5. Slap bass lesson - beginner/intermediate 

POOF!!! He came from another dimension... to show mortals how to play bass!!!

The sounds so sick when you put it all together right at the end!

BIG BIG Thanks to you MarloweDK for all your videos ... :D

You are most welcome:-) the glasses are Christian Dior, model Black Tie, but they have changed the design somewhat. Measures? I just make my action as low as posibble without too much fretbuzz

you are 1 of the best bass teachers on youtube, thank you so much. love your vinds. keep it up.

I have learned more from watching these videos than from any lessons, book or teacher I've ever had. Thank you so much for posting them!

thank you realy i'm a young bass player and your lessons help very much and my skills become much better since i found your videos

Thank you again MarloweDK for the lesson!

My goal for this summer is to learn how to play slap bass properly. I mainly play the guitar at home but I play the bass in a band. I don't have my own bass (I'm buying one soon, it's going to be a used Fender Precision, they rock), I play on my friend's brother's bass. He doesn't play any more so I can use his bass. So thanks for the lessons. I can already see my progress after three days of practicing these lessons. Started with the first lesson.

Thanks for this video. This is what I have been waiting for. You are a king!

Of all of the slap bass lessons I've seen on RU-vid, you and your approach have helped me the most. Thank you. I was slapping and popping after just a few lessons.

thank you so much for posting these lessons. i'd probably stop playing bass if you didnt do this. so thank you for everything

man! 8 bass in a roll! rock that!!

Once again.... thank you Thomas!

profesor estoy estudiando duro sus ejercicios de slap gracias ha DIOS y a sus explicaciones estoy captandolos muy rapido. esto me enriqueze mucho musicalmente y me da destreza para crear mambos distintos thank you teacher!!!

Hi Marlowe, here is Dan. I learned this line, is really brilliant. Thanks for the tip cheers

Gracias Marlowe!! I´m learning a lot with your lessons since last year and I´m playing stuff that I´ve never think I would. Keep on!!

Ganz großartig! Deine Übungen bringen mich immer ein Stück weiter!!

Thank you sooo much for all your work! I really enjoyed your interview with uncle Larry :) It was awesome!

Det er dejligt at høre dig på bass!

I learned to play slap bass with a fender P bass,kind of cool hearing the sound again:).The begining of this riff strongly reminds me of the famous song called Love games by Level 42,with Mark King on the bass. You are doing a Great job here with your lessons and doing it step by step very understandable on every videos you come up with:) to understand

By far the best series of lessons on all of youtube. You are my hero mister Professor. I learned so much from this ;D

JESUS THE GREAT! YOU have an Alembic bass! Play with it! Those basses are monsters.

love the new series marlowe

Thanks man, you're a great teacher.

Thanx, great tutorial, Marlowe, you REALLY know what your talking about :-)

@hhhthd How guitars does one man need? As many as he wants. You can never have enough! Bass playing is not about need it's about joy! Marlowe - buy more! And when are we going to hear the Alembic?

awsome bass man...no words to thank..keep up

Sou aqui do Brasil e sempre assisto suas aulas. Aprendo muito assistindo seus videos... Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento!

man u re amazing! thanks a lot i ve learnt a lot thanks to you! can t wait to see more! ;) keep da funk alive!

thank you sooooooooo much for your videos on youtube a BIG help in my development as a bass player, and so much fun

Wait!!! It's Louis Johnson!!! Good job as always!

Fantastic lesson 🙏🏻 thank you 😊

OMG!!!! teletransportation!!! that's amazing

thank you marlowe, you explain things well!!

@DanielzBassz I Prefer Jbass but i also like the Pbass :) It doesnt matter which finger you use, I just happen to use the third on G string and the second on the D string. And sometimes i pluck both strings in quick succesion - in those instances its good to have a finger on each string, but other wise, do what what feels natural for you

All those basses! ME WANT!!

Muito obrigado, me ajuntou muito a melhorar minha técnica de slap.

YOU ARE THE GUYS WHO PLAYED ON LARRY GRAHAMS BASS AT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL!!!

Luckly I have no bas guitar any more! You make it look so simple. But, good Job.

awesome vid, very instructive!

i missed that p bass! good to see it again

Your lessons really taught me alot.. Thanks Marlowe, ive learned to actually slap properly now :D You definatly should make more videos of indepth slap. Im sure you could do it. THANKS :)

@benjaminr87 The stingray's electronics are out order for the moment,thanks for reminding me to fix it soon

you are a great teacher sir!

