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Learn how to play slap bass from music legend Tony Newton, from right-hand slap techniques to playing octaves and using thumb rake triplets, in these free bass guitar lessons on video.
There are 12 videos in this series:
Use right hand slap bass techniques; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Add rhythm to your slap bass playing; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Use octaves when playing slap bass; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Play a hammer on in slap bass; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Use palm muting techniques for playing slap bass; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Use the index finger popping technique for playing slap bass; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Use the two finger popping technique for playing slap bass; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Do a two note chord hammer on for slap bass on bass guitar; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Pop the 7th when playing slap bass on bass guitar; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Use right hand strum patterns for slap bass on bass guitar; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Play thumb rake triplets for slap bass on bass guitar; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Use the reverse thumb rake technique for playing slap bass on bass guitar; learn how with tips from bass guitar expert and bass legend Tony Newton in this free music instruction video.
Can you feel the groove? Does that funky beat make you wanna move? Can you hear that far out bass guitar slapping and popping like the gospel truth? Don’t you wanna dance? Or are you an uptight cat, always worried about your situation? Free your mind, man, and the rest will follow. Stop thinkin’ so hard and let go. I promise you, that icky sticky funk music is the best medicine for the blues. So get your groove in motion and bust some seams out on the dance floor.
Funk music is characterized by its unique ability to blend simple rhythms and repetitive melodies into something bigger. Once the band fires up, the notes take on a life of their own. The bass line works its way into your hips; the drum beat makes you move your feet; the guitar and keyboards take you to some of the funkiest places in the cosmos.
In these music lesson video clips, learn how to play slap bass from one of the original Motown players, Tony Newton. His years of expertise and easy-to-follow teaching style will have you slappin and poppin in no time flat. Learn other bass techniques as well, such as how to do thumb rakes, how to play triplets, palm muting tips, and how to strum the bass. Come, sit at the feet of the master, and learn what he has to teach you about that heavy-stringed axe you know and love: the bass guitar.
Tony Newton A professional musician and bassist since the 1960s, Tony Newton has been hailed as a "super genius [who] will go down in history as one of the most vital path-forgers of our era” by music critic Randali of Mean Street Magazine. He has emerged as a multifaceted composer/producer and musician (vocals, electric bass, and keyboards) and developed pioneering musical concepts in harmony theory and composition. He has performed on over 25 gold albums, with artists such as John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Little Richard.dkdk
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