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tomtom
10-31-2005, 01:52 AM
hi all
as you know, i have recently learnt how to slap, and want to focus on building up speed.
i made a thread like thas a while ago, but the search function isn't finding it.
anyway, i was wandering is anybody could reccomed a good slap song which is faster that the antipop, slower than higher ground, and not that hard, i still need to get used to slapping :D
thanks dudes
funkyhoney
10-31-2005, 01:54 AM
i cant recommend anything per se, but if you like ill upload a sheet of slap riffs my teacher wrote out for me
Crudd-Bucket™
10-31-2005, 01:54 AM
Aeroplane - RHCP
Tryxx
10-31-2005, 01:56 AM
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=408078

That thread? I could merge the two if you like, so you don't have two.

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Phalanx
10-31-2005, 02:02 AM
Stuart Hamm - A night in hell is a pretty fast song, dunno if you'd call it intermediate or advanced though
tomtom
10-31-2005, 02:38 AM
hmmmm, i'll do aeroplane. i got the powertab, but with muted notes, do you just not bounce your finger off, so you get the metallic clip, but not the ringing of the note?
Bass_swede
10-31-2005, 03:57 AM
Get up and jump is the song I learned fast slapping. It's an impressive song to "watch" at, looks alot harder than it is..
tomtom
10-31-2005, 04:40 AM
Get up and jump is the song I learned fast slapping. It's an impressive song to "watch" at, looks alot harder than it is..
i have a clip where flea does get up and jump.
it looks pretty hard .......................................
Az_Holl
10-31-2005, 04:42 AM
Rage Against The Machine- Take the Power Back
Not THAT hard, not THAT fast.
tomtom
10-31-2005, 04:51 AM
Rage Against The Machine- Take the Power Back
Not THAT hard, not THAT fast.
i'll try that next
Bass_swede
10-31-2005, 05:39 AM
i have a clip where flea does get up and jump.
it looks pretty hard .......................................

as I said, it LOOKS hard.. this was the first slap song (after can't stop which I tabbed out wrong) I ever learned...
Akira
10-31-2005, 06:06 AM
Slower than Higher Ground? That is probably the easiest slap line I can think of. A ton easier than Aeroplane or something.
Az_Holl
10-31-2005, 06:10 AM
Slower than Higher Ground? That is probably the easiest slap line I can think of. A ton easier than Aeroplane or something.
Aeroplanes pretty slow on the slapping parts though.
mister_tee
10-31-2005, 03:11 PM
The song I learnt most of my right hand slapping speed on was "nobody weird like me" by RHCP. The fretting hand barely moves in the main riff, but I found it really useful for right hand speed, because it's a pretty universal pattern.
6stringslinger
10-31-2005, 04:00 PM
slapping octaves with a drum machine or metronome will do wonders over a period time

set a pace like 90bpm, 30 days later go to 105bpm, if you pratice this daily for over period of time(3-6 months and longer) you will pick up a lot of speed
Akira
10-31-2005, 04:05 PM
Aeroplanes pretty slow on the slapping parts though.
Yeah, but it has a lot more mutes and stuff that Higher Ground.
thelowsoundofbass
10-31-2005, 04:13 PM
higher ground is very easy IMO but as someone else said take the power back. it was the first slap song that i learned and still play the riff to this day

lowsound
tomtom
10-31-2005, 07:00 PM
about the mutes in aeroplane, to do a muted slap can i just not bounce my thumb of?
Riouken
10-31-2005, 07:03 PM
Use your fretting hand to deaden the string, then slap your thumb. It will create a dea dnote, or muted note.