The Secret Slap Technique To Playing Mark King and Les Claypool Grooves!

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In this video, we'll show you the secret slap technique for playing grooves of Mark King, Les Claypool, Louis Johnson and Stanley Clarke. This technique will help you learn songs quickly and easily and you'll be playing like a legend in no time.
The technique is simple and easy to use and will help you some of your fave songs quickly and easily. Have fun!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:50 The Fretting Hand Slap
2:17 Using Home Position
4:53 Mark King Style Groove
7:52 Machine Gun Triplets
11:04 Six Note Figure
13:16 Combination
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Bass Gear:
► Fender Jazz Bass
► DR bass strings
► Levy Leathers Bass Strap
► GRBass Bass Amps

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@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

Note: The tab is slightly wrong for the machine gun triplets. The written D at the 7th fret should be C at the 5th fret as I show in the video. The correct tab is presented on the website here: www.talkingbass.net/the-essential-slap-technique/

@marcgauvreau2663 Жыл бұрын

This outstanding Mark; you always make it look easy until one tries it...and then one realizes the skill (practice; time and discipline) required to pull this off. unbelievable!

@kahwigulum Жыл бұрын

slap bass is pretty cool i guess

@BayouMaccabee Жыл бұрын

😆

@pfg_pedals Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I’ve needed to be shown. There’s a part in Virtual Reality that I never could figure out and within five minutes I nailed it. Thanks.

@aarongrooms8881 Ай бұрын

I know the exact part you're referring to. Zender is fuckin beast right?!?

@adamadeptus3686 Жыл бұрын

That machine gun triplet method with the left-hand slap unlocks the mysteries of "Lacquerhead" by Primus. Thank you, Mark!

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

Have you seen my lacquerhead tutorial?

@adamadeptus3686 Жыл бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons I did and just started studying from it in fact. Thank you so much for making it, Mark! If you would ever consider making a similar video with tips for learning "The Lesson" by Victor Wooten, I'd be much obliged. I'm saving up money to buy some of your paid courses soon. 🙏

@briancherry8088 Жыл бұрын

It's been a long time since KZfaq recommended a TalkingBass video. It feels like visiting an old friend. Now... I have a lot of great new content to start working through....

@tangerinepopgames 4 күн бұрын

I struggled with the 6 pattern. Then I broke it down and omitted the left hand and just got the alternating working between two thumbs and a thumb/pluck in time of course. Adding the left hand became a bit easier. Also I found that if I start and the thumb it was easier -> Thumb-pluck-LH-thumb-thumb-LH... Took me less than 10 minutes to get this to a moderate speed with a metronome. Hope this helps anyone struggling with this technique.

@elhazelrah Жыл бұрын

Thanks for breaking down the technique slow enough to understand. Now to put in the practice to get up to speed!

@jamiemcdonald4279 6 ай бұрын

I just recently got a new bass, it's been about 15 years since I've touched one. I've been watching a lot of videos and this has explained the slapping, specifically ghost notes the best. It's crazy, I'm basically starting all over again.

@talesfromthetoiletseat8295 Жыл бұрын

That jazz bass is sick. I want one

@glynnp42 Жыл бұрын

Mark, you are amazing at breaking things down and thoroughly explaining things. I'm so glad I found your site. Thank you!!!

@micktomazou Жыл бұрын

Simplicity itself - yet so effective. Thanks Mark

@humanidrome Жыл бұрын

Great stuff!! As you mentioned, you have plenty of slap videos here. This one is a nice refresher. Thank you very much, Mark 😊

@reclaimingminds2811 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson Mark, well explained and demonstrated, thank you!

@bassomatic6055 Жыл бұрын

I have this love/hate with thump and pop. On the one hand it sounds cool as hell and I love the percussive funkiness. On the other hand I'd prolly get kicked out of my band if i used it more. So as a result my slap skills have progressed only to a point and seem to be kinda stuck. I go back and forth as to whether the technique is worth developing forward when there is so much other technique stuff to work on like pick playing and palm muting, etc.....but cool lesson. This is one technique I do use already thanks to you.

@KaninTuzi Жыл бұрын

As it is almost always going to be more functionally used as a bit of flair rather than a consistent groove, a nice strategy might be to just get pretty proficient at one or two of these little percussive riffs and that will be all you need to add that flair.

@drewhopkinson9610 4 ай бұрын

This is absolutely brilliant!!! Only just found your channel Mark and cannot get enough of it. Many thanks.

@user-mj7ng8gt9o 7 ай бұрын

love the tone of that 70s jazz bass. play this bass more, Mark!

@glyder356 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video, it's great, just what I was looking for.

@ronbaldon8125 Жыл бұрын

Good job thanks for the lesson.

@MC-qe5qb Жыл бұрын

Awesome vid. So crystal clear

@giovannigaravoglia2432 Жыл бұрын

Very useful and free to access. Thanks 👍

@pacosoundaruba 4 ай бұрын

What a great explanation about this slap technique, it really helps me a lot to get into Mark's slapping!! Awesome, thank you!!

@euc131 5 ай бұрын

Really helpful lesson - thanks

@wolfganglipper3308 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. There is no better way to convey this.

@pen8142 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@DaveHobbs 6 ай бұрын

Top man! Many thanks.

@thierrylemetayer3371 Жыл бұрын

good lesson , thank you Mister

@johnwilliams2420 10 ай бұрын

Spot on beginning problem. Thanks for the proper instruction.

@lesc7219 Жыл бұрын

Super help, Mark

@willschwabenbauer2577 Ай бұрын

DUDE!!! Friggin' Awesome!!❤❤

@mattsuran1270 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to see the parts in isolation and then see that they are just tools that you use.

