5 Exercises to JUMP START your Slap Bass technique (for beginners)

Are you looking to up your slap bass game? This lesson will really help you start out on the right foot, staying IN TIME when you practice, using a metronome and really getting you moving and grooving. Make sure to check out this and all my other bass lessons and subscribe to my channel!
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[@michaelroberts5801]

I just started to learn slap and pop its really fun. Not there yet but Def cool to add to your arsenal. Are you using your index finger to pop or your ring finger? Or whatever you feel comfortable with. Thank you

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[@Kubooxooki]

Man, I'm slapping! I never thought I could do this. Thank you so much!!! This worked and helped me greatly.

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God bless you!!!i'm slapping too after years of playing bass!!!!so happy :-) thanx a lot

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Dude.... you’re exactly where I am. Having played guitar so long I feel like I understand the “musical” aspect of this stuff but I have no technique for bass. I can play with a pick but I sound like a guitar player playing bass. Great video

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This video is a couple years old so I may've commented already hahaha Anyway, I'm 43 and I've been playing since I was a teenager and I gotta say: your videos really help sharpen up and solidify tons of rusty things and theyve shown how to break down seemingly impossible basslines into workable chunks. Good stuff man. Thank you, I sincerely appreciate your efforts. 🤘 P.S. I have been clinically diagnosed with OCD and one of the ways it manifests is with meter and timing. So, from a medically neurotic person: your timing is *SUPER* clean hahaha 🖖

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[@MauroAltair]

Greetings from Spain. I think this lesson is very useful. It gets to the point and there is not ego involved. The slap is my weak point and this video has proved to be fantastic in order to strengthen my playing . Thanks.

[@TirelessG]

Finally a video for us Beginners... Great video... Greetings from Switzerland !!

[@michaelanthony9068]

Thank you Daric, I’ve got the techniques, now I’m needing to apply them to drum loops. Or a metronome. This seems to be the best video for where I’m at. Love your teaching style. And of course your playing is stellar .

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The value in this 10 minutes video is incredible. From a beginner, thank you man!

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So, so happy I found your channel. I love that you get to the point and don't take forever to give a lesson. Great teaching style and so helpful Have played off and on for years, primarily by ear. Now that Im retired, I have time to actually learn what I'm doing. Lol Thanks again

[@darekstephens3655]

I've been playing for 33 years. Never bothered to slow down to learn the basics of slap. " Night Court" was my intro. I got fingerstyle down my thumb leaves me out to dry. Can't wait to learn more. It's why we're hear. Here.

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2:40 minutes in and I’m singing the Ducktales theme song.

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[@jimbigboystoys4077]

I’ve been playing the bass for a few years now. But I’m quite surprised at how difficult the techniques really are!! But these exercises seem like a pretty good way to get started. Simple and straight forward. I’ll definitely give them a try. THANKS FOR SHARING! 👍😎👍

[@frederickthorne2496]

great exercise - thanks!

[@ltcrescent4011]

Thank you so much man, you are an actual life-saver. Even though I'd been playing for just on two years and I could barely slap. I finally got it down and thumb pluck technique sky-rocketed after using these exercises. THANK YOU!

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I like that you aren’t showing off, Billy Sheehan had a vid out that his slow was still way to fast for the average players, maybe he didn’t mean to do that but it was off putting, yours is right to the heart of the matter..thank you!

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[@joeix110]

This helped me out a lot thanks really never knew how to slap bass

[@yohannboulanger1519]

The exercices will be very helpful. I never find how to learn slowly to slap. Thank you!

[@rumpledxkn]

I really like this. I feel like a lot of tutorials/ lessons skip these basics.

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Can’t forget about the basics!

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I' m a guitarist/trombonist but subscribed because i used to play electric bass in Jazz ensembles in Army bands and bands on the side at times. I patterned myself after Chuck Rainey and Verdine White (who rarely popped during those times) at that time. Surely I could have made lots more money sticking with bass but my Dad playing BB , Albert King records did it! I dig your teaching style

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First video trying to learn so it was a little confusing but I just needed to point out that u have such a soothing voice especially while ur playing!

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You are an excellent teacher, Daric. Thanks.

