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Double Thumb Slapping Technique for Bass Guitar

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Summary: Use double thumb slapping techniques on bass guitar; learn how with tips from our professional bass guitar instructor in this free music lesson video.

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Carl Shepard Carl Shepard is a professional bass instructor that works at Keller Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. When he is not busy teaching his students he spends time making... read more

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by Hamster_Cheese

lol, please do not ever put Victor and Flea in the same sentance again. Thank You.

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Double Thumb Slapping Technique for Bass Guitar

My name is Carl Shepard, professional bass instructor, here to talk about slap techniques with you. One slap technique that a lot of bass players try to master but have somewhat of a challenge with is the double thumb technique and what that means is when you slap, you want your thumb to go through but you don’t want it to bounce off. If you are bouncing off then there is a motion that you can lose in that and that is coming back up with your thumb. So if you slap and your finger goes through the string instead of bouncing off then you can come back up, and this is used by a lot of, you know, popular bass players like Victor Wooten and Flea and different people like that.

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