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Rapid Triple Slap: Learn How to Play Rockabilly Double Bass

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Summary: Play rapid triple slap boogie woogie on a double bass for rockabilly music; learn how with tips from our expert double bass player in this free music lesson video.

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By Ken Steiner
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Ken Steiner has been playing string bass professionally in the Boston area for over 40 years. Mostly self-taught, he currently plays jazz with Lost in the Sauce, rhythm & blues with...read more

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" Hi! It’s Ken Steiner for expertvillage.com. I’d like to show you one other triple slap which I don’t know if it has a name or anything but I just think of it as a rapid triple slap. It’s much more of an accent than the other two figures we just discussed and it’s just …... and you don’t really expect to play an entire boogie woogie line when it’s like ……gets very cluttered but it really works very well in combination with other slaps. I’m going to try to do that technique on just one note to try to show you what’s going on here……."

eHow Article: Rapid Triple Slap: Learn How to Play Rockabilly Double Bass

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