Slap Bass Lesson - How To Left Hand Slap

[@bass3man2u34]

Great lesson .Thanks Man. It cleared up something for me.

[@johnwilliams2420]

Great lesson. Thank you!

[@darkgladiator27]

I can't believe this is free

[@freakyj3175]

I cant seem to get it, every time i try to do the left hand slap, a note plays and i can get a lot of force into the strings.

[@ezequielsoto7067]

cocos Bassment tank even such blunt headed guy like me have learned that "bass lick". Your lessons are great!!!

[@CocosBassment]

Ezequiel Soto mate thats great to know these lessons are coming across well. Thanks for your kind feedback. Thanks for watching and commenting 👊

[@amrgamal9531]

good revision for me 👍 thxx🌹

[@CocosBassment]

Amr Gamal glad u dig it, thanks for watching and commenting 👊

[@johnogorman2167]

Hi Steve. Brilliant stuff....even for me, a 70 year old. 😉 Couldn't help noticing...is there a reason you keep your right hand 1st finger hooked ? John

[@CocosBassment]

Thanks john, yeah the index finger (1st finger) helps mute the strings you’re not using.

[@D.Bass326]

My left hand slaps always hammer on notes. I can't figure it out how to stop this

[@Blakeadam52]

Im not getting that really pronounced slap(tick) sound, if i left hand slap any harder, im basically fretting. Any tips for that?

[@CocosBassment]

Hey blake, thanks for the comment. One thing to pay attention to is baring with the index finger, I rest it on all strings and also pull the stings closer to the fretboard then the other fingers slap down which produce a more solid sound. I have a course on my website on a lot of the slap technique stuff. Hope that tip helps C

[@eym787]

Thanks bro. a hug from chile!

[@CocosBassment]

Emmanuel Yañez thanks for watching, would love to visit chile one day. 👊🤩

[@petertalabi4772]

This lesson is great ,thanks

[@amrgamal9531]

The best song to apply that.."love games" by Mark King

[@CocosBassment]

Amr Gamal true, that song has such a great groove. So many great Level 42 song to get into. The early Stanley Clarke stuff is so reminiscent of those early level 42 tunes.

[@amrgamal9531]

@@CocosBassment 👍👍

[@pierrejean8142]

Nice lesson man, your explications and exercices are really nice ! Thx for your help :)

[@denizguler2942]

Thanks for the great lesson. I got 5 string bass guitar and I cannot mute the B string.. is it me or I should just use 4 string bass guitar to have a muted sound on left hand slapping?

[@CocosBassment]

Thanks for the comment, it takes a bit of time to get use to the extra string. I play mostly 5 string and muting is tricky but not too difficult. It starts with awareness then try think of the palm muting technique. I’m planning to get back to more KZbin videos so I’ll maybe try and address this in a video lesson.

[@denizguler2942]

@@CocosBassment thanks, will be looking forward to it

[@SamuelRWB]

I'm struggling to get a percussive thud sound it sounds more like i'm just muting, do i just need to come down harder?

[@redd6399]

Thanks bro. I struggle witwith this technique for some reason. 😔

[@CocosBassment]

Steve Reddick so glad its of some use, thanks for watching and thanks for commenting 👊

[@redd6399]

@@CocosBassment Happy 2020 bro 👊🏾

[@CocosBassment]

@@redd6399 Cheers Steve, you too mate, hope 2020 is a great one for ya.

[@zechariapalayukan8224]

Gut

[@CocosBassment]

Mai Chal thanks 🙏

[@petrusathayde5524]

There are diferent kinds od "dead notes", for example: "ghost notes", the "hit the strings with the right hand fingers", and the "left hand slap". I use to do the "left hand slap" but I've never known that this technique has a name. Thats nice! Thank you for share with us 🙂. Now I have a Question. Does the "hit the strings with the right hand fingers" technique has a name?

[@aarondavis4341]

Ok,does action have anything to do with it? I can do it on my 5 string basses but on a 4,I get sound no matter what I do,the difference is my 4s are set with real low action,where my 5s have higher action. Not much of a slapper but I'm going to get this!

[@CocosBassment]

Aaron Davis yes and no, it shouldn’t matter too much but if the action is way to high you’ll find it harder to get the flow.

[@MrE898]

plate on the keyboard.... he just like me fr :')

[@Izzy1782]

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[@arisynily1882]

So this is a thing

[@markanthony5897]

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