What exactly is slap bass? Looking it up doesn't help me understand it, because it just sounds like normal bass playing to me when I listen to it. Pic unrelated
You use your thumb to bounce off of the strings, creating a unique sound. See Primus, RHCP, Sly & the Family Stone, etc.
>>65301574
You shooting for a new meme eh buddy?
>>65301593
Maybe I should just watch someone doing it without the rest of the band, because I don't hear a difference right now.
>>65301596
No
>>65301642
JUST FUCK MY FINGER UP
>>65301574
it's a more percussive sound than regular bass playing
>>65301659
YOU LOVE IT YOU SLAGS
This.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CslkVhOoE2U
Louis Johnson.
Good video about it, with complimentary Finnish.
https://youtu.be/dPR3p0xmZgM
>>65302889
Really? I honestly did not know that.
A very corny technique for bass that automatically makes any music featuring it sound incredibly dated and well, fucking corny.
>>65302972
looks like the contrarian buzz words king has entered the thread. now fuck off
>>65301574
here's a pretty basic example:
http://www.slapit.com/sounds/pg18ex02.wav
it sounds nothing like normal bass playing. are you deaf or something?
