How to Play Bass Guitar: Beginner Lessons : Bass Technique : Popping and Slapping

[Epicman249]

I have much to learn!

[vash1053]

Let me get this straight... To slap the strings, I have to slap them and to pop the strings I have to pop them???!? Omg TY

[7krissib]

is that a fender

[owizzle55555]

Wow I'm trying to learn higher ground how ironic. Lolol

[jmathur123]

He sounds like a character off the Mighty Boosh. About as useful as having the Crack Fox teach you slap bass.

[ZekuNeht]

What bass us he using

[blAdEMCL]

Poppy slappy noise blahahahahaha

[gothix114]

HIGHER GROUND 1:04 

[BassicMusicality]

I

CAN'T

UNDERSTAND

CHORDS NOOOOOOOOOO

[mystique1721]

yeah, honestly, this is a really bad lesson. not much help at all.

[Noxshus]

Why is this fucking channel called expert village? I've been trying to nail down Higher Ground for a long time...THAT DIDN'T HELP

[JordanRotz]

HEY MCLOVIN: YOU CAN PLAY THE BASS, BUT YOU SUCK AT TEACHING.

[Buckethood]

Any random bassist could teach this way. You seriously need to think about how to teach. I mean, teaching is an occupation. Being a good teacher is as difficult as being a good bassist.

[Matta212121]

im new to the bass im just learning i have a yamaha rbx170 i wanna chang the strings ( im larning and wanting to play mostly rock ) any idea what string are good for learners

[Lzztopz]

@Matta212121 earnie ball, regular slinky are the best, for rock and others, and they help you develop calluses

[yomammaonastick]

@Matta212121 Blue Steels!!!!



[hellzsanctomony]

Higher ground chilli peppers . Guys good if he can do that . Makes some good lessons to .

[frank12364]

@hellzsanctomony not really. thats one of the easiest slapping songs. are u a bassist?? cuz if you are and you can slap then youll understand. it may look hard but most slapping is easy, although there are some hard songs out there. this guy doesnt know anything. HE IS NOT GOOD. just go look at higher ground tabs and see hoe SIMPLE it is

[Darkit2099]

I remember watching this dudes vids when I started learning bass like four years ago. This dude's lessons were the most helpful. all the other ones were gay

[LOZmaster85RB]

0:54 started to remind me of higher ground, then 10 seconds later.......

[TheCrowbarsurgeon]

Where the fuck did they find this guy? He looks like Pauly Shore's cousin! LOL

[ZappaFan101]

Higher Ground - The song every bassist plays when you walk into a guitar center

[personperson97]

@ZappaFan101 Amen to that

[dylanioi1]

HIGHER GROUND :D:D:D

[dataznboi13]

i tried slapping one time, but I ended up getting only the sound of the string hitting the frets. HELP ME!

[ClaudioSanchezCC]

higher ground!!!!

[tallestfinder]

that was a horrible version of higher ground u just played

[FrontcentipedePart]

what has he smoked???

[samumaster]

click caption and transcribe audio! you'll rofl

[Ekcyboo]

@samumaster Haha, almost as good as an iPad 2 review that stated that an iPad did not have a 6.5 mm audio-jack, but an 65 mm mortar attack...

[IsThisiiNsANeKitty1]

He is playing some RHCP. :D

[myk0l4s]

kokane

[xlostxmemoryx01x]

LOL This dudes awesome. " its all like this.. and that. And once your done. you do this " lays down awesome bass groove.

[KaslarProductions]

Worst explanation ever. -_-

"Ya jus' gotta take your thumb and just kinda slap it"

Wow. Thank fucking GOD you cracked THAT mystery there Scooby Doo *end sarcasm*

[L3GGYJ]

@KaslarProductions I totally agree mate "expert" village my ass!

[alessandrocarrozzo]

Am what about new chrome strings for slapping?

[nakamok]

suck!



[nakamok]

suck!



[mathal13]

you wanna slap it like you slap a ho

[oween5]

YES HIGHER GROUND

[tofoskater]

Lol he played higher ground from rhcp :D Its sounds impressive but it is only fast witch is not so hard (: anyways it's a cool song to build up speed and stuff

[joesteed7]

this guy is doing a very bad job

[itsmark123]

@joesteed7 JOEEEEEE

[SWAMPskate]

im a good guitarist and a really good drummer i play piano,trumpet about how long will it take me to pick up bass?

