I'm really interested in signing up for the slap bass course - but confused about the payment system. It says we pay according to how many videos you release in a month. Is that all and any videos? Sound's like it could get pricy. Basically I'd like to sign up for the slap bass - and some other courses (like theory) - but want a clear idea of what it'll cost me ...
Less than a year. I was slapping quite well after a few months….. having said that, I have ADHD so I was playing between 8 to 10 hours a day from the moment I got my first bass. This was coupled with 2 lessons a week. I believe someone who is has natural perspicacity and practices all day could learn to play the bass competently within 3 months. If I started learning the bass, now. I would use Victor Wootens technique.
@@nathanmoore7120same i could play advanced slap bass in a month because I have ADHD and was practicing like from when I got home from school to when I had to go to bed
After 35 years of playing modulair synths i started to play the bass. I never could figure out how to slap on the bass. Picking was easy but slapping it (for me) wasn't easy. Now after 13 years of playing the bass and seeing your video, i finally learned how to slap. Thank you for this video. It really changed the way of playing the bass. ❤❤❤❤❤
Yo Charles! these videos are really helping my bass playing! Please dont stop making videos!!! You inspire me to practice my bass whenever a new video comes out and these videos are way more helpful than any other ones on youtube! God bless you bro from New Orleans 😀
Thanks so much! I'm a total bass newbie and not overwhelmed by the info you are sharing and its progression. Awesome!! Working in this already. Muchas gracias!!! 😎🎶🎵🎸🎵🖤
@@hayatotheninja Yes, thank you for the correction. Anyway, this channel's already been a revelation. Looking forward to seeing it grow. 20+ years of guitar, and this'll be a nice way to ensure I'm not just playing bass like a regular ass electric.
I just learned how to slap bass just from your thumb nail and hand placement, now I’m slapping in the middle of my solo for my high school marching band and jazz band competition, THANK YOU 😭💗
Charles, your tutorial on slaps and pops for bass is absolutely fantastic! Your technical expertise and expressive playing style make it easy for beginners like me to grasp these techniques. The structured approach you've taken in this video is incredibly helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent with the bass community. Looking forward to more lessons from you!
Hey Charles, thank you for this lesson. I had a student today and we did pretty much exactly the same thing today. Some hours after our lesson you uploaded this video and I recommended it immediately. :) perfect timing
Literally wearing my Slap Bass University shirt as I watch this. Also, side note about that shirt, some people see the shirt and they somehow mentally remove the "B" and think it says something totally different.
I had a random urge to learn slap one evening and I had little to no experience with that style. This video was very helpful and I was able to combine my guitar playing with the new techniques I learned from this video. Super helpful!!!!!
For slaps (thumps), I would just add that you should try to hit your thumb knuckle on the string. Back when I was giving lessons, I noticed a few students were getting this "flabby" sound when they slapped, and I realized they were hitting with a different part of their thumb. I had thought it was intuitive to hit with your knuckle, but I learned that, for some people, it's not.
I play guitar I actually quit playing around my year 3 into it and haven’t really practiced in like 2-3 years. Like I play sporadically. But I never actually sat down and practice. But I’ve been working on a project recently that made me kinda get back into music. I actually bought my bass like 2 years ago or something. And only played on it like 10 times at most. And it’s just been collecting dust at my mothers. I picked it up last week and I’m trynna learn it. Trynna practice a bit more with both bass and guitar. I’ve always thought slapping was just so cool so I’m trynna learn!
Great lesson, thanks for posting this! Unfortunately I taught myself slapping the thumb-down way. I don't slap often, and it works for most things, but it's a dead-end for going further. With thumb-down, I manage to always hit the string right and have my slapped notes at an equal loudness. That's hard for me thumb-up, even though I know that thumb-up can sound much fatter if done right. And I could never double-thumb with thumb-down. With thumb-down, I can easily mute the slapped string with my right palm right when I pop if I want to (I mostly do and don't even think about it). Muting strings with thumb-ub is much harder for me, it's all in the left hand then. I know I could go much further with thumb-up, but trying to do that makes me feel like a noob. So I have to practice it at home and won't do it on stage for now. But will continuing to slap thumb-down on stage hurt learning thumb-up? It just feels so different...
