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Slap Wahwah Funk And Solo

Forest Watkins (935) · [archive]
Style: Funk/R&B · Level: Advanced · Tempo: 120
Pages: 1

This is a bassline and solo i came up with whilst playing with my wah pedal. Yet again i have to apologize for the limitations of the bass line builder and hope you use your own initiative to get this right. Have Fun.

The first bar is just straight fast slap, it should all be slapped - no fingers here just your thumb and it's gotta be fast all notes bounce off each other. All notes (except the initial A on the E string) are either hammered or pulled off. The Second bar is exactly the same but deaden all strings after the pull of on G string (-2po0-) and leave a pause to get that funky feel.

Repeat these 2 bars adding your own fills etc. Now the third bar onwards require's your own initiative. This is all slap aswell but with pops as well. As ever you gotta add your own hammer on's/pull offs etc here. The first run in bar 3 is all hammer on's then bend the C on the Gstring both times and also bend the C on the D string after that, again both times. The next bit is a bit tricky to explain. You gotta get a rythym here where you slap the octave on the E string in BAR 5 (Fsharp - G) to take you to the slapped octave in Bar 6 (B - C) both octave slaps should almost rhyme with each other. Hope you understand, if not message me and i'll explain further.
Slap Wahwah Funk And Solo