Ultimate Slap Bass

Author:   Stuart Clayton
Publisher:   Bassline Publishing
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9780956964625


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Ultimate Slap Bass has become one of the most popular books ever written on the slap bass technique. This comprehensive book covers every aspect of the slap technique from the absolute basics through to advanced techniques such as double thumbing, open string hammer-ons and how to combine slapping with other techniques in a musical way. There are over 200 exercises in the book, the audio files for which are available as a FREE download from the Free Stuff link on this site. The book also includes a detailed history of the slap technique, as well as biographies of all of the major contributors to the technique.

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Author:   Stuart Clayton
Publisher:   Bassline Publishing
Imprint:   Bassline Publishing
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9780956964625


ISBN 10:   0956964621
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Slapping Basics; Adding the 'Pop'; Using Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs and Trills; Ghost Notes; Popular Scales & Modes for Slap Bass; Left Hand Slaps & Sixteenth Note Lines; Introducing Tenths; Machine Gun Triplets; Double Stops; Double Popping; Strumming; The Shuffle Feel; Open String Hammer-Ons; Double Thumbing; Combing Techniques; Larry Graham Biography; Louis John Biography; Stanley Clarke Biography; Marcus Miller Biography; Flea Biography; Mark King Biography; Stuart Hamm Biography; Les Claypool Biography; Victor Wooten Biography; Vail Johnson Biography; Ray Riendeau Biography.

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STUART CLAYTON has been playing the bass guitar for over twenty years and has been working professionally as both a musician and a writer since 2002. During the course of his career he has toured the world with artists such as Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake & Palmer), played on cruise ships, in theater shows and taught in several educational institutions. He currently works as Head of Bass at BIMM Bristol, as well as fulfilling the role of Bass Guitar Specialist for rock and pop exam board RockSchool. He has written several popular bass guitar tuition titles for Music Sales and Sanctuary Publishing, and also writes for Bass Guitar Magazine. He now runs his own publishing company, Bassline Publishing, which publishes a successful series of transcription and tuition books.

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