also, I think most people who slap just think that the root-octave are the only slap notes available.

As a bass player for the last 20 years, primarily in the US, now live in the UK, this guy is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT correct in SO SO SO many of his comments. Its actually HARDER to play SLOW with feel than fast. I stumbled onto this video inadvertently but Scott, you are absolutely correct. Watch this cat, he GETS it! I am also someone who used to only slap in E (actually its usually harmonic Em, but I am nitpicking :). Slow and steady win the groove! WELL DONE Scott, whoever the hell you are. But you UNDERSTAND the fundamentals of good percussive bass! Bravo!

@roamershaker

5 жыл бұрын

His last name is Scott Grove lololol only kiding

Great groove...shows that you don't need to use a million notes to sound good..thanks Scott

@jay8819

7 жыл бұрын

michael tomazou its more about what you don't play, the muting, and space between notes. anyone can onslaught a load of notes. phrasing fewer notes well is harder but far more interesting.

Those machine gun slapping sounds cool and all but its pretty hard to digest. Its those slow funky grooves are where its at!

@R0b1zzle137

7 жыл бұрын

agreed. its incredible how tasteful minimal slapping and popping can be, and there are so few instances in which one needs to go "Victor Wooten mode". Kind of like guitar players who only know how to shred but cant play rhythm, but I digress

@Zodasg

7 жыл бұрын

Spazzsticks yeah, for example Tutu by Miles Davis is very simple and slow, but even so it's one of my favorites

7 жыл бұрын

Zodasg mine too. Such a great slap bass line.

@skyreadersociety6183

7 жыл бұрын

yes. Overplay. slapping is still not a sportsevent.

7 жыл бұрын

skyreader society maybe in the future, like those snare contests

Man!! You're really incredible!!! Who in this planet gives in only one video + advices to slap + show you how to play a song + give away a super pedal ?? Thank you sooo much for all you do for us bassists.

you are without a doubt one of the most inspiring teachers on you tube. you can see the light in your eyes when you talk about music.. I hope you're around a long time to keep the young people motivated!!

Good points. Getting out of the key of E, and control challenge of slowing down. Another slap challenge is not playing in 4/4 all of the time, like 6/8 for example.

Scott, you are awesome. Your personality and teaching style are fantastic. I have been a teacher/trainer for a looooong time,. If you have had no formal instructional training, (or even if you have) KUDOS to you. You are a really great teacher. I love your stuff, it has taught me so much. I feel I would not be as competent on my bass if not for your lessons. Keep up the fantastic work. Love ya.

This was exactly the kind of lesson i was searching for. Groovy and steady ("slow") slapping! thanks for the work Scott! One of the mistakes i still practice on / see happening is a good way of demping the strings between the slaps to prevent those high singing voices

Thanks Scott for all the videos! You are my favorite teacher out there! I learned a lot from you.

Hitting too hard is one of my pet peeves. I can't have an amp in my flat so I used to practice unplugged. And in order to hear myself I really hit the bass hard. That's something I really need to work on...

@jay8819

7 жыл бұрын

Tuna Tourette same. I lived somewhere I couldn't own an amp, I played unamplified for at least over a year. next time I plugged in I realised how damned hard I picked

@jordanzx6r

6 жыл бұрын

There are wireless amp pugins that you can listen to through headphones for about 40 bucks. I've also thought about how I'd adjust to apartment life as a guitar player and this is something I'd really reccomend.

@110380michael

6 жыл бұрын

Tuna Tourette bass combo amp and a decent pair or headphones/ear buds?

Finally, to show people the common MISTAKES made is a FAR better tool of instruction than saying "this is what you do...". Avoid the pitfalls, you clear the hurdle! I like and respect this bass player. Well done. Subscribed.

Scott you are the man! Great slap bass lesson. Totally enjoyed

my bass hanging on the wall for 5 years after i quit from the music,, after im watching your bass lesson videos , i decide to restore my passion to bass guitar .. very great and helpfull video sir..

