Bass Technique : Popping and Slapping

Part of the Video Series How to Play Bass Guitar: Beginner Lessons

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Learn the bass guitar technique popping and slapping to create funky basslines.

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Bass Technique : Popping and Slapping
Hi, my name is Dalton, and today we’re going to learn how to pop and slap and get that funky sound we like to get out of our bass. The first thing is you got to get your thumb loose, and then you just slap it, slap it like you’re mad at it. That gives you a slapping sound, and you can do that to any string. To get it’s counterpart, the plucking sound which people call the pop, you take your finger just like you’re playing regular, but you kind of pull it up hard. It kind of gives you a fierce popping sound. So when you mix the two, you get kind of a popping slapping noise. When you mix this with other chords, and other notes, you can do something cool like this.

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Expert: Dalton Chamblee has been playing the bass guitar for over 10 years. He is a member of the band Fatback Circus. Read More