Charles actually went through the same thing! I remember him saying before that when he started slapping he learned it thumb down like Flea and that it took him a solid year to adjust to the up thumb and learn the double thumb. It is a very slow process but keep going at it, best of luck!
excellent video! thank you so much as a newbie to bass this is extremely good to follow along. After watching a lot of bass videos this is the first one that clearly explains how to slap to a total noob
I used to slap with the thumb placed like thae way you show ..... Although when I first started to attend music school , the teacher told me to change the position of my thumb .... Placing your thumb like Flea as you say, is the most ergonomic position. You play more easily, relaxing your arm, and can also adjust to normal plucking position easily. The only difficult part is to learn how to slap accurately . But its a matter of practice after all !!
Great video. I admit that I'm a little bit self-conscious because I really don't pop anything other than the G string. I dunno, I tried a few times to pop the D string, but I just kind of prefer the brighter sound I got from the G. I think I just always liked a very high contrast between my slaps and my pops.
No fking way charles made a separate account to teach his bass stuff. I was gonna go through the trouble of transcribing some of his stuff but this is way better 😂
Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for mentioning that the correct way to slap is with the thumb up or parallel, but NOT DOWN, which is one of my pet peeves, ha! It drives me crazy watching players with their thumbs down
When double-thumbing, the thumb moves mostly in the plane of the string, perpendicular to the 'bounce' technique you show here. How do you transition from one to the other? I feel like I have to unlearn the bounce in order to learn double-thumb.
I’m pretty new to bass but find it much easier to slap with my thumb down. Should I keep going like that or teach myself to do it like shown. Thanks!👍😁
Thank you, great video. I started slap bass a couple of months ago because of your videos, still building the technique and your advice will help a lot.
Do you know how Flea gets away with his thumb being down? Is he just super accurate, or does he just mute the other strings he doesn’t want to play? Thanks!
i got my first bass like 3 months ago, haven't tried slap yet. now that i'm trying it, i'm fine with slapping on the E string, and poping is just fine on every string, but Slapping on any string but E is the hardest thing for me. it's like i have to change the way i position my thumb to hit it for each string when i slap it. I'm pointing it only slightly up, just like you said would be fine, and it's only working on the E string. Please help.
Good day to you, davie504 brought me here..your lesson is Well done And you have a pleasing voice. I only have an acoustique basse and would like to know if one can slap it even unplugged ?
Hi Charles, You should consider having a pro luthier look at your black LeFay bass.. when the bridge saddles are not in a straight line backwards from G to E after intonation adjustment, there’s either a problem with the head stock saddle resting points - or the strings - resulting in the slight intonation quirks I heard in the video. I could adjust it for you, but it’s probably too much of an effort to bring the bass to Denmark 😅 BTW: Great video BR, Lars
Great lessons/exercises. One question- do you usually have to have newer strings to get the slap/pop off effect? Also- are there certain settings on the bass amp that you recommend? I have a Pbass and Markbass amp (which i consider higher end gear) yet struggle to get the right sound for slapping.
Newbie question, is there a setup video for the bass particularly for slap as opposed to other styles or shouldnt i worry to much about this? Think my bass is set too high but im worried to mess on with it.
I found slap to be quite easy (considering I already watched a video yesterday on how to do it) but my bass action is kind of high so it doesn’t sound so good.
Question: Should your string bounce off the last fret when you slap? Mine always do. I don’t think I’m hitting it too hard; I think I’m barely hitting it. My bass’s action isn’t low either. Advice?
Get the backing tracks and tabs for these exercises, plus 4 more full lessons at the beginner slap bass course here: www.patreon.com/CharlesBerthoud
how do you arrange songs?
But I don't have money
I'm really interested in signing up for the slap bass course - but confused about the payment system. It says we pay according to how many videos you release in a month. Is that all and any videos? Sound's like it could get pricy. Basically I'd like to sign up for the slap bass - and some other courses (like theory) - but want a clear idea of what it'll cost me ...
My bass don't sound like your's why?
hello
Incredible lesson, keep it up!! 🙏🏻
This guy is coming for you let me tell ya!!
chad
No way! I wasn't expecting to see you here! 🙃
Bro responded to himself thinking we wouldn't notice 💀
Bro casually complimenting himself
is it just me or is slap the hardest thing on earth ?
