12 Bar Blues with Slapping

Lesson 3/43 | Study Time: 5 Min
12 Bar Blues with Slapping

12 Bar Blues with Slapping

The following example is a 12 bar bassline incorporating slapping.

To simplify notation, it is usual to replace z with 6, and to write at the start of the piece, 6=z as illustrated below in example 58.

For more information on slapping see Progressive Slap Bass by Stephan Richter.

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