[MetallicaBassist123]

that what happens when mom puts bleach down the toilet, u take a nice black shit but then u turn around 2 c how well u did, and its fuckin white

[avengingangelRaziel]

I still can't tell where to strum(slap, pop etc.) without looking down at my right hand but then I don't know where my left hand is playing so I get confused easily...any advice?

[SWAMPskate]

@avengingangelRaziel i dont play bass but when i started (a few years ago) i had the same problem

1. u can flipi ur eyes between the 2

2. u can feel the fret bars as ur moving ur hand

3. strumming is just practice

[BitOveRate]

I'll be honest i've already seen this movie but i came back to ask everyone a question and its a stupid one at that. I've now had a bass guitar for about a year, and am just realizing now that the standard EADG tuning isn't working on my bass. It's an ibanez, I haven't replaced the strings but am suspecting they are the culprit, i have a digital tuner and it is telling me the string that should be an E is a G i tried tuning it down to an E but it sounds dull. Can anyone give me some pointers?ty

[69erthx1138]

@BitOveRate Change your strings man. Get some snarling dogs, regular gauge (.45-.105), guarantee that you'll love'em!

[johnhurt888]

what a bs tutorial

[feljowe]

gotta love the chilly peppers

[sidscifi]

Living proof that it doesn't matter how good you are, it's who you know that gets you noticed.. Jesus when did talent take a backseat??

[TheEpicThree]

I thought you weren't supposed to slap the other strings, only the E

[stevoe1000]

@TheEpicThree NO you can slap pop or pull any string....its easier to slap the heavier strings....just take a look as MARK KING::::he could teach you a few things

[69erthx1138]

@TheEpicThree You can thumb slap any of the strings, in fact, this gives you a lot of tonal flexibility when trying to play different types of music. As for pops, I prefer to use these more tastefully. I think the higher register (fret 5 off the D, the G2 position) is more suited for this. If you play 6 string bass, you have to be even more selective about slaps and pops.

[billyb3621]

Hey you would-be, immature critics, watch and learn!...or post your own instructional videos for other dumb asses like yourself to ridicule

[bassplayer4445]

and almost 3/4 of a millon have seen this ??

[yeee941]

Man expert village gets hated on allot lol,this guy can play.

[TheAAbck]

eventually someone who explains it like a normal person would.

[6stringggGuy]

hi



[IEnjoyElderAbuse]

oh man. this guy is highlarious.

[wonchop111]

"hi my nabe ith dolltin an i tech u ha to pawp an slawp. HURR DURRRRR DERP." Hmm...should i be taking down notes or somthing?

[coolnick5504]

hot damn!

[78locomocion]

hi my name is dambldd...ahhhh....

[SergioGZR]

Bah...if you are a Teacher...I'm Billy Sheehan

[818KLOWNER]

i thought popping was called pulling. oh well i was misinformed by some jackass

[pityisz]

lol typical expertvilage

[MrOfflain]

is that johnny knoxville ?

[djosephj]

So he mentions popping and slapping.What about thumping and plucking?

[ZappaFan101]

I swear if I hear another bassist try to play this tune one more time...

Talk about overkill. I'm not saying it's a bad song but damn people, there are other songs out there with slap bass.

[cartamas]

This is not slap! This is an amateur fake slap style! poor!

[lleo11]

this guys a fkn expert mate!!! are u serious?? a real bassist like Alex Webster should make a lesson vid

[felicha473]

Hahahahahahaha

[benyavsbende]

RHCP- Higher Ground

[flcn92]

@benyavsbende RHCP covering Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder.

[74Drosera]

what an expert. holy madness.

[marcosg1992]

what did he say right at the start? Hi, my name is olihnaha??

[R3DD4WnR1D3R]

this guy is white as hell

[stonedparyah]

@R3DD4WnR1D3R THAT should be the highest rated comment, i'd gladly step down from my post if i could lol

[yeakindah]

...so when you pop it..and slap it... you get this... poppy, slappy sound...

[TRJBASS]

is this a joke, its really bad must be a joke ???

[where906]

- -;;

[BassDude50000]

slap it like your MAD AT IT MOTHER FUCKERS

[ZappaFan101]

The only thing I learned from Expert Village:

Don't listen to Expert Village.