Excellent groove, and great sense of humor! Cheers from Chicago, Scotty

Great video lesson Scott. Nice breakdown of the slap riff.

I've never learned so much about bass guitar playing from any other KZread video. Period. It's funny; Scott's pace of presentation feels slow for the non-musical business but really works out when it comes to dealing with the music.

Scott as a guitar player for over 35 years, these have been some serious lessons. After all the bass is one cool and seriously interestingly rythm and lead instrument. It really has improved my chops as a guitarist and yes I am taking bass more seriously.

@EphemeralProductions

6 жыл бұрын

I have played country bass for years this is so different I love it Thanks for posting :-)

Another great vid Scott! Going on month 6 of playing bass and I have definitely been playing all my slap in the key of E, didn't even think about it. Thanks for pointing it out! Love fish and chips!

you seem to be the only bass teacher that has ever made sense to me for a long time very clear

Dat groove doe 👌

Thanks for always making such fun and educational videos. I really am always inspired to try to make more time to practice after I watch them! :)

Don't know how you do it, everything your playing sounds just amazing. Even if your just playing 2 notes. Thanks for trying to give something to us!!

Awesome. This is one of my fave Me'shell Ndegeocello tunes. Thanks man

GREAT VID.....You are SOOO Right on this stuff !!!!

Love this! Great for beginners. Thank You

Ah ahhh that's sounds so good!!! Love that Thank you Scott!!!

Hey, thanks for the shout out :-)

@devinebass

7 жыл бұрын

yes mate, hope ya doing great man! :)

Awesome Scott, cheers!

great vid...thank you Scott

Gonna go home and learn this riff. Love this groove.

So glad to see Me'shell Ndegeocello getting some love here...she is SO damn funky.

@alexbasson

6 жыл бұрын

So. Damn. Funky.

The way, my favorite song from Me'shell! Lovelly tune!! Excellent choice!!

Thanks for this. A great help for me

Hey Scott! I really agree on your two most common mistakes. I use to have a slightly weird problem where I'd tend to freeze for a little bit while changing between slap and fingered. Still happens every now and then, like my brain going "eh, what are you doing now?" before transition of my hand position. Cheers for the lessons!

hey Scott i really like your slapping techniques so nice while im listening at your video lesson.

Thanks for the video.. loved it.. gave me even more drive to learn how to play bass. (y)

Nice vid! Slap bass is a feel. One of the hardest things to master on a bass. And there are multiple different feels to master.

oh yeah! great great tune and lesson

This how funky should sound, great riff and love your lessons!

Awesome advice! I can't slap fast anyways so I appreciate the lesson. I also noticed that almost every super fast slap line can be slowed down to good effect.!

Scott! You the man!!

Scott! Great video and man do I love Me'Shell!

Thank you so much for this video

this was a really cool video. awesome tips !!

Thank for showing me The Way and Merry Christmas to you and your family

A bit of Me'Shell N'degeOcello - that deserves a thumbs up for your Mr Scott's Bass Lessons

That's a wicked groove!

Thanks for introducing me to another artist. Never heard of her before and I like it.

@andyd1287

7 жыл бұрын

Oh and battered sausage is miles better than fish!

well done Lorenzo! Yay! :D (cries silently inside).

@LukeBass1000

7 жыл бұрын

Same "_"

Congrats on winning the pedal, Lorenzo!

Start at 2:49

best thing about playing/being slap- practice without an amp is valid, rewarding and builds versatility

Fantastic baseline. Cheers!

