How To Play SLAP Bass The Right Way - What You MUST Know

[@BassCampOfficial]

Get the backing tracks and tabs for these exercises, plus 4 more full lessons at the beginner slap bass course here: www.patreon.com/CharlesBerthoud

[@petrerasov7013]

how do you arrange songs?

[@numetalforchrist]

But I don't have money

[@Chrislarkin70]

I'm really interested in signing up for the slap bass course - but confused about the payment system. It says we pay according to how many videos you release in a month. Is that all and any videos? Sound's like it could get pricy. Basically I'd like to sign up for the slap bass - and some other courses (like theory) - but want a clear idea of what it'll cost me ...

[@WsgWsp-m2y]

My bass don't sound like your's why?

[@femymusik]

hello

[@CharlesBerthoud]

Incredible lesson, keep it up!! 🙏🏻

[@rodrigopatino3382]

This guy is coming for you let me tell ya!!

[@20minutespast]

chad

[@Tekkerue]

No way! I wasn't expecting to see you here! 🙃

[@pablovalencia9611]

Bro responded to himself thinking we wouldn't notice 💀

[@slappbassnow]

Bro casually complimenting himself

[@phipshido2742]

is it just me or is slap the hardest thing on earth ?

[@davidethridge5748]

Just practice it for 15 minutes everyday and you should get it down in about a year

[@nathanmoore7120]

Less than a year. I was slapping quite well after a few months….. having said that, I have ADHD so I was playing between 8 to 10 hours a day from the moment I got my first bass. This was coupled with 2 lessons a week. I believe someone who is has natural perspicacity and practices all day could learn to play the bass competently within 3 months. If I started learning the bass, now. I would use Victor Wootens technique.

[@spikedalizard3114]

⁠​⁠@@nathanmoore7120same i could play advanced slap bass in a month because I have ADHD and was practicing like from when I got home from school to when I had to go to bed

[@joyfadele3104]

​@@nathanmoore7120what is victor Wooten technique Im haveing the most trouble with finding slap songs that are easier enough and also ear training

[@RaySarv]

It’s just you😂😂😂😂😂 Kidding it took me a long time to get that clean slap tone the key is to practice and practice unfortunately no short cut

[@daddy-bstudios2895]

After 35 years of playing modulair synths i started to play the bass. I never could figure out how to slap on the bass. Picking was easy but slapping it (for me) wasn't easy. Now after 13 years of playing the bass and seeing your video, i finally learned how to slap. Thank you for this video. It really changed the way of playing the bass. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@KainePamela]

I recently bought my first bass because of you and Davie, hoping to get the BASSics down soon!

[@BassCampOfficial]

Congrats, have fun!!

[@janemarler6380]

Pun intended😎

[@AlexVonCrank]

Not only is this man a freak player, he's a great teacher too! What can't he do?

[@olivierlemarois9620]

Play accordeon

[@Brett-yq7pj]

Cant stay out in the sun too long probably ha haw gingerbread boy

[@thomasobrien4707]

Get girls

[@AlexVonCrank]

@thomasobrien4707 you see that ring on his left hand, right?

[@AlexVonCrank]

​@Brett-yq7pj hahaaj soooooo funny... is that your original material? Pure genius.

[@pablovalencia9611]

This guy has to be the best bass teacher on the platform

[@toaonosoa8872]

Yo Charles! these videos are really helping my bass playing! Please dont stop making videos!!! You inspire me to practice my bass whenever a new video comes out and these videos are way more helpful than any other ones on youtube! God bless you bro from New Orleans 😀

[@BassCampOfficial]

That's great to hear, don't worry I'm not stopping any time soon!

[@toaonosoa8872]

​@@BassCampOfficial Yayy

[@ChrisLT]

Nice to see a basic breakdown.

[@BassCampOfficial]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@hayatotheninja]

You mean... BASSic. 😎

[@ChrisLT]

​​@@hayatotheninja Yes, thank you for the correction. Anyway, this channel's already been a revelation. Looking forward to seeing it grow. 20+ years of guitar, and this'll be a nice way to ensure I'm not just playing bass like a regular ass electric.

[@Abbys_little_gremlin_Kirby0831]

I just learned how to slap bass just from your thumb nail and hand placement, now I’m slapping in the middle of my solo for my high school marching band and jazz band competition, THANK YOU 😭💗

[@mitchj6245]

I really appreciate that you don't talk while demonstrating the sound, so we can actually hear the sound of the guitar ✅️

[@DC-ei9vl]

And for content not containing 10 minutes of BS, 5 minutes of useful information, as usual.

