The MOST USEFUL slap bass pattern 🤘😻

[@HonchoHundo]

Now add muted slaps in between at break neck speeds

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Very true 🤘😹

[@olanrewajuadagba955]

@@massive_bass_nerd Would you like to make a video on this? Please

[@Lightningspiner]

I love learning new slap patterns. You don't even need a bass for practicing, I just used my leg to learn it while sitting in university 😂

[@АлександраГришина-с5р]

True bassists play on legs, mad respect for you, sir

[@soohyunkim7403]

Lol same sometimes I use my desk in class

[@Toxoplasmosis679]

SAME

[@BarrettJamesMusic]

I find myself playing the air bass on my chest. The legs are for drumming.

[@coleburns362]

Slap and pop the same string, and do a T---T-P-T---T---T-P-T.. rhythm. Add bends and you have my favorite way to play Bleed.

[@gigagoatt]

Lots of people can play but deconstructing a pattern in music, or deconstruction of any skill for that matter, to me is magic!! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@massive_bass_nerd]

In my mind, just about everything that looks super hard has some kind of a trick behind it if you can just understand the concept. Just about anything feels fairly comfortable if the player is playing a line smoothly 🤘😻

[@gigagoatt]

@@massive_bass_nerd I agree wholeheartedly but not everyone has the gift of reverse-engineering a thing to the point of making it explainable; some people have no-clue why they’re good at something, and usually that’s “natural-talent”. While I’ve been accused of being naturally talented, I was bullied a lot but wasn’t one to cry, I’d go home and break it down then teach it to others!! CHEERS!! 🥃🫵

[@timgreen6807]

Bass is one of my favorite instruments.

[@theppstealer6209]

Davie504 would be proud

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Love Davie 🤘😻

[@seshimct]

jelous?

[@nickolasanderson8133]

No he would not, he would be unimpressed.

[@mehdiman60]

It's my Aeroplane ❤

[@MontyRoyal963]

Its surved me well

[@irohsaim]

goodbye angels can't stop dark necessities stone cold bush get up and jump aeroplane nobody weird like me blackeyed blonde skinny sweaty man this video is kinda true, those are some basslines are my personal favorite with almost the same rhythm

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Absolutely! Obviously there’s a lot more to his playing (especially with more recent RHCP material), but overall it’s a really common Flea pattern that absolutely rocks 🤘😻

[@larrypayton2314]

You are right on the,money

[@BedolLiGMA]

Afterlife

[@polygonalmasonary]

This is one of the most useful slap bass videos I’ve seen because you show and explain the rhythm in addition to the technique, awsome 🙏♥️🇬🇧🌈

[@DevunWalsh]

That bass line is hard

[@MrAflac_1]

That’s more of a beginner bass line tbh

[@Frank-ob6hn]

Thanks for the this

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Thank YOU for watching 🤘😻

[@Jaggerbush]

That bass sounds great

[@lawrencegraham5086]

That’s a hell of groove - thanks!

[@genobourn7423]

Larry Graham perfected the slap! SALUTE!

[@chorodosmanossarmento8508]

Obrigado amigo! DEUS✨ ABENÇOE SEMPRE!

[@NawYeDidnae]

Props for playing something from their most underrated album. One Hot Minute is so good.

[@uwalakab]

Very good. It's practice time for me..... Cheers for this.

[@johnvicklund8189]

Great love this method.

[@Darus2013]

SLAP THAT BASS

[@kimchienuggets]

Woww Love it

[@유호연-z7m]

Aeroplane, Coffee shop

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Exactly! 🤘😻

[@vaughnmoody1010]

Thank you for the advice! 😊

[@jhgust]

Yep, Flea is pretty simple.

[@luisfonsecabass]

So cool. thanks for the tips.

[@michaelcorreira8125]

Practice Practice Practice! Another Practice must, is a Metronome or Click-Track or a Drummer with Good Tempo. This great for every musician.

[@gregHames-u6n]

Retired drummer here. The whole band should work with a click. TEMPO IS COLLECTIVE!!! It's so important if you want to make money. When I hear a band playing, tempo or lack of like rushing, rookies. It's sounds simple but it's hard to get tight. A bass player with the right mindset can save the whole band. A lot of vocal things that are hard, the singer might not be able to hold a note long enough and will rush. Do it so fast that you won't hear it. Tired drummers tend to rush. Click practicing is as important as anything else.

[@7070Raneri]

That pop on the D string sounds great !

[@oscarardon6197]

I do slap patterns literally on everything, my hip, my phone case, a bottle cap, my steering wheel, literally most of my progress comes from messing around when I'm away from my bass.

[@streetfunk8692]

Genius!!!

[@joe_harry3514]

Yeah. TQ. 💖✨

[@nylesfrench3568]

Thanks for the lesson. I've got another great exercise. 😊

[@eddie11426]

Damn you are great

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Thank you so much for watching, my dude! 🤘😻

[@rippertrain]

Awesome thanks

[@gilbertquintanilla5284]

Good Man !

[@ClimaxCanyonBand321]

Yeah baby “Spank the Plank”!!!!

[@MaxHBass]

Great tone 👍

[@da33ie]

Somebody please do a breakdown lesson on how to play this!!!

[@dsb227]

Thanks!

[@markgarry7866]

Thank you

[@larrypayton2314]

Thanks this so awesome,😂😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jatinupadhyay6401]

Flea the God of Bass

[@CarloCrocodilo69420]

No Cliff Burton is the God of Bass

[@andrewleach1667]

It's Vic

[@TheAirorange]

Sounds like Flea

[@whizthesk8r]

Just started playing again. I wanna step away from the pick tho. Thank you for this simple slap

[@ILikeIbanezGuitars]

Good tip, should be very helpful for beginers!

