, bass player magazinefrom simple onechord grooves to the odd time workout, the exercises in the book are interesting and musical. The course begins with a focus on developing proper right and lefthand technique, including basic octaves, thumb, popping, pulloffs, and hammerons. I believe that it is a technique, but only one of many. Ella fitzgerald slap that bass lyrics genius lyrics.
This first overview lesson should inspire and give you the confidence to finally get to grips with the elusive slap technique youve always wanted. I changed a few things and added a few more exercises in. In the following exercises you will be playing a combination of slap and pop, so it is very important that you keep your hand position. Guy pratt born 3 january 1962 is an english singer, songwriter, composer, multiinstrumentalist, comedian and actor pratts music career spans more than 30 years. In slap bass, you will learn the fundamentals of playing slap from traditional to advanced modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs. An alternative method to achieve the sound is to slap the fingerboard with the hand. Discover everything scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers. Here be the facebook page of guy bass, awardwinning author and semiprofessional geek. Bass capital is an investment fund and asset manager with a broad mandate to invest tactically across markets and sectors in search of investment opportunity. Just took out the grooves that serious changes for the video, with a ibanes sr 600, passive year 91. Guy bass is an award winning writer, author, and stuff. If you ever played playstation video games 10 years ago, then you will agree the c.
In 2010 he won the blue peter book award for most fun book with pictures for dinkin dings and the frightening things, and has twice won the portsmouth book award shorter novel for his dinkin dings series. Alejandro giusti es compositor, arreglador, bajista y docente. The simple steps to slap bass course is a complete, stepbystep method for mastering the slap bass style from the absolute basics of the thumb slap all the way through to advanced techniques such as machine gun triplets, double thumbing and flamenco rolls. The exercises, which until now have not been readily available, are supplemented by clear and concise commentary. It doesnt matter what kind of bass guitar you have. Jul 01, 2001 a great method for teaching slap playing. The parties continued with performances from such british soundsystem music defining artists as s. Zero aldo aldon aldridge press alecosor aleev, inc.
Berklee press afrocuban slap bass lines book cd afrocuban rhythms are hot, and the bass is the beating heart of the groove. I played a bunch of great basses including boutique basses one after the other today. I did really right this i wrote it again because my other good account and all my tabs got deleted somehow. When we combine the jazz repertoire with the latin rhythms, we combine them with the clave and we create a salsa blues, a latin jazz, a clave jazz or what ever you want to call it, and this combination creates an energetic, flavored and contagious fusion that makes you vibrate from head to toe. Born in huntingdon, bass progressed through portsmouths youth categories. I think the important thing would be to keep in mind that there are already many playing techniques that might now be used in more modern slap bass playing. They often change their guitars, strings and effects and spend a lot of time and money on it. Using your index finger tip, pull the string away from the fretboard and release it, the sound of the string snapping down onto the frets is know as popping.
The slap bass program by dvd sheet music for bass buy. Id recommend sticking with your p until you get good enough at slapping, and then make a decision on the tone. Series include stitch head, dinkin dings and the legend of frog. Capital bass has launched at the end of 2006 at moscows 16tons club with the participation of kode9. He first appeared on the first team bench on 7 march 2015 at the age of 16, he went onto feature on the portsmouth bench a further 36 times before making his debut in a 32 defeat at coventry city in the efl cup on the 9 august 2016. Zoom zoom zoom zoom the world is in a mess with politics and taxes and people grinding axes theres no happiness zoom zoom zoom zoom rhythm lead your ace the. Below is a verybasic tutorial that will have you slappin in no time. The reasons for my failure lie in in the bass guitar, strings, effects, amplifier, etc. Not relaying on speed or too much techniques or complexity on style but, good enough to make people feel the groove and make them dance. Since the emergence of funk in the 1970s, slap bass has become an essential technique in any electric bassists tool kit. Alejandro epicenter bass uploaded a video 5 years ago 2.
Aug 05, 2008 une basse bien reglee avec des cordes assez basses normalement, cest mieux. Guy bass books, author biography, and reading level scholastic. I love slap bass songs, instruction, videos, tab and more. The slap is probably the most fundamental element of the slap bass technique. For example, using the x as a slap would then preclude it from being a notation for a ghost note, which may not come up often in db playing but is still certainly a possibility. Remaining faithful to his source, ledbetter, who lectures in keyboard studies, has prepared an edition that will prove invaluable. This book is an edition, with commentary, of handels exercises for continuo playing, which he wrote for the daughters of george ii.
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