Just practice it for 15 minutes everyday and you should get it down in about a year
Less than a year. I was slapping quite well after a few months….. having said that, I have ADHD so I was playing between 8 to 10 hours a day from the moment I got my first bass. This was coupled with 2 lessons a week.
I believe someone who is has natural perspicacity and practices all day could learn to play the bass competently within 3 months.
If I started learning the bass, now. I would use Victor Wootens technique.
@@nathanmoore7120same i could play advanced slap bass in a month because I have ADHD and was practicing like from when I got home from school to when I had to go to bed
@@nathanmoore7120what is victor Wooten technique Im haveing the most trouble with finding slap songs that are easier enough and also ear training
It’s just you😂😂😂😂😂
Kidding it took me a long time to get that clean slap tone the key is to practice and practice unfortunately no short cut
After 35 years of playing modulair synths i started to play the bass. I never could figure out how to slap on the bass. Picking was easy but slapping it (for me) wasn't easy. Now after 13 years of playing the bass and seeing your video, i finally learned how to slap.
Thank you for this video. It really changed the way of playing the bass. ❤❤❤❤❤
I recently bought my first bass because of you and Davie, hoping to get the BASSics down soon!
Congrats, have fun!!
Not only is this man a freak player, he's a great teacher too! What can't he do?
Play accordeon
Cant stay out in the sun too long probably ha haw gingerbread boy
Get girls
@thomasobrien4707 you see that ring on his left hand, right?
@Brett-yq7pj hahaaj soooooo funny... is that your original material? Pure genius.
This guy has to be the best bass teacher on the platform
Yo Charles! these videos are really helping my bass playing! Please dont stop making videos!!! You inspire me to practice my bass whenever a new video comes out and these videos are way more helpful than any other ones on youtube! God bless you bro from New Orleans 😀
That's great to hear, don't worry I'm not stopping any time soon!
@@BassCampOfficial Yayy
Thanks so much! I'm a total bass newbie and not overwhelmed by the info you are sharing and its progression. Awesome!! Working in this already. Muchas gracias!!! 😎🎶🎵🎸🎵🖤
I really appreciate that you don't talk while demonstrating the sound, so we can actually hear the sound of the guitar ✅️
And for content not containing 10 minutes of BS, 5 minutes of useful information, as usual.
Nice to see a basic breakdown.
Glad you found it helpful!
You mean... BASSic. 😎
@@hayatotheninja Yes, thank you for the correction.
Anyway, this channel's already been a revelation. Looking forward to seeing it grow. 20+ years of guitar, and this'll be a nice way to ensure I'm not just playing bass like a regular ass electric.
I just learned how to slap bass just from your thumb nail and hand placement, now I’m slapping in the middle of my solo for my high school marching band and jazz band competition, THANK YOU 😭💗
Charles, your tutorial on slaps and pops for bass is absolutely fantastic! Your technical expertise and expressive playing style make it easy for beginners like me to grasp these techniques. The structured approach you've taken in this video is incredibly helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent with the bass community. Looking forward to more lessons from you!
I keep trying to slap the A string but i keep hitting the damn E string🤬
You are not alone. I feel your pain.
Hey Charles, thank you for this lesson. I had a student today and we did pretty much exactly the same thing today. Some hours after our lesson you uploaded this video and I recommended it immediately. :) perfect timing
You honestly just taught me how to slap bass properly and I’ve been avoiding it for years. Thank you so much!
Hey Charles, loving the exercises. One for arpeggios would be awesome!
I've been trying to learn slap for ages
you broke down what I was missing, and it's the very easiest first step
Literally wearing my Slap Bass University shirt as I watch this. Also, side note about that shirt, some people see the shirt and they somehow mentally remove the "B" and think it says something totally different.
Thanks for the class from Brazil teach!
I had a random urge to learn slap one evening and I had little to no experience with that style. This video was very helpful and I was able to combine my guitar playing with the new techniques I learned from this video. Super helpful!!!!!
I love the "hidden lesson" in this video: the first 7 seconds. Badass riff!! I still need some practice, but got instant fun... 😊 Thanks a lot!!