Very accurate statement! I would also add two more: too many pops TOGETHER with weak sounding slaps. I would highly recommend Nathan East with Fore Play - a great example of slapp bass playing grooves

Nice groove, and a great help to learn how to slap, I noticed that in this video Scott talks about the consistent slap motion in the right hand but in other videos he talks about doing a thumb-slap-thumb pluck, which isn't consistent with that, I can feel that I'm missing something in there but I can't tell what. Also, I come from a relatively advanced theory background, and it sounds to me like the Db minor pentatonic fits really well in this key without any void notes. With that in mind, the Db minor pentatonic is actually the exact same thing as the E major pentatonic it just starts on the sixth Db-minor pent Db-Fb-Gb-Ab-Cb-Db E-maj pent E-F#-G#-B-C#-E (Due to enharmonics, Db=C# just as Ab=G# so the notes are all the same) So this song actually is (well, sort of) in the key of E. Though there are complications if using the actual ionian mode in E (the traditional major scale)

What a cool song to learn slap! Thanks!

Dude this is so true! I couldn't wrap my head around slapping in any other key haha

Thank you very, very much !!! :-) it helps a lot to grasp the idea of how to slap :-)

duuuuuude! i had a lot of respect for you to begin with but Peace Beyond Passion is my favourite Meshell Ndegeocello album!! you the king mo!!

This guy doing amazing job.

That's a funky ass bass line. I love it!

thanks, what beautiful track! I play the main bass line on the A and G strings since for some reason the sound on my E on higher frets is not so great...

I watched this video because Scott is a great bassist and tutor, hes very humble, Meshelle is an ambassador of creativity and has volumes of work. and i think we should appreciate Scott and his teams efforts to deliver an excellent platform for novice and more experienced bassists. p.s. i also like fish and chips :)

This is a great video. Maybe this is why, although I like the style, I find slap and pop tiring to listen to. I personally like the idea of mixing finger style and slap. This video definitely gave me some great ideas for further exploration though!

There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents.

@art-oq1pi

5 жыл бұрын

hitler

@voornaam3191

4 жыл бұрын

@@art-oq1pi You mean Himler! His head of marketing...

Very nice Scott, I use to slap too hard and popped only the G string

Very valid points Scott. I remember reading in an interview, it may have been Stanley Clarke that said it had to move away from E. I really liked John patitucci's tune Growing which was in C# and I worked on that. Being left handed and playing right handed I don't have a lot of speed so I can't play Lessons in Love as fast as Mark King but it's fun to try. In the slow tempo department I think Marcus Miller does it great and he uses popping sparingly just before the down beat. It's cool to try and emulate different players styles and make it part of your repertoire and today we have so much easy access to audio and video that makes it easier to learn than when I started around the Jurassic period.BTW, I do like fish and chips.

I saw Me'Shell Ndegeocello play 20 years ago in Chicago at the Park West... amazing performance. In my top ten all time live bass performances.

no matter how hard I try I just suck at slap Bass I don't care what tempo what key whatever I just can't get it.....lol

@yaribins5754

7 жыл бұрын

John P yet

@xzxzxczxcxzcxzx

7 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing it. Don't give up. You'll get it as Iong as you doing give up...I felt the same way, but kept going and now I'm slappy happy!

@Gab25485

7 жыл бұрын

John P I became a happier person when I finally gave up on it.

@sintezi1

7 жыл бұрын

It took me more then a half year to see some improvement on my slap bass. First thing I tried to learn was rhcp's get up and jump. goddamn it was too hard. Then I changed my hand position, realised that flea has a very different style and there are plenty of better players :D and after 1 year I learned marcus miller's power :D So, don't give up man, keep practicing at least 30 min p/day and the day will come :3

@Gab25485

7 жыл бұрын

Seen თეზი The teacher I had as a teen was very good and he helped me a lot with technique, but I wasn't feeling it. I stopped playing altogether for a long time (I'm 32 now) because I was frustrated with myself, and took it back up like a year ago. I don't get frustrated anymore except when I play slap. Maybe I'll try again sometime, but right now everything it does is making me want to toss the bloody bass away and I don't have a lot of time to practise, so I'm focusing on other things. Thanks for the advice though! :)

Almost got an overdose from the amount of groove in the intro

Great video man! Thanks for covering Meshell I think she's a great player. FunKey!!