[@TropicIslandMusic]

I'm a former classical guitarist & just recently picked up a bass. I like your approach, exercises are well balanced for me. Cheers

[@brandonmiles8174]

Great video. Thanks for the tips. my main issues arise from popping going from the bottom to the top, and also going from plucking to popping. I'll have to try the exercises

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Very instructional video. I will have to come back when I have more time. Thank you.

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Great lesson! Did not expect to be able to do this at all

[@TheGuitarrmann]

Just as a teaching help... when you break it down to 16th notes, slow it way down, so your students can grasp the rhythm. Then advise them to speed it up as they feel comfortable. Thanks for your post. You seem fired up to spread the funk!

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Really great lesson! I like that you really stayed with the technique..I'm trying to learn slap, watched a bunch of videos and it seems like you're the first one to really stick with the technique consistently. Super job and thank you!

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I like ur lessons sir.. You make things easier and I have improved faster watching you.. Bless you

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When I opened this video I was shocked. Never seen a black bass with pearl cover. Mine is a Squier Precision Bass (Korea). Came with a white cover but I changed it because it broke (previous owner). I thought it was such a random combo but I ended up liking very much the end result. Still thought I was the only nutso with one like that.

[@timbailey4055]

I noticed that when you do the downstroke that you anchor your thumb on the string below it. Most of the videos I've watched the players let their thumb bounce. This is probably one of those there is no right way situations, what do you find anchoring your thumb vs. Bouncing it to have some advantage with control or muting.

[@arensedrakyan9032]

The technique where the thumb on sits the string below is called a rest stroke, the technique where the thumb bounces is called a bounce stroke.

[@erfannomore2828]

The rest stroke has more future. U can learn double thumb later and add that to ur arsenal and u can mute with ur fretting hand

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Amazing tutorial......great technique. Good information

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Thank u so much sir for this lesson.

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i don't know who you are but it was the best slapping lesson i cant believe i finely see the lights to my slaps

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You are very welcome

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[@AbhiBass96]

I need to practice the 5th exercise. Also, a good book to play bass slap is Stuart Clayton’s Ultimate Slapbook, very fun!!!

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Great Lesson!! Learned a lot of great stuff quickly. you nailed it thanks!!

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Great man

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Awesome lesson. Thank you so much.. you make this seem very attainable

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This vid is invaluable thank you so much, beautiful tone on your bass also

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thats really helpful broh ... Thanks so so much...👍👍👍

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Beast...imma start practicing right now

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0:35 The dog's thinking, "Oh, man, I could slap the hell out of that bad boy. Hold my chew toy."

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Super good explained

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even the dog wanted to learn some slap techniques LOL

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Lol that was my favorite part of the video!

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[@SirBugger]

Good lesson, and I found Soundbrenner. Killer app. Being able to to subdivide and add rests is really going to help with my sight reading.

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Thank you these exercises are a great help

[@tbrown15]

When I originally learned to slap, I learned the way Flea did it...learning how to double thumb is amazingly difficult if you’ve been doing it another way for years and years...

[@_electricfinger]

Same for me!! Personally I had to do the movement with my right hand at any moment of the day, specially in class at the university lol. Luckily that was good enough for me to get a decent double thumping. Now I keep doing it without noticing

[@joycesanders4898]

Flea uses the big bounce technique ...think of double almost like you thumb becomes a pick,..then it all come together.

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I appreciate this so much

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Speak Daric, beauty man! Save here from Brazil, I like your classes and now I put it in the voice translation by google on youtube, it's better to understand your videos, because I don't speak English yet ok rssssss. these exercises opened the mind too much to perform the slaps better!! funk and soul feel I like and you're the guy ok bro; hug and we're together beauty...

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Excellent teaching!

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Incredible lesson....🎸💯 Really Appreciate it!!!

[@bentrod3405]

Another thing, as soon as you get octaves figured out and can move them around a little go mess around with some rhcp bass lines. Most of them are just this but fancied up and you can still have some fun with them. A good way to practice if you cant stand to do practice drills.

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Amazing video man! 🫶🏻

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Yo thanks a lot man🔥🔥🔥, i was just started to learned the slap a few weeks ago and i found your video, and it really helps me a lot🤘🤘

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Great video bruh! Love your teaching style!💯

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Sound Brenner is good and can have a real bass drum and snare going on.....Helps a bit instead of the wood block type sound. Thanx for the boost in info and exercises

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Awesome !!!

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Merci beaucoup.