Marcus Miller created some great bass lines on many Luther Vandross classic ballads using thumping (slap) and plucking. It's definitely an artform that takes a very skilled and disciplined musician to properly employ.

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Thank u for the comment and saying it's thumpin and pluckin

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I'm more of a verdine fan

I see a lot of people who slap bass differently. And they sound good. I see people teach out to slap different ways.

Hearing Mark King with Level 42 first time in the early 80s was sort of a revelation for me. 😮 Mark started off as a drummer before picking up the bass, and that‘s what slapping really is: a fusion of bass and percussion. 🎉

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Yeah, that is exactly why Larry Graham started doing it. He was playing with his Mom in church and they didn't have a drummer.

Thanks for the great video. As a gigging bassist it took me a while tonunderstand that slap bass has its place: 50% at home, 20% at the soundcheck and 2% during the actual performance. 😁

Awesome instruction. I'm glad l found you!! Thanks

So nice vid! Thanks man!

Yo bro, the stuff you're teaching show you're a mature musician and they all make good musical sense. It's seldom that a guru like yourself come by conveniently to demonstrate these content appropriately. Keep it up man. You're doing alright!

Great information to improve bass slap. Thank you, Travis.

Awesome video my Man lots of good info... thanx 4 sharing!

Thanks so much Travis - this is so helpful

Thanks for this video, much appreciate it🙏❗

Very cool 😎! Thank you for sharing 👍🏽 😊

Thanks Travis. You’re always so giving!

Where have you been all my life?! I've searched bass tutorials for the past year that I've been trying to step up my bass game and only now you've randomly showed up in my feed, and I'm glad it did! I really enjoyed how in your other slap video, you broke down the techniques from super simple, and slowly went up to more complicated ones. Other videos I've watched didn't quite do that. Really enjoying your content so far, and looking forward to more.

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Wow. Thanks you so much for that!

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I can totally relate to that …

Great video! One tip for new bassists here. If you're finding that no matter how hard you come down, your hammer-ons aren't producing much, if any, sound, your bass' action (the distance between your strings and fretboard) may be too high. Consider taking it to a professional for an adjustment.

This video is really helpful and I learned a lot from it.💪 Thank you Travis!

Very nice Travis. Keep it up

Thanks great teaching..I finally got it.

The tips and little exercises are just Spot on!! Thanks very much!

Great lesson with useful tips. Thank you sir.

Great information, thank you ! Very helpful

Thanks Travis for this video, you're fantastic !

Great vid Travis. Thanks!😊

Thank u! This was so well done and I learned a lot. New sub!

Your videos have helped me improve tremendously. Thank you

This is my very first video of yours that I watched, and I am so excited to start implementing these techniques into my routine. Thank you so much!

Nice, this was super informative! You present all of your information in a very digestible way and I had no trouble following along. Great video!!

This is gold. Thank you❤

Excellent video!! Thanks!

I find this video quite helpful. Thanks Travis 🙏

Needed this..I've been struggling with this technique and this made me want to get back at it with a new viewpoint. Thanks

I've been playing for 42 years and have bought a lot of music books and watched a lot of videos and this is by far the best video I've ever seen. Thank you!!! I am now following your channel !!!

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42. 🤩

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9 ай бұрын

This was a great tutorial

these are great practice tips! and an easy way to build from the ground up.

Excellent breakdown, brother Travis! Mahalo!!

Thank you for your great teaching style. Straightforward - & you include so many stylistic hints. I’m new to bass but having a great time. You inspire me to keep at it!

Thanks for such an in-depth video. You have a great teaching style. I was engaged the whole time.

Thanks for sharing

Hey Man i wanna thank you for all the craaazy good content you deliver here free for us!🤯 You are a Killer Bass Player and definetly one of the nicest Bass teachers on KZread!🔥 I

Man, this is a masterclass. Thankss alot.

Thank you! Your videos are very helpful. I play in a sort of classic rock jam band that wants to get more funky and this is going to help me a lot. Much appreciated.

Travis , your teaching is of an excellent flavor, unspoken tricks of the trade, thank you sir! 👍🏽

I love your pro musician videos they inspire me to do better as a musician ❤

I’m 2 min into this lesson You’re absolutely awesome!!

Thank you travis

bro, your bass playing and weight are super so inspiring.. thanks for making your wonderful videos

I'm a drummer who has just started learning bass in the past few months. Thanks for the great lesson!

Whoaaa ! So much to learn !!! 😍😍😍😍 Thanks Travis (from 🌍Paris / France )

Great video!! I subscribed

I love the love the sound of a bass

Awesome thanks 😊so much

Very well laid out and super informative Travis !! Keep it up brother !!!

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This was very helpful. I’m a long time bassist, but I’ve never developed slap technique. I appreciate the guidelines and advice you have here.

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You are a very inspirational teacher to me and other's .I believe the beginners are learning alot from you.God bless you. YOU'LL AWSOME.

Thanks!

Comprehensive and detailed lesson. Such a great teacher! Thanks so much and God bless you!

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Great thanks👍🎶

Wow. Travis is cool with the Bass playing.

THIS.... is an amazing video!! thank you!

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Thank you for the class!