This is like watching Split again

@kaonashi9582

5 жыл бұрын

KEK

Great video. I love the great musicianship of your slap rhythms. Great point about open positions. I'll have to check out your finger abs fretboard/modes to get down pat. I think ghost notes are the hardest part of slapping at the beginning. It's a whole new concept! Don't you agree?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHcongrats Lorenzo, enjoy it bro :) Holding thumbs for another chance to win some Darkglass magic +Scott's Bass Lessons

Yep, never gave it too much thought, but whenever I slap, I usually hover around or just stay in E to use that low string as a crutch when I run out of ideas of where to go and need to reset my left hand. Good to know.

Thanks so very very much!!!

Excellent video, besides learning the techniques I'm still improving my English, I do not need more subtitles, thank you

The thoughts of this clip are noted but the real (hidden) value of this clip is the sample you used Scott. The artist Ndegeocello has a number of very fine songs out there (and she is the bass player as well as lead vocal). The more I sample her music, the richer it becomes. Try her song called 'Make Me Wanna Holler', written for her, by Marvin Gaye. He performed a song by the same sub-name years ago - 'Inner City Blues'. The lyrics he wrote first time portray the same struggle as her version but with very different situation the 2nd time. -- as always, enjoying your way of explaining da bass.

LOL. Scott's face at 1:17 totally says "Whoa...the Jesus-y lyrics are a bit too weird for me", then 3 seconds later it rather says "MAN, THIS HAS GROOVE FOR DAYS!"

Thanks for another good lesson Scott. In the 70's everything 'slappy' seemed to be in E. Shakey Ground, Play that funky music etc. More recently I've got away from EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, learning songs like 'I Like It, by De Barge. Not too tricky but sounds interesting.

Nice vid...simple groove gets it done,

You have great economy of motion when it comes to slap (which I think is mistake #3). And which is, of course, also important with the other hand. Do you have any vids on economy of motion? Thanks. Just found this channel & love it!!

That is one filthy groove❤️

Awesome sharing Scott

4:15 Periphery! Wow, cool) You're even more openminded musician than I thought)

OMG I love you Scott! That bass face you make! YASSSS!!!

i just got my first bass today... im finally ready to get started

@QueenRed2023

7 жыл бұрын

and yes i love fish and chips lol

Great video Scott and this definitely needs to be said. However, I wouldn't consider these to be mistakes so much as they are, how would you say...handicaps? In other words they really hinder ones ability to being able to grow & become better at the bass...slap in particular. Thanks again for all that you do Scott! 👍

that's one saucy groove

I love that groove face!

Great playing Scott and I love your videos... just wanted to mention one thing..wouldn't it be easier to think of the key as C#minor? Relative to E Major..

Who doesn't love fish and chips? Great video, Scott!

My own two problems slapping: 1) getting a clean strike of the thumb on the A string. 2) trying to avoid just boringly popping on the octave.

What a tune! Congrats Lorenzo, guess I'll have to pay for mine with good old money :') haha

"Thumb thumb, slide, thumb, slide"That's tight Scott!

Oh.... seeing you play without the gloves in minute 1:55 was almost as wierd as if you appeared with Brian May's hair! Once again thanks for the lesson, always clear and didactic. I saw your explanation about your gloves use, and since then I admire you more. Against the grain, as the name of an old record of Rory Gallagher.

This is great news to me. I'd consider myself a terrible bassist in the grand scheme of things and when I read the title I thought "I'll bet I make both of these mistakes every time I play" but when I do try a bit of slap I prefer not to have an open string as the root note so I'm pleased to be not guilty of the first of these two mistakes.

Hey Scott, I'm curious on your opinion of Les Claypool and his riffs

@emilsvahn5400

6 жыл бұрын

Hayden Bosler me too!

@Stewart_John

4 жыл бұрын

Mark King too