[@amrgamal9531]

Nice sound

[@tobydrums1]

Richard Patterson... plays all that with his thumb only.

[@pool_deck5241]

You can also play Take the Power Back by RATM

[@duanemiller567]

"keep it FUNKY"!

[@treadkins5867]

Good pluckin man . Thanks for the lesson

[@divinejourneymusic]

Nice!

[@chriss4396]

What song were you playing?

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

brian bromberg or alain caron ,john patitucci. thats slap.

[@massive_bass_nerd]

I agree that those dudes are super dope :)

[@marvinsturgill985]

Thank you, kind sir....

[@СергейСыров-ь9у]

Огонь, жук!!!!

[@Fingerb_vibe]

😍😍

[@massive_bass_nerd]

🤘😻

[@Deedledo]

Is that a tr 500? I had a Ibanez tr500 when i was younger. I loved that bass. Unfortunately the jack got messed up and tyw person who was supposed to fix it just tore it up more. Had to sell it since i didnt have the money to fix after that. Still sad over that. 20 years later.

[@allistercrosby333]

What are the natural notes being used

[@shaimonsonza3808]

more of this please 🥺

[@SongwritingJoe]

Gotta get that left hand drumming too 🎉

[@TheBlueRage]

Nice

[@richardj8853]

That sounded like the bass pattern for one of the songs from rhcp - one hot minute

[@markbass354]

COOL

[@zoboshim8656]

thx

[@Samuelon552]

That tone was so heavy 😳

[@Useongwoo]

I thought your head was gone when you're playing with the backing track...

[@michelelaraia7358]

RHCP

[@massive_bass_nerd]

My favorite band 🤘😻

[@npronin]

Aeroplane👍👍👍

[@peterbornschein_bass]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@aaronmurrell3190]

OK....a little help with what he said when he said......If you learn that you can play almost any "What" kinda bassline?

[@massive_bass_nerd]

Any kind of “Flea” bassline! He’s the bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers 🤘😻

[@yaminphc1210]

Cool 😎

[@basspee]

Thanks for sharing

[@ROckgrunge2987]

there's no muted thumb? it's only a slap then pluck? if that so, I love it! it's easy for me 😆 I'm just beginner, it's difficult to have a muted slap but I want learn it also, Am I right is it only a thumb, thumb, pluck, thumb, pluck, thumb? no muted thumb?

[@1dayumay548]

hey bro, do you have the tabs for this riff??

[@Christopher-yl6cn]

Brilliant

[@tomjoad1363]

Can you post a 3-4 minutes of this baseline on YT or Spotify? That would enlight my day when communitg hearing that.

[@bangalyfodediabate2642]

Super

[@rahmatbahagiachanelputri]

What song?

[@computerpro3779]

Ох клёво😊

[@Besdester]

if u dont know the slap song he play is aeroplane by red hot chilo pepper

[@MOAB-UT]

Very nice. I play guitar- want to try base. Do you or anyone recommend 4 or 5 string? The 5 string at GC seems to have a nicer, deeper tone that I attribute to epic base but I heard 4 gets you access to more playable, common notes/patterns.

[@DredgenDaddyDank]

You'd probably be fine with either, but I always recommend starting with 4. You can always get a 5-string later. I ended up getting the 5-string version of my 4-string. Still play both.

[@PIZZAdayisback]

Does Korn have any song with this pattern?

[@rjlnell88]

🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽😎

[@SpeedyDolphin27]

plays the ONE flea bassline with a slightly altered rhythm.. great vid though, lol!

[@MrFerret4137]

thumb, thumb, pluck, thumb, pluck, thumb

[@Jaggerbush]

The one I could never wrap my head around as a young bass player was You Can Call Me Al bc flips that $hit around - and when I say “as a young bass player” I mean I was taking lessons at the local music store when the song was released- had there been KZbin back then - things would have been easier - I don’t even think my teacher figured it out.

[@saywhatnow5789]

👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@HappinessIsAWarmGun]

Aeroplane 🥰🥰

[@WildWildWeasel]

I need that backing track in my life, as someone who owns a J-J configuration bass

[@M2Mil7er]

what's the connection? lol

[@kylechristian7232]

Yeah and while your At it THANK LARRY GRAHAM WHO STARTED THAT WHOLE APPROACH

[@M2Mil7er]

the history of slap bass is a bit beyond the scope of a 14 second short that is concerned with one single rhythm cell.

[@Jay838.]

Follow through with the slap. Don’t bounce off the string.

[@adamnesbitt11]

Personal preference.

[@M2Mil7er]

tell that to Louis Johnson.

[@cuchufli_jpng7782]

😱

[@notcreative2106]

I thought it was about to be Africa by Toto

[@threadbxre]

im away from my bass rn and im regretting not bringing it with me

[@dante.dorago_]

Checkmate

[@Simon-lo7lu]

Oh, you come from a land down under?

[@bryantg7641]

Under the bridge downtown

[@JoyceyQueen]

slay

[@captbss]

Yeah I keep trying and I aint popping

[@wendellguedes5944]

Flea is the king of slap

[@dennisford7990]

Larry Graham, Bootsy Collins Brothers Johnson Bruh

[@dennisford7990]

Get it right young person 😊❤

[@dennisford7990]

And many other

[@brawlplayerwho]

Flea yaasss

[@massive_bass_nerd]

My hero 🤘😻

[@catfishcooler1566]

Slap bass... if you get good at it you could theoretically make SEVERAL dollars a year.