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6. Pull-off.................................................10
7. Slapping Grooves................................11
The fundamentals of music are pitch and rhythm which are placed in a grid of five lines and
four spaces called Staff. Bass Players Read Bass Clef. The symbol of the Bass Clef is derived
from the old German way of writing F. The two dots on the right of the bass clef symbol
surround the line on which F pitch is written.
The notes above are all natural however any of this notes can be raised or lowered a half
step by placing a accidental, sharp (#) or flat (b) right before it. When an accidental occurs,
it applies to the whole measure unless it is cancelled out with another accidental.
b
F#/ G
b
G#/ A
b
A#/ B
b
C #/ D
b
D#/ E
F #/ G
b
G#/ A
b
A# / B
b
C #/ D
Note: The distance between B and C and E and F is a half step, thats way there's no # or b
in between those notes.
SLAPPING Technique
Ex. 1
Muted Notes
Muted notes is what gives flavor to our slap grooves.
You get this sound by laying the fingers of your fretting hand across
the strings, dont press hard enough to hear a pitch.
Ex. 2
Ex. 3
Ex. 4
Ex. 6
Ex. 7
Ex. 8
The easiest way to get started is by playing octaves ,one of the most
commonly figures in Slap-Bass grooves.
Using your index finger tip, pull the string away from the fretboard and
release it, the sound of the string snapping down onto the frets is know
as popping.
In the following exercises you will be playing a combination of Slap and
Pop, so it is very important that you keep your hand position.
Ex. 9
Ex. 10
Ex. 12
Ex. 13
Ex. 14
Hammer-on
Ex. 15
Ex. 16
Ex. 17
Pull-off
Ex. 18
Finger Nail
Finger Nail is a technique I developed inspired on flamenco guitarist.
I get the sound by slapping right in top of the string with my finger nails
(index, middle, ring finger and pinkie) one after the other one.
Ex. 19
10
Slapping Grooves
Ex. 20
11
Ex. 21
12
13
Ex. 24
14
Ex. 26
15
Ex. 28
16
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