The Slap Bass Program
by David Schaub
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Alexis SklarevskiDirector: David Schaub
DVD: Region Code 1
Format: Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-01
Studio: Video Progressions
Movie Reviews of The Slap Bass Program
Movie Review: The best slap bass DVD currently out there...
Summary: 5 Stars
originally bought this Tuitional Lesson back in the day, and still have the original VHS stored somewhere in my loft. As soon as it came out on DVD I bought a copy. Sadly, unlike FINGERSTYLE FUNK by Rocco, this Video Progressions title is not available for download so that you can put it on your iPod and watch whilst your out and about!
Anyway, this is the best video lesson on how to slap there is. The tuitional material is well filmed and well presented. Some of the examples are played in a 'band' setting, so you can hear the grooves in the concept of a tune.
The material covered in the lesson starts off with the basic - the slap and the pop. But quickly moves on and incorporates hammer-ons, pull-offs, how to 'choke' notes, and then on to some advanced stuff too (double stops, machine gun triplets, flamenco style strumming, John Entwistle style right hand 'tapping' of the strings) etc.
To get the best out of this tape you need to devise a practice schedule that takes you through the techniques one by one and incorporates them fully into your technique. Or use this lesson as a video adjunct to Stuart Clayton's excellent Slap Bass book (tip: get it from Amazon.co.uk - much cheaper for you guys stateside!)
The only fault I can pick out with this lesson is that it hasn't been updated to reflect some of the innovations bought in by guys like Victor Wooten - eg double thumbing/thumping. Even allowing for that, if you want to learn to slap this should be one of the essential items in yor shopping basket!
Summary of The Slap Bass Program
Over the past several years The Slap Bass Program has become the undisputed bible of slap technique. The video has garnered more accolades and critical acclaim than any other program of its kind. The material has been remastered and finally released on DVD with extensive chapter breakdowns and extra features.
Bass Institute of Technology (BIT) instructor Alexis Sklarevski is a phenomenal teacher, and has the rare ability to put all the pieces together in a refreshingly logical, integrated fashion. Starting with the fundamentals of slap technique, he elaborates one step at a time to incorporate complex damping and choking, funk patterns and vamps, "machine-gun" triplets, percussive right-hand tapping, flamenco-style strumming, double-stop riffs, scales, phrasing and much more. He is incredibly thorough, and his demonstrations with a guitarist and drummer show how this dynamic style can be applied in almost any musical situation. Absolutely the most complete and effective method ever produced on the slap style of bass playing.
Streaming musical notation and tab is featured on the alternate video track. Notation book is also printable from the disc.
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