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In music, the term slapping is often used to refer to two different though related playing techniques usually on the double bass and on the (electric) bass guitar. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ...

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Double bass

On double bass it refers to the technique that is a more vigorous version of pizzicato where the string is plucked so hard that when released, it bounces off the finger board, making a distinctive sound. A percussive sound is also made by smacking the strings with all four fingers on the right hand, usually in time with the snare drum. Notable slap style double bass players have included Bill Johnson, Wellman Braud, Milt Hinton, Pops Foster, Jimbo Wallace, Kim Nekroman, Scott Owen, and Lee Rocker. Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Jazz bass is played almost exclusively in pizzicato. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings, and with a set of snares (cords) stretched across the bottom head. ... William Manuel Bill Johnson (August 10, 1872 – December 3, 1972), was a United States jazz musician, considered the father of the slap style of string bass playing. ... Wellman Braud (January 25, 1891 - October 29, 1966) was a United States jazz string bass player. ... Milt Hinton born Milton John Hilton (Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 23, 1910; d. ... George Murphy Foster, almost always known as Pops Foster (18 May 1892 (?) - 30 October 1969) was a jazz musician, best known for his vigorous string bass playing. ... Kim Nekroman is the bassist and lead singer for the psychobilly band Nekromantix and the lead guitarist of HorrorPops. ... Scott Owen wrestles with his double bass on stage Scott Owen plays the double bass in the Australian rock band The Living End. ... Lee Rocker Lee Rocker (born August 3, 1961 in Long Island, New York) is a rockabilly double bass player. ...


Slapping the bass is a technique used by many bands since at least the 1920s and came into popular use in the 1940s. Slap bass provides a strong downbeat when the string is plucked and a strong back beat when it slaps back onto the fingerboard of the bass. It creates a very percussive sound and adds a lot of drive that is particularly good for dance music.


Slap bass was used by Western Swing and Hillbilly Boogie musicians, and became an important component of an early form of rock and roll that combined what was then called hillbilly music, and blues, a musical style now referred to as rockabilly. Western swing is, first and foremost, a fusion of country music, several styles of jazz, pop music and blues aimed at dancers. ... Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, and emerged in the early-1950s. ...


The technique inspired the George and Ira Gershwin song, "Slap That Bass" “Gershwin” redirects here. ... Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. ... Slap That Bass is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film Shall We Dance. ...


Bass guitar

On bass guitar it usually refers to a technique that consists of hitting the string with the thumb of the strumming hand near the base of the guitar's neck, often combined with snapping the strings usually with the index or middle finger of the same hand, (the latter more specifically called "popping", i.e. "slapping and popping"). Some bassists use other fingers of the strumming hand to achieve this sound, such as bassist Abraham Laboriel, Sr., who conversely uses his thumb to pop the strings, and his other four fingers to slap the strings. The invention of slap is generally credited to Sly & the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham; Graham has stated in several interviews that he was trying to emulate the sound of a drum set after the band he used to play in with his mother had lost its drummer. A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... For other uses, see Thumb (disambiguation). ... The Index finger The index finger, pointer finger or forefinger is the second digit of a human hand, located between the thumb and the middle finger. ... Abraham Laboriel, Sr. ... Sly & the Family Stone was an American rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Larry Graham, Jr. ...


The unique sound of the slapping technique comes from the string hitting the fretboard with high force, and gives a much more percussive sound than regular fingering of notes with the strumming hand. The sound is also usually louder and more distinct than the sound of a bass guitar played using the usual plucking techniques. This feature combined with the fact that a bass guitarist using the slapping technique often looks and sounds appealing to the general public has contributed to the popularity of the technique both with players and listeners. Sound is a disturbance of mechanical energy that propagates through matter as a wave. ... The fingerboard, also known as a fretboard, is a part of most stringed instruments. ... Percussion redirects here. ...


Variants

There are numerous variants of the slapping technique, which extend the basic actions by including other percussive strumming techniques, such as adding hammered notes, and repeating slap and pop patterns to effectively produce the equivalent of a drumroll on the bass guitar (see Victor Wooten). Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964 in Hampton, Virginia) is an American electric bass guitar player. ...


