4 Slap Bass SECRETS All The Pros Use

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0:00 Intro
0:45 A Muting Master
1:25 Why Muting Matters
2:05 Right-Hand Muting
2:55 Left-Hand Muting
4:35 Lifted Mutes
7:11 Left-Thumb Muting
9:34 Ultimate Muting Exercise Preview
10:37 How To Master Muting

[BassByTheBay]

The importance of left-hand/finger muting can't be overstated. As Charles pointed out, short, staccato notes are crucial to making a line sound funky, and your fretting hand gives you so much control over articulation.

[MrDrop]

Can you please tell us what strings you are using in this video ? Id like to know what pickups as well. That bass sounds amazing

[dipikadevi-qi]

Practicing the lessons of his channel I really feel great evolution on bass. Thank you so much Charles for lead us to be a good bassist very very thankful

[JasonUI]

Marcus is my favorite because his style is heavily focused on groove and locking in with the instruments. For Marcus his style of ghost notes technique he pioneered came from his early sideman days as a teenager in the late 70s playing with Lenny white and just mimicking what Lenny was doing on the drums. Fast forward its been apart of his arsenal for nearly 50yrs.

[hodshonf]

playing for years yet this lesson had me slow down to master it.

excellent content.

joined your Patreon.

[tnasir]

Muting is one of the most crucial parts to getting a good sound on bass. Make sure you can mute while playing fingerstyle just as well, if not better! It's easier to mute while playing slap if you can already mute well normally.

[chld_]

Good tips! I think the most important thing is to repeat it until it makes a good sound.
Thank you for always sharing good videos charles🤣

[bassmaniacriley]

You’re phenomenal my bass brother!!! What’s that black bass behind you???

[arpsyntharts]

Wow! My respect for not only being a brillant player, but also an excellent and friendly teacher... 🎉

[jenserjenson]

Thank you so much! Maybe someone else can help me with this question but how do you mute the e-string at 08:01 while hitting the a? Do you use your forearm a lot? Really getting into slapping thanks to you and Donny Benet :D

[davidgreen]

I’ve been waiting for you to make this video, slap muting is underwhelmingly explained on the internet at large

[ZhaoYan-jzyx]

Hi. Charle, could you please make a lesson how to practice scale and apreggio effectively, please and thank you

[MusicallyMike]

Have you thought about doing videos about tone and different effects? I think it would be really helpful to talk about effects and settings that would compliment different areas of playing. Like solo or with a band, or playing styles like tapping and slap.

[Vincent_Roy]

Great lesson ! The issue I have right now is that while practicing slapping through the strings (double thumb position) I have a hard time muting the low strings while playing higher notes. My thumb won’t reach on my 6 strings bass, so I have to rely on my fretting hand to mute those strings, which is not always possible depending on what riff I’m playing. It’s much easier when slapping « over the strings » since my palm is available in this position.

[adityarao]

Please make more lesson based videos. Lessons from you are inspiring to get better

[smunguia]

Thank you for another great instructional video!

[joaquintexeira]

One thing I can't get right when playing bass is which of the bass knobs should I use, and how much bass, mids and treble do I need for a good slap sound on my amp. Awesome video by the way, really helpful as always.

[baldsealion]

Fantastic stuff as always thanks CB :)

[mariano.tiberi]

How to play 'power' Marcus miller? It's really hard that quick double-thumb chunk

[drums]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Sir ❤❤❤❤