I is for instruments. Recently, I have done some great things with the instruments I currently play. Violin, piano, bass, and guitar are the instruments that I play. The one that I will be talking about most is bass because I spend the most time on it, and it is currently my favorite to play. This spring, I bought a bass guitar from a guy who lived in Wichita. When I did this, it opened up a lot of things in my bass playing. I went from only having a standup bass at school to having a guitar at home. That is when I started learning many new things. One of the techniques I started to learn on the bass was called slapping. This is when you use your thumb to strike one of the strings and one of your other fingers to pull up on another. It is
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When I tried, it was not a successful process. I hardly knew how to do the technique, what fingerings to use, or even how the song really went. I was in a real dilemma for learning this song. I went to YouTube to see if there were any videos showing me how to slap properly, and how the song went. What I found was a video on slapping taught by Flea, the exact guy who is the bass player from the Red Hot Chili Peppers! I had learned how to slap, but now I needed to know how to play the song. The opening riff was the only thing I could remember. I did some more searching on YouTube. After finding a lot of bad video tutorials on Higher Ground, I was kind of getting frustrated because I couldn't learn this awesome song. After days of searching, I came across this video that was the perfect one. It showed me the whole entire song, and how to play each section. I watched the video and started to learn more about the song, how to play the chorus, and those kinds of things. The main part of the song however, is built around the opening riff. You'll know what I mean when you listen to it. After days of practicing all of the sections, I could finally piece together the whole song from start to finish. There were plenty of mistakes when I recorded it, but at least I knew the
When I tried, it was not a successful process. I hardly knew how to do the technique, what fingerings to use, or even how the song really went. I was in a real dilemma for learning this song. I went to YouTube to see if there were any videos showing me how to slap properly, and how the song went. What I found was a video on slapping taught by Flea, the exact guy who is the bass player from the Red Hot Chili Peppers! I had learned how to slap, but now I needed to know how to play the song. The opening riff was the only thing I could remember. I did some more searching on YouTube. After finding a lot of bad video tutorials on Higher Ground, I was kind of getting frustrated because I couldn't learn this awesome song. After days of searching, I came across this video that was the perfect one. It showed me the whole entire song, and how to play each section. I watched the video and started to learn more about the song, how to play the chorus, and those kinds of things. The main part of the song however, is built around the opening riff. You'll know what I mean when you listen to it. After days of practicing all of the sections, I could finally piece together the whole song from start to finish. There were plenty of mistakes when I recorded it, but at least I knew the