Why is it called slapping bass?

The "slap" involves the bassist whacking the bony part of their thumb against the strings, close to the neck of the guitar. When "popping", the player will wrench the played string or strings away from the guitar and let it twang hard against the fretboard upon release.

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What is it? The most reviled totem of 1980s musicianship ever, and the most virtuosic expression of bass guitar playing. But is the disgust warranted? Or are we just hating on bass players for wanting to play something other than just plodding root notes behind the guitarist?

Who uses it? Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone/Prince) is the style's originator and champion. Bootsy Collins is its star-shaded intergalactic pin-up. Level 42's Mark King is slap bass's whipping boy. Les Claypool (Primus), Billy Gould (Faith No More) and Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) aided the technique's late-80s transition into rock. Our Spotify playlist celebrates the good (Mike Watt), the bad (Rick James) and the ugly (Power Station). How does it work? Slap playing is based around two techniques – slap and pop – that a bassist may rapidly alternate between in any lick. The "slap" involves the bassist whacking the bony part of their thumb against the strings, close to the neck of the guitar. When "popping", the player will wrench the played string or strings away from the guitar and let it twang hard against the fretboard upon release. The point is to create a percussive, loud, buzzing tone, with guitar solo-like techniques of hammer-ons and pull-offs replacing the usual root-note pulse. Where does it come from? Larry Graham is generally credited as inventing slap bass guitar. Graham has said that he was simply trying to create a drum-like sound to flesh out the rhythm in the then drummerless Family Stone. There is a tradition of slapping on double bass, though, dating back to the 1920s, which found a natural home in rockabilly. Why is it classic? Like guitar solos, slap has a Marmite appeal. To be fair, it's mostly in "white music" – mainstream rock and pop especially – that people seem to find it objectionable. Slap is an integral component of funk, and its fluid, frenetic, spiralling groove reconnects the artform back to jazz. What's the best ever slap bass song? Slap bass at its most pure has to be Sly and the Family Stone's Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – the first ever recorded instance of the technique for bass guitar.

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It's hard to say whether it's a fear of funk (don't be afraid!) or the style's natural tendency to encourage muso show-offs that prompts its rejection. But certainly at the height of post-punk's flirtation with funk, slap didn't sound anything other than necessary and dangerous in the hands of A Certain Ratio, 23 Skidoo and Gang of Four.

The most improbable slap-bass genre ever? It should be metal – a funk-void in love with straight lines and intersecting vectors. Given that metal has always been a genre in which virtuosity is rewarded, though, it's not completely incongruous that slap aficionados like Robert Trujillo (Metallica/Infectious Grooves etc) and Tony Choy (Atheist/Pestilence/Cynic) command such respect. Maybe not Korn, though, eh?

The slap style of double bass playing is kind of a column in itself, but anyone intrigued by the technique should check out these tutorials by Lee Rocker and Milt Hinton, for rockabilly and jazz respectively. Don't have a Mighty Boosh-esque mighty slap-bass thumb? Can't get enough funk out your fingers? Use Funk Fingers! Funny finger-extension things invented by Peter Gabriel/King Crimson four-stringer Tony Levin that supposedly enhance the funk of slap. I know what you're thinking. So this is an article about slap bass right, and you've managed to get to the end of it without mentioning the Seinfeld theme once, what gives? Is it not the most iconic and popular use of slap bass ever? Well, no. The Seinfeld "slap bass" is actually played on a keyboard.

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