@bananku Yes, wrist/forearm AND often left hand fingers as well

tq to lesson bass sir marlowe :) very helpfull for me beginner player bass :)

You’re great at teaching.

hi marlowe....thanks for sharing

@g4geetar I think you may have misheard him. Em pentatonic is E, G, A, B, D ..... the final E is just the octave and as such isn't considered one of the five notes of the scale. Hope that clears up the confusion.

@feverhood Cheers:-)

@mas502arc Yes, its an Alembic i have borrowed

@Deuxde No, havent tried those basses

looking forward to the dvds I just bought here. thanks

Sick again You just rock nothing less (:

amazing slap dude ,, i practice and learn from all off you ,,, hahhaa

Nice Rickenbacker ^^

@NemoBandBG Thanks:-) But Im kind of puzzled over all these pickup questions from everybody in general. Ive never changed any pickup on any of my basses - On my Fender basses there are...ehhh.. Fender pickups?;-)

Nice!

pretty great thanks for teaching 8-)

Epic finger at 5:57 LOL!!

Thanks for sharing !!!

@mrbassman25 P.S ... your dampening my G-String right now by having that Rickenbacker on show behind you !!!! my dream bass !!!!! way too expensive though :(

@getnfunky he is the best, in my opinion

@IronMaidenGuitarRs94 No, just do what is comfortable for you

danish dude on the interwebz yeah!

your so awesome sir! i want to be pro like you!haha..promise..

First of all, thank you so much for posting these lessons. My skills on the bass have improved drastically since I found your videos. I have a question for you regarding the slap technique, and I hope you can help me out here.. how do you mute the lower strings when you're playing legato patterns like in this video here? I'm getting all these unwanted sounds when i'm playing the minor licks on the higher strings.. do you use the wrist/forearm?

@feverhood I dont have the Alymbic anymore, I just borrowed it for a period

das funky ya!

this guy's show ball!!!!!!

u are awesome!!

Mother of god THAT RIFF.

@volcomscooter29 Just bring your bass in to the same room them... you don't have to plug it in to an amp to hear it reasonably well if you're in a quiet room.

@MarloweDK It's Alembic, not Alymbic actually, but never mind it. It's a shame you don't have it : / if you will get your hands on it again, please jam a little. Thanks

Nice man . Im a bit new to bass playin , im lovin all the funky slap stuff . What sort of action is best ? im asuming its a low one .

@hhhthd Dont worry, You were not rude and I never get insulted:-)

@feverhood Hmm,you did not need to correct my typo, you really dont think I know it an Alembic?;-)

I don't like the sound, probably it's too buzzy and treble too me, but the playing is awesome, than kyou for the video!

@hhhthd I'm a collector and they all sound different

@jeffbag23 Yes, its in lesson 1 or 2 of this series

ehehe gotta love you funk face!

Good tutorial ! I see one Alembic on the right. You continue to baby-sitting the bass or you bought her ? And you changed pickups ?

Thx for great video lessons sir :) When you do your neat trills over the fret to the next note, are you keeping your thumb fixed at the back of the neck or does that move up & down as well?

I like the doctor who intro

groove on marlow thats one damm mean sounding 70,s p bass love the p, bass raw and fat,

Please do a Jam Lesson with MARTY SHWARTZ!!!!!

@zaksnaporaz Is there a tomorrow? Thx man:-)

@zaksnaporaz Ha ha, its just pieces of gaffertape, to get rid of finger clicking sounds from hitting the pickup poles

Hey guess what.... you got my subscription!

im sure you dampen many G-Strings with your playing Marlowe !! :P haha.....

Marlowe, does it matter if, when ur slapping, u use the index finger for popping the D and G string? Or is using index finger for D and middle finger for G better for future methods I have yet to learn? I don't wanna get in trouble too soon :p

@dekdjung007 Because i am

@MarloweDK I really did, my bad :D Cheers and beers

Hy Marlowe thank for the all of your video lesson.. hmm.. i just want to ask you.. can you play the japanese scale?

legend..

Hello Mal, Could u pls solve this mystery 4 me. The licks played by Laboriel in I SEE THE LORD. Thanking you, This time, i will bring my sister to your house myself 4 ur enjoyment. Ola

First! :D MarloweDK ftw.

Excellent videos, thank you! Do you set up your bass specifically for slapping?

Hvor lang tid har du spillet på bas ? :) 1000 tak for dine videoer, de hjælper mig meget :)