Double Slap Boogie Woogie: Play Rockabilly Style Double Bass

Part of the Video Series How to Play Double Bass: Lessons for Rockabilly

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.

Member Comments

Login or register to be the first to comment on this article!

Video Transcript

Double Slap Boogie Woogie: Play Rockabilly Style Double Bass
Hi! I’m Ken Steiner for expertvillage.com. Okay now it’s time to start working on the double slap. Double slap is maybe the most prevalent form of slap used and you hear it all the time in Rockabilly music, it combines the single slap that we’ve just learned with an additional slap against the board. The key thing about the double slap is that the slap against the board precedes are anticipates the actual note 1, 2, 3, 4………take a look at that a little more carefully, so if I’m doing just a regular playing it would be something like this….in a single slap it’ll be….with a double slap it’ll be….. When I was learning this that was one of the trickiest thing that I had to figure out it’s that you have to anticipate the beat so that if you’re playing and you decide you’re going to go into a double slap if you wait until the one of the beat of the music the slap has already passed you by, so you have to anticipate it before you play it so that you can get that slap in before the one in the beat so let’s play that boogie woogie line now with the double slap……. I played that right now in sort of a pretty easy tempo but when you listen to Rockabilly it’s pretty wild you’re going to hear some pretty fast playing, it’ll be something like this………..when you hear it like that all the sudden you say, “oh yeah that’s what I hear in the Rockabilly play.”

About the Expert

Expert: Ken Steiner has been playing string bass professionally in the Boston area for over 40 years. Read More

Related Videos (1-5 of 873)

Introduction to Bass Guitar Basics
Rating:
Views: 681,306
Bass Technique : Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
Rating:
Views: 64,655
Bass Technique : Popping and Slapping
Rating:
Views: 60,574
Bass Scale : C Major
Rating:
Views: 51,522
Parts of a Drum Set
Rating:
Views: 45,220

Related Articles (1-5 of 22)

What is the nightlife like in Oklahoma City?
Rating:
Views: 3,318
Fishing in Eufaula, Alabama
Rating:
Views: 3,089
How is the fishing at Lake of the Ozarks?
Rating: Unrated
Views: 2,189
What type of music was typically played in the 40s?
Rating:
Views: 1,989
Lake Eufaula
Rating: Unrated
Views: 1,764
 
Arts & Entertainment | Business | Careers | Cars | Computers | Culture & Society | Education | Electronics | Fashion, Style & Personal Care | Food & Drink | Health | Hobbies, Games & Toys | Holidays & Celebrations | Home & Garden | Internet | Legal | Music | Parenting | Parties & Entertaining | Personal Finance | Pets | Relationships & Family | Sports & Fitness | Travel | Weddings | Bartending | Cooking Dictionary
Partner Sites: Airliners | How to Articles | Answers | Funny Videos
Demand Media