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- Hey Fender family.
My name is Eric AKA So hungry.
Thanks for having me back
to teach you guys the technique of the week.
This week's lesson is about demystifying slap bass.
But before we start,
make sure you guys check out my first lesson
on right-hand muting.
You don't have to,
but it will definitely help
if you didn't watch it,
here's a quick recap.
One, use your palm to mute,
two, use your thumb to take the lead
three, use the right amount of pressure
to create a muted sound.
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I wanted to give you guys a context on slap bass.
Two very famous styles of slap bass
are this flee chili pepper style
of fast slab bass.
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The Marcus Miller RnB jazz funk style.
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When I first started learning bass,
I used to think the faster you slap,
the more gigs you get.
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Nop, the key is always trying your best
to be musically appropriate.
One great way is using slap bass
as small embellishments in baselines that you know.
just adding little moments here and there.
Let's try it out on this progression.
I'll keep cycling through it
and add more embellishments as we progress.
First, let's add popping moments.
For the sake of the exercise,
let's just do octaves.
Here's the chords.
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Let's try it out.
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You don't always have to do octaves.
Kayla Buchanan does
this great technique of the week video talking
about bass chords.
You can try bass chords out.
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You can also hold off
and add slap embellishments at the end of the groove.
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You can mix and match different approaches
as you figure out your own voice
on the bass.
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