well, I've been wanting to learn to play slap for a while now, and I recently got down 3 finger plucking, so I figured it's time to try something new. I think I got the motion down for it, so now all I need is some shit to play.


so does anybody know any good, easy, slap lines?

The only thing comes to my mind is Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of... google to song for bass tabs, its everywhere.

Other than that, I could suggest delving into Atheist since Tony Choy incorporates a lot of slapping into the mix.

I will I could suggest more, but I'm mainly into fingerplucking/melodic bass lines/clean tremelo etc.

Written by Sunioj on 27.09.2008 at 16:14

The only thing comes to my mind is Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of... google to song for bass tabs, its everywhere.

Other than that, I could suggest delving into Atheist since Tony Choy incorporates a lot of slapping into the mix.

I will I could suggest more, but I'm mainly into fingerplucking/melodic bass lines/clean tremelo etc.

Killing in the Name of... is a KILLER song. but in all honesty, there is no such thing as an easy slap bassline, unless of course youre fucking around and not actually playing anything.

and anything Tony Choy is ridiculous, by no means is his shit easy.

Well nobody says you have to play it at 300 bpm straight away. It's reasonable, I guess, if you take it slow.

Now, maybe I'm idiotic, but are you sure you've got eight notes and muting down allright ? Slaping isn't that much of a useful technique really.

Written by LeChron James on 27.09.2008 at 19:25

Killing in the Name of... is a KILLER song. but in all honesty, there is no such thing as an easy slap bassline, unless of course youre fucking around and not actually playing anything.

and anything Tony Choy is ridiculous, by no means is his shit easy.

Idk, it's true that there is no real easy bass lines since it does take some more mental coordination to place notes. But in relative to what I've heard of slap in music (which is not much) Killing in the Name of seems rather easy if you were to compare it to Choy or Wooten lol.

Written by NECURATU on 27.09.2008 at 19:41

Now, maybe I'm idiotic, but are you sure you've got eight notes and muting down allright ? Slaping isn't that much of a useful technique really.

I don't like slapping too much myself tbh, I mean wooten and stuff sounds fun but it's not my thing really. Sometimes it's cool for bursts of slapping in Death Metal during blastbeats or smth hah. My bass gives an ugly clacking sound when I slap, I guess I have the wrong type of bass for slapping.. but whateva.

Nice Avatar m/

Lol thanks, the bass player on that album and the follow-up was quite bad-ass .

The Doors- Break On Through, in the studio song the bass isn't slapped, but that main riff sure would sound awesome and badass.

Well when i first started to learn the slap-n-pop techniques i started with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers staff.. I mean its wierd but its really productive.. You may start with "Don't Stop", Its really fun !

Written by Valentin B on 27.09.2008 at 22:46

The Doors- Break On Through, in the studio song the bass isn't slapped, but that main riff sure would sound awesome and badass.

Dude the doors didn't have a bassist. Their keyboardist used to play the bass lines.

Written by Sunioj on 27.09.2008 at 16:14

The only thing comes to my mind is Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of... google to song for bass tabs, its everywhere.

I think you mean Take The Power Back not Killing In The Name Of. The song is a very good song for someone beginning to want to learn slap.

Written by gravity5x on 21.09.2010 at 11:25

Written by Sunioj on 27.09.2008 at 16:14

The only thing comes to my mind is Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of... google to song for bass tabs, its everywhere.

I think you mean Take The Power Back not Killing In The Name Of. The song is a very good song for someone beginning to want to learn slap.

Both of them are in my opinion!

What you should try first are some exercises for the slap thecnique and then try to play some songs. Easy, fast-learning exercises can be found on any tabs site.