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My First Basslines #4
These basslines are aimed at beginners ... with some experience. They are accessible, but not easy because they only use three rhythmic values: the half, the quarter and the eighth note. The half ...
Slapping & Sliding Techniques
Sliding, which can be combined remarkably well with slapping, consists in moving your left hand finger along the string from one note to another. The first note is played normally (thumb slapping ...
Playing Major Arpeggios
A major triad (a three-note arpeggio) consists of a root/tonic, a major third and a perfect fifth. If you transpose it into a different key, the tonic (white circle on the three positions ...
Double Thumb Slapping Technique
Double Thumb Slapping consists in alternating downstrokes (actually, down-slaps) and upstrokes (actually, up-plucks) with the thumb. The movement is executed at the last fret by lightly strumming ...
Three Finger Technique
The three finger technique consists in playing the strings with the index, middle and ring fingers of the right hand. This technique guarantees not only rapid execution and increased endurance, ...
Slapping & Legato Techniques (Hammer-on & Pull-off)
Legato Techniques can be combined remarkably well with slapping: they allow you to play several notes with only one right hand stroke (thumb slapping or popping), smoothing the connection between ...