[@nod-]

I play a 6 string electric guitar and don't even own a bass, yet I'm here

[@jacobparker5042]

Go away your kind aren't welcome unless you mean a 6 string short scale piccolo bass

[@josephmweze158]

Me too😅

[@j.kibagami]

Me three lol

[@franckdebank]

It's actually harder to play it that slow.

[@mirialbagonzalezlopez5322]

Thanks so much! I'm a total bass newbie and not overwhelmed by the info you are sharing and its progression. Awesome!! Working in this already. Muchas gracias!!! 😎🎶🎵🎸🎵🖤

[@kentlofgren]

Charles, your tutorial on slaps and pops for bass is absolutely fantastic! Your technical expertise and expressive playing style make it easy for beginners like me to grasp these techniques. The structured approach you've taken in this video is incredibly helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent with the bass community. Looking forward to more lessons from you!

[@benheld1247]

Hey Charles, thank you for this lesson. I had a student today and we did pretty much exactly the same thing today. Some hours after our lesson you uploaded this video and I recommended it immediately. :) perfect timing

[@ASAPFos]

You honestly just taught me how to slap bass properly and I’ve been avoiding it for years. Thank you so much!

[@selrockredguy9487]

I've been trying to learn slap for ages you broke down what I was missing, and it's the very easiest first step

[@nitro4014]

I had a random urge to learn slap one evening and I had little to no experience with that style. This video was very helpful and I was able to combine my guitar playing with the new techniques I learned from this video. Super helpful!!!!!

[@DeeterPlays]

Literally wearing my Slap Bass University shirt as I watch this. Also, side note about that shirt, some people see the shirt and they somehow mentally remove the "B" and think it says something totally different.

[@samuelnascimento827]

Thanks for the class from Brazil teach!

[@janemarler6380]

Thank you so much for this video! The simple step by step instruction really helped.

[@hollygrail14]

I love the "hidden lesson" in this video: the first 7 seconds. Badass riff!! I still need some practice, but got instant fun... 😊 Thanks a lot!!

[@ameliamccullah7261]

By far the best slap bass lesson ive found on here

[@jakubantos6981]

Finally somebody who actually explained how to do it without 25min monolog how bass and slap is great

[@juliannewson3833]

Thanks Charles. Not only are you one of the worlds best bass players you are a great teacher. 🙏 One comment: Am I the only one around that pops with the ring finger. I am self taught and never had any formal lessons and realized only recently that everyone else uses the index finger to pop. I can play slap reasonably well and don't see it as an issue but just an interesting observation. Are there any others that use the ring finger to pop? Cheers. Jules

[@Matthew-vh4ce]

Hey Charles, loving the exercises. One for arpeggios would be awesome!

[@greentuniverse]

Thanks for this. This video legit turned it around for me. I've had the hardest time learning slap.

[@haroldgonzalez-pm9hg]

I keep trying to slap the A string but i keep hitting the damn E string🤬

[@Taomeano]

You are not alone. I feel your pain.

[@janemarler6380]

I know!

[@Adrik0622]

It may not be best practice, but I tend to mute the E string with my fretting thumb.

[@MaddMan621]

When he kept playing the first note for the slap technique all I could think of was the intro to Around the World by RHCP

[@myopia73]

have a bass for years but never slapped, this was the easiest one to follow, thanks!

[@Zaxh01]

I play guitar I actually quit playing around my year 3 into it and haven’t really practiced in like 2-3 years. Like I play sporadically. But I never actually sat down and practice. But I’ve been working on a project recently that made me kinda get back into music. I actually bought my bass like 2 years ago or something. And only played on it like 10 times at most. And it’s just been collecting dust at my mothers. I picked it up last week and I’m trynna learn it. Trynna practice a bit more with both bass and guitar. I’ve always thought slapping was just so cool so I’m trynna learn!

[@bobshortcut6950]

You got a great technique. It is evident you were trained professionally.

[@junked5214]

Bless you for these free lessons from the best player in the world

[@BassByTheBay]

For slaps (thumps), I would just add that you should try to hit your thumb knuckle on the string. Back when I was giving lessons, I noticed a few students were getting this "flabby" sound when they slapped, and I realized they were hitting with a different part of their thumb. I had thought it was intuitive to hit with your knuckle, but I learned that, for some people, it's not.