[GabrielDhalaman]

WATCH MY BASS SOLO,PEOPLE

Go on

[cprow10]

you look like fluffee

[shalommeodedff7]

no dude your technique is not good , and worse your teaching people the wrong way of slapping.

not cool dude.

[McOrca09]

@shalommeodedff7 obviously if his TECHNIQUE wasnt good he wouldnt be able to play that now would he hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lets think and come up with something intelligent to say???????????????????????????­???????

[ChrisStreidt]

@McOrca09 well, he may be able to play this "flea - lick" but 1. it doens't sound good, 2. the timing is awful and 3. he'll never be able to play it better than this.

i am sorry, but shalommeodedff7 is right, this guy here is not only having a bad technique but he is "teaching" it to young beginners who learn it right from the start the WRONG way.

[partyhardybill]

:14-1:03 oh this is easy i can do this!..... 1:04 oh fuck this

[FrontcentipedePart]

@partyhardybill if you practice you can learn it in an hour

[Ekcyboo]

@partyhardybill Bah, he`s just playing in octaves... Not that hard. E, G, A a couple of times, then modulating to F# minor, with F#, A, B. It sounds funky and complicated, but it`s quite easy. Sit down with a bass and practis for 4 minutes and 37 seconds, and you`ll get it right.

[eileiko]

@partyhardybill only practice makes you playing well!! ;)

[boobear29291]

@partyhardybill i know how you feel, just picked up a bass the other day, its all new to me, played guitar for a while, but this is a whole new ball game haha

[TatoArtavia]

I don't know why this is called EXPERTvillage...

[tonypalumbo1]

And you, sir, have just been added to my favorites. Thank you for that.

[idigcars]

Two thumbs down+ a turd with corn in it

[GabrielDhalaman]

WATCH MY BASS SOLO,PEOPLE

It´s cool

[stonedparyah]

haha i love Transcribe Audio..

how is all you have when you had a pop and slapped get that funky sound like the arab

[skatinggaz]

nice chilli peppers at the end there..

[pinkpop91764]

at the end of this video that bass jam was sick ^^

but i belive you are slaping the string wrong. you

are not supose to go all the way up and hit the string with

your thumb, you are supose to use your wrisk and thumb to hit the string correctly.

[WeAreTheAstronauts]

You make it look so EASY! :(

[sporemaster288]

nothing like learning bass from av pot head.

[MrKodyska]

slap it like your mad at it hahahaha

[fallinguer]

la wea flea

[mrspivvy]

That's helpfull to me, I am a complete novice at the bass. thanks for posting!

[DJsqueely]

@mrspivvy dont listen to this guy at all! if you want to learn how to slap, search victor wooten.

[coontrips]

its mc lovin lol

[Bianca97LP]

I was like:oh god this guy sucks...and then I heard 1:03 :| sick....but I can't realize how hard it is because I play normal guitar

[DJsqueely]

@Bianca97LP the first part of your statement is correct. this is like 8th grader slap.

[Endobermann]

The "cool" riff is from Higher Ground by red hot chilli peppers xD

[coultertheplatypus]

looks like johnny knoxville

[tomvars]

omg expert village has 138756 videos fuck me

[Zelious12]

Why is every expert village teacher a complete and utter moron?

[IMusHRooMHeaDI]

he seems really mad at it

[IbeenTHUNDERSTRUCK14]

bass, drugs, funky beanie...o yea

[TheGodclouD]

i wasd slapin like that when i was 12

[ZappaFan101]

I don't call that tune 'higher ground'. I call it the 'guitar center' tune. It seems like everytime I go in a guitar center there is some bassist playing this damn song.

[Omes8are8cute]

Get cho... get cho thumb? loose *waves thumb* lol

[okokokokey48]

haha!!!!all ok but he wears an aerosmith t-shirt while playing red hot chili peppers??????

[stopwarstartmetal]

expertvillage has become a joke??....not always..he was good ....:\

[leo7278]

you know higher ground when you hear it

[akonftlilwayneftme]

could you please post a video on how u did the last bass line and please send me a link or just post it! 10x!

[Rapox16]

@akonftlilwayneftme the last bass line is from Red Hot Chili Peppers, the song is called "Higher Ground"

[iNS4N3TRD]

he has a wierd style of playing. no feeling. no groove. where's the marcus miller, The WOOTEN!!! worst teacher ever. didnt show thumb technique, Popping tech, slap excersise. nothing

[KJMwheaties]

holy FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. I want your fingers

[xXChanceMcMillanXx]

he basically said fuck you at the end and get on his level

[figaz555]

ROFL funniest guy I have ever seen. A great player but probably the worst teacher I have ever seen in my life.

