slap bass
Thumb-and-pop technique
Slap bass is a technique for playing bass guitar or upright bass by striking the strings with the thumb and snapping them with the fingers, producing a percussive, funky sound.
The style became prominent in 1970s funk and remains a signature element of the genre: He laid down a fat slap bass groove.
Also called slap and pop.
- funkDepression or groove music
- Red Hot Chili PeppersAmerican funk-rock band
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- percussiveRelating to struck sounds
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
funk rock · popping · ghost notes · pizzicato · jazz-funk · muting · pull-off · hammer-on · low-end · attack · muted · bounce · thumping · octave · fretless · harmonics · rubbery · punch
- Bass
- Funkfunk, P-Funk, Funkadelic, George Clinton, James Brown
- RockabillyElvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun Records, twang, psychobilly
- String Lessonsprivate lessons, group lessons, practice routines, finger placement, hand position
- bass techniquespizzicato, arco, fingerstyle, plucking, popping
- Funk MetalRed Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, heavy riffs, Mordred
bass guitar technique
slap bassfingerstyle
Plucking strings directly
fingerpicking · walking bass · plucking · palm muting · bowing
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