Slap Bass Fundamentals With Phil Mann: Volume 1
Summary
If there's one bass technique that seems to be nearly irresistible to us bass players, it's slap. It's fun, frisky, and funky. It can turn our basses into drums and transform a dull groove into a head-bobbing dance-floor-filling vibe creator. In this course, players of any skill level that are new to slap bass will find a carefully structured program for building a solid slap foundation.
Renowned educator Phil Mann starts at the very beginning, taking you from the basics to some pretty slick sounding slap lines.
In this course you're going to learn:
- The importance of instrument setup and the power of EQ
- How to ‘thumb the string’ correctly
- How to ‘pop’ a note with a clear and percussive attack
- How to easily combine your ‘slaps’ and ‘pops’
- How to effectively use hammer-ons within your slap grooves
- The importance of ghost notes and how to achieve them
- How to put it all together
- And much more!
All of the above is outlined in the accompanying workbook, sure to provide a great reference on this slap journey. Anybody looking to learn slap—beginner to advanced—should start here!