[@We_Rugged_Family]

Nice and straightforward. Excellent video

[@johnkostelidis8163]

I used to slap with the thumb placed like thae way you show ..... Although when I first started to attend music school , the teacher told me to change the position of my thumb .... Placing your thumb like Flea as you say, is the most ergonomic position. You play more easily, relaxing your arm, and can also adjust to normal plucking position easily. The only difficult part is to learn how to slap accurately . But its a matter of practice after all !!

[@Crambo2]

Here from patreon! Looking forward to the full glory of this channel!

[@VeitLehmann]

Great lesson, thanks for posting this! Unfortunately I taught myself slapping the thumb-down way. I don't slap often, and it works for most things, but it's a dead-end for going further. With thumb-down, I manage to always hit the string right and have my slapped notes at an equal loudness. That's hard for me thumb-up, even though I know that thumb-up can sound much fatter if done right. And I could never double-thumb with thumb-down. With thumb-down, I can easily mute the slapped string with my right palm right when I pop if I want to (I mostly do and don't even think about it). Muting strings with thumb-ub is much harder for me, it's all in the left hand then. I know I could go much further with thumb-up, but trying to do that makes me feel like a noob. So I have to practice it at home and won't do it on stage for now. But will continuing to slap thumb-down on stage hurt learning thumb-up? It just feels so different...

[@tnasir2003]

Charles actually went through the same thing! I remember him saying before that when he started slapping he learned it thumb down like Flea and that it took him a solid year to adjust to the up thumb and learn the double thumb. It is a very slow process but keep going at it, best of luck!

[@assambaaline6959]

Hello Charles Thank for this course. l will slap bass right now

[@andreasantilli9764]

A great bass player...and now a great bass teacher too!!! Very clear, very rational and well structured. Keep on teaching,! 💪👍👍

[@ortegaman]

I liked very much this lesson, I’ll try it asap.

[@flamewraith]

excellent video! thank you so much as a newbie to bass this is extremely good to follow along. After watching a lot of bass videos this is the first one that clearly explains how to slap to a total noob

[@BenjaminHernandez-q9s]

I started learning slap not that long ago, and you have been very inspiring.

[@dark_force_user]

That's the single most helpful lesson so far. One question though. Why is it so hard to slap on higher frets?

[@antoniodacir3275]

Thank you so much Sir..big help as I'm a beginner

[@LordEradicus]

Great video. I admit that I'm a little bit self-conscious because I really don't pop anything other than the G string. I dunno, I tried a few times to pop the D string, but I just kind of prefer the brighter sound I got from the G. I think I just always liked a very high contrast between my slaps and my pops.

[@ingrid7277]

Thanks for this amazing lesson was fun to try to play along 🤩

[@qb79a]

4:42 exercise 3

[@Theseriousbeatle]

No fking way charles made a separate account to teach his bass stuff. I was gonna go through the trouble of transcribing some of his stuff but this is way better 😂

[@loondoo]

Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for mentioning that the correct way to slap is with the thumb up or parallel, but NOT DOWN, which is one of my pet peeves, ha! It drives me crazy watching players with their thumbs down

[@thebassgum]

Thanks for the lesson Charles! Waiting for the next lesson 🎉🎉🎉

[@iloveska1]

Awesome, will practice later!

[@shawnalove5050]

Dam, I thought you were gonna show me something I didn't already know, lol. You're the bomb though! I love your stuff!

[@nikodempeszko8171]

that was very helpfull in my slap adventure :>

[@AnthoRock27]

Thank you Charles!♥

[@yu09lin]

Thank you so much! It really helped me!!

[@shadowfromsparksnv3253]

Thanks for that info I'll check it out

[@ChristiandaveBanzuela]

out of the many bass slap tutorials I've watched, this is the only video that I get basic and simple instruction, thanks for basic tutorial 🤍

[@lazymystic-qo9ti]

that bass line in the first intro is kinda catchy ngl

[@DJBre]

Awesome to get started! Thank you Charly

[@tnyamaneko6093]

Emotional moment, Higher Ground is the second ever slap line I learned, after Aeroplane. Many, many bassists learned how to slap with Higher Ground.

[@jonhall3151]

Thanks, Chuck!

[@ІгорАлієв]

Never played BASS but I consider this lesson excellent. Thank you, Charles! 333rd like!

