Bass Education — The Erskine Way

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Slap Module

Develop your slap voice — thumb, pop, ghost notes, percussive strikes and groove.

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Intro · from Damian

The most fun you can have legally with a bass guitar. Slapping is a rhythmic playground. I hope you have half as much fun studying these as I did making them (actually… I hope you have even more fun)

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Take it home.

Chordal Slapping

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Credit: Kai Eckhardt

§ IILessons · in sequence

Take them in order.

1

01: Nuts & Bolts

2

02: The Thumb

3

03: Plucking (Index)

4

04: Thumb & Index Pluck

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05: Hammer-ons & Rhythm

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06: OH12

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07: Forget Me Nots

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08: Ain't We Funkin' Now

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09: Glide

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10: A Few Thoughts

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