@isidrosalistre 6 ай бұрын

Detailed teaching! It pushing me to get started practicing slapping 😂❤️

@manfredmethyl6137 Жыл бұрын

Could you do a Bass Breakdown Video on Lopsy Lu or Silly Putty by Stanley Clarke? Would be awesome 😍

@aussiecoastie72 6 ай бұрын

Your a great teacher ❤ thank you

@andysmusikwelt1562 Жыл бұрын

Super analysis presentation 👍

@rickrocketts183 Жыл бұрын

Cool video Mark. I remember being blown away when i first saw the Claypool solo in Tommy The Cat on MTV. You know, during that 10 yr period MTV was actually fun to watch.

@altom4295 Жыл бұрын

excellent lesson..

@charlieburns1385 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!👍

@TheHealthyPlumber Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@steelgoa8486 10 ай бұрын

Dude you're awesome

@stefanherzberg1630 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm a beginning bass player and I'm very interested in learning Claypool. This seems like a great lesson, so thanks!

@restojon1 Жыл бұрын

Hi Stefan, I hope you're doing well with your learning of all things Primus. I'm quite an experienced player and have played a reasonable amount of Primus so I wanted to share some experience with you to help you on your journey. May I suggest American Life as a way in to get started with Claypool and his style and then move onto Tommy The Cat. Tommy the Cat really opens up some of the trademark techniques as well as the abilities you'll need to be familiar with. Lastly, make sure that your bass is set up right to play this kind of stuff. I'm a Luthier and build many instruments and I have several basses at home, I could technically play Primus on any of them barring the limitations of number of frets but, I'd much rather be playing on my little Jackson neck Frankenstein build or my homebrew Stingray. Make sure that your bass is set up nicely, has nice new strings and is plugged into something when practicing. Best of luck my friend, and, as we Primus fans say; PRIMUS SUCKS!!!

@stefanherzberg1630 Жыл бұрын

@@restojon1 Hey, thank you for giving me tips, I appreciate it!

@disturbedtomato5163 6 ай бұрын

@@stefanherzberg1630 if you wanna get good at the fretboard slap lacquerhead is good, this guy also has a video on lacquerhead

@danielpalmersofficial Жыл бұрын

Slap bass is the best, you can’t go wrong with it!! ✌️😙

@Valvey789 Жыл бұрын

The tab in the lower right corner for the triplet licks has D on the first string when I think you meant C.

@Meypelnek Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. I think for the machine gun tripplets you play other than indicated on the sheet a c on the g string. Great video though.

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

Yes, your are correct. I'm going to amend the tab at the site. Unfortunately can't amend the video

@eamonmoran6890 Жыл бұрын

@@talkingbasslessons hey mark, is that the actual rudiment you will played that is tabbed out or is it generally just dominant seventh thats played because they feel worlds apart in terms of difficulty

@b1uerogue 4 ай бұрын

Can you apply slap to all pieces of music? Rather than playing traditional..thats when i finally get used to it as it sounds so cool

@the3foremicsseacraftsoundc709 Жыл бұрын

i was hoping to get a tip on settings so ta speak. i know claypool uses a lot of different settings from looking at his footboard which is larger than most guitarists lol. I've got a slap and pop setting on one board of mine but it doesn't break it down for me much on what is being changed to help with this type of stuff. still good info here

@mojoemurphy Жыл бұрын

What a monster

@davidbalan6571 Жыл бұрын

Bass slap for trial lessons chords progressions Dm7b5 , Am and so on especially liked playing music Vocalists Dexter Holland group band the offspring .

@PeterWilliams-ek2bh 3 ай бұрын

So will these techniques work well on a short scale bass, I just can't get it to sound as good as with my full scale?

@ianmackenzie686 Жыл бұрын

What are the best amp and passive pickup settings for this particular sound?

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

On the amp I keep all tone controls flat (12 o clock/mid way). On the bass I have both pickups full and tone full (on passive).

@Viktor68ful Жыл бұрын

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@jamiemcdonald4279 6 ай бұрын

Man, slapping that A string without hitting the E is tough. I try muting the E string for now but it messes with my finger placement and throws me all off.

@doublepick Жыл бұрын

Very good. Are you using a compressor on your bass set-up?

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

Nah. Just direct for this.

@midimojo Жыл бұрын

So, machine gun triplets look super natural to me! When I try to slap with the other 3 fingers after the pop, it sounds like a hammer on. Can't figure it out haha

@ElBellacko1 Жыл бұрын

hes a slap god

@kevmac1230 6 ай бұрын

Slap bass is my Achilles heel.

@luigi.zanini Жыл бұрын

5:44

@robscott-buccleuch1195 Жыл бұрын

Does this work with flat wound strings?

@och70 Жыл бұрын

The sound wouldn't be as bright as round wound strings, but I bet it would still sound really cool. Try it!!

@b1uerogue 4 ай бұрын

I cant for the life of me get a clean tone out of dven an open string...mayve on the e string i can get half note half rattle ..im wondering of its the cheap ass bass im playing on or is it pure lacl of knowledge and skill...anyone got any ideas? Honesty appreciated but some feedback would be appreciated more

@andreasdeutinger7319 Жыл бұрын

got a new bass?

@danburns8715 Жыл бұрын

3:45 start

@talkingbasslessons Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't advise starting there. That misses out the most important part of the technique lesson. The timestamp you've given just goes to the riff. That's a secondary part of the lesson. It's simple there as an example of the left hand slap