A 'slap and pop'-related playing technique involves using the Funk fingers invented by world-renowned bass player Tony Levin. As used by Tony Levin in Aschaffenburg Funk Fingers are a kind of drumsticks that are attached to the fingers of a bass player for producing extra-funky sounds on his bass guitar. ... Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an influential American bass player. ...


Examples

Some bass guitar players known for their use of slapping in their playing , with notable bands and/or artists they have worked with: In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ...

Some songs with prominent bass playing using the slapping technique: Metalocalypse, is a Flash animated television series on Adult Swim created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. ... Dethklok is a virtual death metal band that stars in the television show Metalocalypse. ... Guy Pratt is a well-known session bassist and also a songwriter, actor and comedian. ... The Orb are an English electronic music group known for popularising chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... Marshall Grant (born May 1928) is best known as the bassist of the Tennessee Two, Johnny Cashs backing band, in which he played with Luther Perkins. ... For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ... The Tennessee Three was the backing band for renowned country music and rockabilly singer Johnny Cash, for over 40 years until Cashs semi-retirement in 1996. ... Reginald Fieldy Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Bakersfield, California) is the bass player for the band Korn. ... This article is about the band. ... Michael Balzary aka Flea Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary on October 16, 1962 in Burwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia) is the bassist for the alternative funk band Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... Larry Graham, Jr. ... Sly & the Family Stone were an American rock band from San Francisco, California. ... Graham Central Station was a funk band named after founder Larry Graham and Grand Central Station in New York City. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... The Brothers Johnsons bassist, Louis Johnson (born 13 April 1955, in Los Angeles) is regarded as one of the best bassists of the 20th century. ... The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of the musicians George Johnson (Lightnin Licks) and Louis Johnson (Thunder Thumbs). // Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy, and their cousin Alex Weir, while attending school in Los Angeles... This article is about the producer and songwriter. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Stuart Patrick Jude Zender was born on 18 March 1974 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ... Jamiroquai (A portmanteau of Jam and iroquai, loosely based on the native American Indian tribe the Iroquois) is a Grammy Award-winning English funk / soul / disco band. ... Stanley Clarke (born 30 June 1951) is an American musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and bass guitar as well as his numerous film and television scores. ... For the album, see Return to Forever (album). ... Armando Anthony Chick Corea (born June 12, 1941) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer. ... Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in New York) is a jazz musician, composer and producer, perhaps best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and David Sanborn. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, widely considered to be one of the most influential of the 20th century. ... For other persons named David Sanborn, see David Sanborn (disambiguation). ... Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr. ... Wimbish (right), a part of Living Colour live during the Stain-Tour (Vienna, 1993) Doug Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is a bass player, primarily known for his studio work for the rap/hip hop label Sugarhill Records and his membership of the band Living Colour. ... The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for one hit, Rappers Delight, the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. ... Joseph Biggie Grand Saddler (born January 1, 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is a American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. ... Living Colour is a hard rock band formed in New York City in 1983 by Vernon Reid. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Leslie Edward Les Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a singer, lyricist, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... For other uses, see Primus. ... Mike Gordon (born June 3, 1965 in Sudbury, Massachusetts) is a bass player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. ... This article is about the band. ... Ryan Martinie is an American bassist, best known for being the bass player of alternative metal band Mudvayne. ... Mudvayne are an American alternative metal band. ... Alex Katunich a. ... Incubus is a five-piece American alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. ... Mark King (born 20 October 1958, in Cowes, Isle of Wight) is a British musician from the Isle of Wight. ... Level 42 is a popular British pop and funk band. ... John Norwood Fisher John Norwood Fisher (known as Norwood Fisher, b. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Tony Ashwin Kanal (born August 27, 1970 in Kingsbury, London, England) is the bassist for the US band No Doubt. ... For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ... Aaron Charles Wills (stage name: P-Nut), (born June 5, 1974 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American musician, and bassist for band 311. ... 311 (pronounced three eleven) is a band, from Omaha, Nebraska. ... William Bootsy Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a pioneering funk bassist, singer, and songwriter. ... Bootsys Rubber Band was a P-Funk spinoff, led by pioneering bassist Bootsy Collins. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Parliament-Funkadelic. ... Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clintons Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. ... Praxis is the name of an ever-changing Bill Laswell musical project. ... Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964 in Hampton, Virginia) is an American electric bass guitar player. ... Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a multi-Grammy winning, primarily instrumental group from the USA, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed blu-bop. ... Roger Solari was born in Porto Alegre in 1973. ... Trevor Dunn (born January 30, 1968 in Eureka, California)) is an American musician. ... Mr. ... A poster for an early Fantômas film. ... Secret Chiefs 3, also known as SC3, is a group of musicians led by composer and producer Trey Spruance, former guitarist of Mr. ... David Krakauer is an American clarinetist. ... Geddy Lee OC is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. ... Rush is a Canadian rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. ... Stuart Hamm (born February 8, 1960) is a highly respected bass player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well for his virtuosic style of playing. ... Steven Steve Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer. ... Joseph Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ... Dave LaRue is an accomplished virtuoso bassist who has performed with the Dixie Dregs since 1992 and with the Steve Morse Band since 1989. ... Dixie Dregs is a progressive rock band formed in the 1970s. ... Steve Morse Steven J. Morse is a rock guitarist and guitar virtuoso, best known for his position as guitarist in the Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple. ... Roberto Trujillo [Pronounced Troo-Hee-Yoh] (born on October 24, 1962[1]) is a bassist who played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbournes band before joining Metallica in 2003. ... Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk / crossover thrash band formed in 1981 in Venice, California. ... The Infectious Grooves are a Funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ...