[lolchinkyeyes]

Slappin that bass hard lol

[ckyfanrick]

slap it like a ho, a bad ho, a ho yo mad it, slappa da bass man

[paulaandclay]

nice guitar!

[8000cheese]

so basically, to play slap, you slap the strings, to pop, you pop the strings. This guy is totally an expert

[mijonja]

@8000cheese It ain't complicated more that that.

[teehee93]

haaa so cocky at the end, but im a super beginner bassist so thx for da info

[FarSightGaming]

slappin da bass man

[TRJBASS]

expert ???? lol

[teracite]

its not a slap . its horrible . listen wooten .

[rapisforretards]

This "expert" lesson is a perfect example of the downside of modern technology like video sharing.

[stonedparyah]

So when mixing popping and slapping together, you get kind of a poppy slappy noise... Well fuck me sideways

[bassmajor]

@stonedparyah

best statement ever out of an instruction video... sums up perfectly what the slapping technique means to the world of bass players... NOT! :D

[idigcars]

@stonedparyah LMAO

[CountCane1994]

@stonedparyah hahahahahaha

[emsattt]

@stonedparyah thats what debra from Dexter says :D

[Cookboy100]

Wat kind of bass is dis

[78locomocion]

so you slap the bass slaping it and pop the bass poping it

[argonauths]

just move the subtitles a bit lower i can't see the fingers.....

[Independentschlueder]

@argonauths press "cc" at the bottom of the vid ;)

[swirls999]

expert shite

[yellowman88]

slappa da beassss

[ZappaFan101]

This lesson is so in depth its just mind blowing. The wealth of information this man gives all of us can never be replicated. Thanks to this brilliant lesson, I am now slapping at the level of Mark King!

...no, that's just a lie.

[3478dimsim]

Why is it that Expert Village doesn't explain this fully? He just tells us to slap, but do we know how we should slap? No, we don't!

[harrisonnhill]

ughnunah :D:D:D:D:D

[taufoofar]

Expert village hires all these people who are not bad, but not exactly "expert", as their name suggests. I'm not trying to be harsh, or anything, but really... he's not exactly fit to be giving tutorials on "expert" village.

[ZappaFan101]

@taufoofar

Agreed. Their heart is in the right place and they do mean well. But every bass video I seen from these guys have a real lack of instruction and hardly any elaboration.

[bluesruley2k]

great video! but u forgot the "hammer-on" technique which is vital to the Flea version of "Higher Ground" that you use for an example.

[Takeonazon]

@bluesruley2k Well he was yust showing off examples for different kinds of struming so maybe he does that in another vid

[SharabTi]

HIGHER GROUNDS FTW!!!!!!!!

[TheBradleyClarke]

can i have a tab for higher ground??

the bass lick you played at the end

[2scrimble9]

What kind of bass is that? Looks cool

[Theboss212122]

@IVIyself Ohhhhhhh!

[wowisuckatmath]

im thinking about switching from guitar to bass..shud i?

[JayDawg211]

@wowisuckatmath no stick with guitar

[wowisuckatmath]

@JayDawg211 why?

[demigrl21]

@wowisuckatmath i am

[SharabTi]

@wowisuckatmath deffinetly... it all depends if u want 2 or not... why not both?

[wowisuckatmath]

@SharabTi ive been thinking about that..haha and my brother is going to teachme drums..

[SharabTi]

@wowisuckatmath nice...

[182kalil]

shit, i need to learn slap, i dont have money for bass classes, someone help me :@ please.

[nachothebassplayer]

expert village is a joke

[3WingedKitten3]

Oh my God!!!,how can you dare to post lessons,when your technique sucks like that!!!???

[jmcmullan814]

Respond to this video... i shit my pants at 1:05

[ctyuang]

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[MrWest13Block]

bassmania.webs.com

[NuncConsurgo]

I got really discouraged at 1:05...

[nerrrdluvv587]

lollll 'when you mix the two, you get kind of a uhh poppy..slappy noise' XD

[DaTwilight]

"Hi ma name s ughnunah" lol... best part of the video

[mcknife25]

@DaTwilight cocaines a helluva drug

[LemonInYourEye]

@DaTwilight i literallu lol'd