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30 Slap Bass Grooves You MUST Know

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30 Slap Bass Grooves You MUST Know
Stu Hamm

Stu Hamm

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funk rock, funk, jazz funk

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About this course

In Stu Hamm’s top-ranked Slap Bass edition of STU U, you dug deep into the essential thumb skills and underlying rhythmic and percussive qualities that are so important when playing Slap Bass.

In this collection of 30 Slap Bass Grooves, Stu majorly and very tastefully expands and refines your slap vocabulary, over a variety of styles.

”We’ll work on proper slap technique and economy of motion, popping, palm muting, double stops, flamenco triplets, open-note bending, and a ton more in this course.

Each of the lessons begins with a demonstration of the groove over a rhythm section so you can get a feel for how it sits in a musical context. Then I’ll break it down for you note for note.You’ll also have all of TrueFire’s great learning tools to work with along the way.

Working with these 30 bass grooves will really help you get your slap bass chops together.”

You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace. All of the backing tracks are included to work with on your own as well.

Grab your bass and let’s dig in with Stu Hamm!

What you'll learn

  • Navigate a chromatic chord progression with sharp-4 altered dominants
  • Play walking bass lines using thumb technique for percussive sound
  • Expand slap bass vocabulary across multiple musical styles
  • Learn 30 different slap bass grooves in musical context
  • Understand how slap grooves sit within a rhythm section
Release date: 04/05/2021 • 2h 45m runtime
intermediatelate intermediateadvancedbasstechniquebass groovesbass lines
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Sample lessons
Chili Town
Chili Town
Slap Bass Groove 2
Miss Stu
Miss Stu
Slap Bass Groove 4
Duck
Duck
Slap Bass Groove 9
Fly
Fly
Slap Bass Groove 17

What's included

32 lessons • 30 charts • 30 Jam Tracks

30 Slap Bass Grooves You MUST Know
Hi, I 'm Stu Hamm. Welcome to 30 Slap Bass Grooves You MUST Know!

In my Slap Bass edition of STU U, we dug deep into the essential thumb slapping and finger popping skills and underlying rhythmic and percussive qualities that are so important when playing Slap Bass. In this collection of 30 Slap Bass Grooves, we 'll work on expanding and refining your slap vocabulary over a variety of styles. We 'll work on proper slap technique and economy of motion, popping, palm muting, double stops, flamenco triplets, open-note bending, dynamics and lots more in this course.

Each of the lessons begins with a demonstration of the groove played with an amazing rhythm section so you can get a feel for how it sits in a musical context. Then I 'll break it down for you note for note. You 'll also have all of TrueFire 's great learning tools to work with along the way.

Working with these 30 bass grooves will really help you get your slap bass chops together. So if you 're ready, grab your bass, and let 's do it!
The Freak
We'll look at a derivation of a classic bassline-led funk song to get us started.
Chili Town
Here's a funk-rock groove in E minor to spice up your groove game.
On Funkway
An easy, mellow bassline all played on one string. Good for beginners and a good lesson in how to play simply and listen to and sync with the band.
Miss Stu
This lick is a two chord vamp that merges rock and disco. Alternate fingerings and double popping on a single string make this groove more challenging.
Coffee Grounds
More rock-funk in E minor. This is our first look at "swung" 8th notes, and our first exposure to hammer-ons in this course.
Tower Records
Now we've got a straight ahead rock groove with no funk or swing in it to show you how the SOUND of using your thumb can add another layer of tone to your playing.

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Reviews

3 results

Chris

Verified buyer

06/11/22

Slapping applications

This course from the always entartaining Mr Stu Hamm features examples in many styles (even unusual ones) that made me look to this technique in a new way. My only crticism is that I wished for more challenging material to be included: the grooves are very nice but not very difficult even for a late beginner/early intermediate player.

Albor

01/25/22

Great quality course

Stu Hamm is a great teacher in teaching the Slap technique and the groove that characterizes it. Clear and progressive, great quality

GuitarPeppe

Verified buyer

06/10/21

Slapping

I started seeing bass players who slapped in the late 70's and 80's. With this course you can understand this very important technique for a bass player. yeah

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