By far the best slap bass lesson ive found on here
Bless you for these free lessons from the best player in the world
For slaps (thumps), I would just add that you should try to hit your thumb knuckle on the string. Back when I was giving lessons, I noticed a few students were getting this "flabby" sound when they slapped, and I realized they were hitting with a different part of their thumb. I had thought it was intuitive to hit with your knuckle, but I learned that, for some people, it's not.
I play a 6 string electric guitar and don't even own a bass, yet I'm here
Go away your kind aren't welcome unless you mean a 6 string short scale piccolo bass
Me too😅
Me three lol
It's actually harder to play it that slow.
Thanks for this.
This video legit turned it around for me.
I've had the hardest time learning slap.
Finally somebody who actually explained how to do it without 25min monolog how bass and slap is great
Nice and straightforward. Excellent video
You got a great technique. It is evident you were trained professionally.
I play guitar I actually quit playing around my year 3 into it and haven’t really practiced in like 2-3 years. Like I play sporadically. But I never actually sat down and practice. But I’ve been working on a project recently that made me kinda get back into music. I actually bought my bass like 2 years ago or something. And only played on it like 10 times at most. And it’s just been collecting dust at my mothers. I picked it up last week and I’m trynna learn it. Trynna practice a bit more with both bass and guitar. I’ve always thought slapping was just so cool so I’m trynna learn!
have a bass for years but never slapped, this was the easiest one to follow, thanks!
A great bass player...and now a great bass teacher too!!! Very clear, very rational and well structured. Keep on teaching,! 💪👍👍
When he kept playing the first note for the slap technique all I could think of was the intro to Around the World by RHCP
I liked very much this lesson, I’ll try it asap.
That's the single most helpful lesson so far. One question though. Why is it so hard to slap on higher frets?
Great lesson, thanks for posting this! Unfortunately I taught myself slapping the thumb-down way. I don't slap often, and it works for most things, but it's a dead-end for going further. With thumb-down, I manage to always hit the string right and have my slapped notes at an equal loudness. That's hard for me thumb-up, even though I know that thumb-up can sound much fatter if done right. And I could never double-thumb with thumb-down. With thumb-down, I can easily mute the slapped string with my right palm right when I pop if I want to (I mostly do and don't even think about it). Muting strings with thumb-ub is much harder for me, it's all in the left hand then.
I know I could go much further with thumb-up, but trying to do that makes me feel like a noob. So I have to practice it at home and won't do it on stage for now.
But will continuing to slap thumb-down on stage hurt learning thumb-up? It just feels so different...
Charles actually went through the same thing! I remember him saying before that when he started slapping he learned it thumb down like Flea and that it took him a solid year to adjust to the up thumb and learn the double thumb. It is a very slow process but keep going at it, best of luck!
Thanks for this amazing lesson was fun to try to play along 🤩
excellent video! thank you so much as a newbie to bass this is extremely good to follow along. After watching a lot of bass videos this is the first one that clearly explains how to slap to a total noob
I used to slap with the thumb placed like thae way you show .....
Although when I first started to attend music school , the teacher told me to change the position of my thumb ....
Placing your thumb like Flea as you say, is the most ergonomic position. You play more easily, relaxing your arm, and can also adjust to normal plucking position easily.
The only difficult part is to learn how to slap accurately . But its a matter of practice after all !!
Great video. I admit that I'm a little bit self-conscious because I really don't pop anything other than the G string. I dunno, I tried a few times to pop the D string, but I just kind of prefer the brighter sound I got from the G. I think I just always liked a very high contrast between my slaps and my pops.
I started learning slap not that long ago, and you have been very inspiring.
Thanks for the lesson Charles! Waiting for the next lesson 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much Sir..big help as I'm a beginner
that was very helpfull in my slap adventure :>
Hello Charles Thank for this course. l will slap bass right now
Here from patreon! Looking forward to the full glory of this channel!
Awesome to get started! Thank you Charly
Thank you Charles!♥
Awesome, will practice later!
Thank you so much! It really helped me!!
Can you teach how to incorporate ghost notes into slapping?
Thanks for that info I'll check it out
Really great, thanks for posting! ⭐👍
out of the many bass slap tutorials I've watched, this is the only video that I get basic and simple instruction, thanks for basic tutorial 🤍
Bass is the greatest instrument of any rock band. Change my mind.
