When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Bass Week: Slapping, thumping – whatever you call it, for over 50 years, ...

Slap bass has come a long way since Larry Graham first championed the style in the 1970s. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then ...

The Vulfpeck virtuoso walks through his Flea-inspired technique, talks dead notes, the importance of “thinking of yourself like a drummer” in this taster of his new Bass 301 lecture series When you ...

They’re bringing the funk to Brooklyn during your lunch hour. Legendary Sly and the Family Stone musician Larry Graham — the grand-daddy of the slap-bass technique who gave rise to a whole genre of ...

Using slap and pop on an electric bass is loud, for a start, and noisy. Its combination of percussion and musical tones, makes it feel like what a six-year-old would do if let loose on the instrument ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Your one-man band isn’t going to go very far if all you can play is lead and rhythm guitar, ...

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