This article is about the band. ... Reginald Fieldy Arvizu Reginald Fieldy Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Bakersfield, California) is the bass player for the band Korn. ... Graham Central Station was a funk band named after founder Larry Graham and Grand Central Station in New York City. ... Larry Graham, Jr. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... The Brothers Johnsons bassist, Louis Johnson (born 13 April 1955, in Los Angeles) is regarded as one of the best bassists of the 20th century. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Jamiroquai (A portmanteau of Jam and iroquai, loosely based on the native American Indian tribe the Iroquois) is a Grammy Award-winning English funk / soul / disco band. ... Stuart Patrick Jude Zender was born on 18 March 1974 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the musical group. ... Tony Levin (born June 6, 1946, Boston, Massachusetts) is an influential American bass player. ... This article is about the year. ... Three of a Perfect Pair is an album by the band King Crimson, released in 1984. ... 311 (pronounced three eleven) is a band, from Omaha, Nebraska. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of the musicians George Johnson (Lightnin Licks) and Louis Johnson (Thunder Thumbs). // Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy, and their cousin Alex Weir, while attending school in Los Angeles... 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Mark King can refer to: Mark King, bass player with Level 42 Mark King, snooker player Mark King, AFC Wimbledon player This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... For other persons named David Sanborn, see David Sanborn (disambiguation). ... Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in New York) is a jazz musician, composer and producer, perhaps best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and David Sanborn. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... John Norwood Fisher John Norwood Fisher (known as Norwood Fisher, b. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Truth and Soul is an album by Fishbone, released on September 13, 1988. ... For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ... Tony Ashwin Kanal (born August 27, 1970 in Kingsbury, London, England) is the bassist for the US band No Doubt. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see No Doubt (disambiguation). ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... Get Up And Jump is a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1984 debut album, the eponymous Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Michael Balzary aka Flea Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary on October 16, 1962 in Burwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia) is the bassist for the alternative funk band Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Singles from Mothers Milk Released: 1989 Released: 1989 Released: 1989 Mothers Milk is the fourth studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. ... For other uses, see Primus. ... Leslie Edward Les Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a singer, lyricist, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, best known for his work with the alternative rock band Primus. ... Sailing the Seas of Cheese is the second album by Primus, released on May 14, 1991. ... Mr. ... Trevor Dunn (born January 30, 1968 in Eureka, California)) is an American musician. ... Mr. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ... For the motorcyclist, see John Deacon (motorcyclist). ... Hot Space is an album by English rock band Queen, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). ...

See also

A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ...

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