[@danieldelange4116]

Good day to you, davie504 brought me here..your lesson is Well done And you have a pleasing voice. I only have an acoustique basse and would like to know if one can slap it even unplugged ?

[@sssenatorarmstrong3280]

Can you teach how to incorporate ghost notes into slapping?

[@FromTheMosh]

That's a nicely oiled fretboard 🙂

[@williamrobinson7435]

Really great, thanks for posting! ⭐👍

[@Ghaalix]

I would love an introduction to the Chapman stick !

[@animechef4331]

Bass is the greatest instrument of any rock band. Change my mind.

[@roronoazoro8475]

Charles' bass playing is so good that my left headphone started working again. (No seriously)

[@WeaponsRemorse]

To me the best beginner intro to slap is all right. By Jamiroquai. It’s simple, straightforward and oh so funky

[@rfsk1]

I was on this event in São Paulo

[@Will-bo3cn]

I’m pretty new to bass but find it much easier to slap with my thumb down. Should I keep going like that or teach myself to do it like shown. Thanks!👍😁

[@PhillStone]

great lesson!

[@Victinitotodilepro]

sorting lessons by level of difficulty in different playlists would be a good idea

[@alsetalokinalset]

Hi Charles, You should consider having a pro luthier look at your black LeFay bass.. when the bridge saddles are not in a straight line backwards from G to E after intonation adjustment, there’s either a problem with the head stock saddle resting points - or the strings - resulting in the slight intonation quirks I heard in the video. I could adjust it for you, but it’s probably too much of an effort to bring the bass to Denmark 😅 BTW: Great video BR, Lars

[@assambaaline6959]

You and Davie504 just amazing. 2 great bassist you are the best!!!

[@danpost4755]

Great explanation!

[@guillermoroldan9109]

muy bueno los ejercicios, que brindás

[@MrDaneBrammage]

When double-thumbing, the thumb moves mostly in the plane of the string, perpendicular to the 'bounce' technique you show here. How do you transition from one to the other? I feel like I have to unlearn the bounce in order to learn double-thumb.

[@trebm]

Thank you, great video. I started slap bass a couple of months ago because of your videos, still building the technique and your advice will help a lot.

[@landonp4726]

Do you know how Flea gets away with his thumb being down? Is he just super accurate, or does he just mute the other strings he doesn’t want to play? Thanks!

[@lie5578]

Tanks charles for ur lesson

[@eboneboii]

Can anyone tell me the song he played during the intro/transitions of the video?? It sounds sooo good

[@Koshosu6163]

Been watching this multiple times before i get my bass

[@LiamWhittle-tm7yo]

I've been playing thumb down for years. I actually get a nice clean slap and pop but I don't know if its possible to double thumb from that position. I always played with my bass slung kinda low and that's just how my muscle memory is now. Trying to slap thumb up with the bass higher is like trying to write left handed for me. I wonder if anyone has figured out a way to double thumb down thumb slap style

[@Mis-amados-perros77]

Hello, what brand is that bass? Of the ones you have, I think it's the one I like the most.

[@andflyaway]

Awesome stuff! 🤘

[@Allen-s4x]

I found slap to be quite easy (considering I already watched a video yesterday on how to do it) but my bass action is kind of high so it doesn’t sound so good.

[@rogerioserra9912]

Excelente! Muito obrigado! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ace-ofspades]

omg tysm this helped a lot and i can already see that im improving :)))

[@Adrik-mb9ve]

Bro tysm i couldnt slap idk why but you changed me

[@eileenfabri5497]

Thanks brother! Thanks so much! You are truly incredible bassist.

[@tim.7j-43-77]

Elevated is Vibing Fire Cool THE ONLY BASS SONG IN KZbin THAT ISN'T BRAINROT Crazily Good Catalystic

[@charliejg]

Your teaching ability matches your playing sir.

[@muhdazharrashid3958]

ur a awesome player man. do you have the tabs for ur intro riff.. 🙏🙏🙏

[@RachelGerrard]

BRILLIANT thank you!

[@albertschaf6985]

What kind of action of the strings is beneficial for slap/pop?

[@stevemitchell5009]

Thanks

[@PeterWilliams-ek2bh]

Newbie question, is there a setup video for the bass particularly for slap as opposed to other styles or shouldnt i worry to much about this? Think my bass is set too high but im worried to mess on with it.