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Thanks Travis. I'm way past ready to go to the next level...

You educated me very much in this one video. Need more videos like this. Thankyou.

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Thanks for the tips bro

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Amazing skills

Thanks for the great lessons you share big brother😁 God bless🙏🙏

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Great video Travis! I've been slapping since the 90s and I can confirm for new players: • practicing SLOW is crucial. You'll be surprised how quickly you will get your speed up by starting every new technique slow and clean • you absolutely will irritate the snot out of everyone within earshot when you practice slapping. That's just how it goes.

Thank you for the video because I am a beginner bass player and I want to take it to another level.😊

Thanks man that's a funky lessons😅

So that's how you teach slap, I've learned a lot from this lesson, excellent advice. Subscribed, thanks man

This has to be one best lessons I have seen with Slapping techniques. Thanks so much for sharing all these tips Travis, you’re the best. 🙏👍🏼

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95% of the time, you don't need your tone controls. Which is why I stopped installing tone controls on the guitars and basses I build. It's always better to do it with your amp or mixer, so you get the purest signal to your DI-box. :) Giving my thumbs up for this video!

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10 ай бұрын

You need tone controls to dial in that awesome sound I would never let the mixer shape my tone my bass knob is cranked up to 3:00 so is my treble mid as needed 😊 that's that sound that's why your best Bass guitars have a 3 band EQ and switches..

Good Content bro. I’ve struggled to find proper slap technique breakdowns.

informative video sir. love it. thank you.

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excellent video. play bass for 30 years now but never really slapped while I love the technique. Your video will be my starting point.

Great Stuff ! Thank you very much ! (I'm starting to learn THE SLAP and this is very useful!)

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Thanks this video help a lot for newbie bass player 🎉 unlock slap 👋 bass

Thank you

Excellent video tutorial. I would say the best video tutorial on bass. Great job brother.

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Definitely hear the difference with the compressor on. The tone is smoother and deeper. Nice!

Great vid man!

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With the compressor sounds 👌 good.

Great explanation. Thanks

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Great application and teaching Dude!

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I’ve hadda Stroke back in 95’.. So I’ve hadda train my self all over again.. I wished I’d have more than with Ya my brother..

Thank you for the tips. I'm off to practice now

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Thank you so, so… much for this helpful and informative bass lesson bass player. 🙂

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Thanks man for video! I alsow almost all the time using my preamp flat. Or just little bit put middle and high:)

What I've come to learn is depending on the bass and strings to do some slaps you'll have to slap through the string instead of slapping it at the bottom of the fretboard

Superb lesson and video production man!! You bring a detailed analysis to things that's rare. The thump&pop on one string -- for me that's an easier way than double thumb to get some fast notes (and I wonder if that isn't how Larry Graham did it sometimes -- Release Yourself? come on now). I've never done this enough in a gig setting to really sort out the tone and volume settings. Seems to me that slap needs a lot louder setting than what I use for finger style, both because I play hard and also don't like a too-bright tone when playing w fingers. And slap sounds bad if you're honking on it too hard b/c the volume ain't there. I'd like to know to what extent the ace players count on a compressor or just have a volume/tone that requires dialing way back when playing w fingers.

Hi Travis, I think not only the right strings add to your tone, but I think string height and action has a lot to do with overall tone. I find these two are not even talked about or mention on some of the slap videos online.😊

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Wow 63 years old. Tried to learn slap but life got in the way early in life and had to put the Bass aside. Sold my old Fender and that was life. Came across your video surfing KZread and wow again, I wish I had this when I was young. Thanks for sharing your art and passion. Cheers

Look good bro and great lesson

Good lesson.

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Thank you 😊

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Yes C🤩🤩L ! And with your Jazz-cition !! TY

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Awesome

I use that slap and pop on the same string technique too, nobody does this, nice. You can eventually use this to replace a double thumb, or play 16th notes when you get coordinated and used to doing this. There's times where this sounds better than double thumb technique, that so many guys use now. Sometimes, I use this technique to play 4-6 driving 16th notes, before the first measure of the next bar, or the 1.This sounds good, for many funky songs. So, you would never need to use a pick for any reason after that. Just hold a string down, pick a fret, practice keeping the rhythm with a up and down see saw motion on the same note, this feels like using a pick, but sounds like slapping. You can practice alternating the rhythm into different percussion patterns. Like the song What is Hip, Rocco Prestia on bass, you could practice on that song it has a straight 16th note rhythm that just keeps going. I think you should try a Warwick, you are like me and have big hands, we play loud dude. Think of how loud Larry's pops were, extremely hard pops cause he had hands the size of baseball gloves, which is going to help anybody play bass. I used to turn my treble down too much, but the Warwick is a forgiving slapper, or just a good slapper all around. Music Man, those things have a lot of treble and they are loud !. I always thought Fender just had the best tones for me. Pedulla are my absolute favorite but I only ever played one bass, and I loved it. Thing just sounded good no matter what, easiest playing bass I ever played.

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Great vid, a lot of stuff to work on. I noticed the Moog in the background, any tutorials on playing synth bass??

Great. Thank you bass brother. God bless 🙏 you 🙏.

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I love you my bro!

Nice breakdown bruh! Experience it and have fun with it!

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