To me the best beginner intro to slap is all right. By Jamiroquai. It’s simple, straightforward and oh so funky
Hello, what brand is that bass? Of the ones you have, I think it's the one I like the most.
Thanks, Chuck!
No fking way charles made a separate account to teach his bass stuff. I was gonna go through the trouble of transcribing some of his stuff but this is way better 😂
Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for mentioning that the correct way to slap is with the thumb up or parallel, but NOT DOWN, which is one of my pet peeves, ha! It drives me crazy watching players with their thumbs down
When double-thumbing, the thumb moves mostly in the plane of the string, perpendicular to the 'bounce' technique you show here. How do you transition from one to the other? I feel like I have to unlearn the bounce in order to learn double-thumb.
I’m pretty new to bass but find it much easier to slap with my thumb down. Should I keep going like that or teach myself to do it like shown. Thanks!👍😁
Thank you, great video. I started slap bass a couple of months ago because of your videos, still building the technique and your advice will help a lot.
That's a nicely oiled fretboard 🙂
Excelente! Muito obrigado! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Do you know how Flea gets away with his thumb being down? Is he just super accurate, or does he just mute the other strings he doesn’t want to play?
Thanks!
great lesson!
i got my first bass like 3 months ago, haven't tried slap yet. now that i'm trying it, i'm fine with slapping on the E string, and poping is just fine on every string, but Slapping on any string but E is the hardest thing for me. it's like i have to change the way i position my thumb to hit it for each string when i slap it. I'm pointing it only slightly up, just like you said would be fine, and it's only working on the E string. Please help.
that bass line in the first intro is kinda catchy ngl
Good day to you, davie504 brought me here..your lesson is Well done And you have a pleasing voice. I only have an acoustique basse and would like to know if one can slap it even unplugged ?
Tanks charles for ur lesson
BRILLIANT thank you!
Great explanation!
When you slap, do you bounce off the string or do you slap past the string?
muy bueno los ejercicios, que brindás
Awesome stuff! 🤘
Dam, I thought you were gonna show me something I didn't already know, lol. You're the bomb though! I love your stuff!
Thanks brother! Thanks so much! You are truly incredible bassist.
can you slap on any bass or do there have to be a specific type of bass?
I was on this event in São Paulo
Emotional moment, Higher Ground is the second ever slap line I learned, after Aeroplane.
Many, many bassists learned how to slap with Higher Ground.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the impression I got from this video is to slap on only the E and A strings and pop on only the D and G strings?
Never played BASS but I consider this lesson excellent. Thank you, Charles! 333rd like!
Do I keep my thumb relaxed or flex it so it stays upright and pointy?
sorting lessons by level of difficulty in different playlists would be a good idea
Hi Charles,
You should consider having a pro luthier look at your black LeFay bass.. when the bridge saddles are not in a straight line backwards from G to E after intonation adjustment, there’s either a problem with the head stock saddle resting points - or the strings - resulting in the slight intonation quirks I heard in the video. I could adjust it for you, but it’s probably too much of an effort to bring the bass to Denmark 😅
BTW: Great video
BR,
Lars
Great lessons/exercises. One question- do you usually have to have newer strings to get the slap/pop off effect? Also- are there certain settings on the bass amp that you recommend? I have a Pbass and Markbass amp (which i consider higher end gear) yet struggle to get the right sound for slapping.
Newbie question, is there a setup video for the bass particularly for slap as opposed to other styles or shouldnt i worry to much about this?
Think my bass is set too high but im worried to mess on with it.
I found slap to be quite easy (considering I already watched a video yesterday on how to do it) but my bass action is kind of high so it doesn’t sound so good.
Does this require an electric, or will it work fine on acoustic?
I would love an introduction to the Chapman stick !
Not understand how to take course.pls make vedio for joining course detail
Can anyone tell me the song he played during the intro/transitions of the video?? It sounds sooo good
What kind of action of the strings is beneficial for slap/pop?
Your teaching ability matches your playing sir.
Bro tysm i couldnt slap idk why but you changed me
omg tysm this helped a lot and i can already see that im improving :)))
Question: Should your string bounce off the last fret when you slap? Mine always do. I don’t think I’m hitting it too hard; I think I’m barely hitting it. My bass’s action isn’t low either. Advice?
Bro I didn't know Kevin de bruyne plays bass