ScreencastTutor Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I've been trying to learn and improve my double thumbing. Wondering if anyone has some nice riffs to learn. Also at the moment I double thumb over the fretboard (at the very bottom) in the same place and where I slap regularly. Is this alright or is it better to move a bit further down where the space under the strings is greater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 surely there are vids on youtube for this kind of tomfoolery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreencastTutor Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Yeah, was just wondering if anyone had any they could recommend. I started off with this one but I haven't really come across others by him which aren't just constant double thumbing: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxY2io7YwQ&feature=g-u-u&context=G2279b92FUAAAAAAANAA[/media] Other than that I've just been trying to incorporate it into some improv to a drumbeat. Edited February 13, 2012 by ScreencastTutor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapscallion Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 MarloweDK has some lessons on his channel I think, with a really slow breakdown. His stuff in general is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wal4string Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) For me double thumbing is just too awkward. The Mark King left hand slap is a far better in my opinion, a bit of a brain bender to begin with but works fine in the end. Check out Stuart Claytons Transcriptions of the Level 42 songs to see how he does it. Love Games is a good starter. Edited February 14, 2012 by wal4string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScreencastTutor Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) The Mark King left hand slap is nice but surely its only useful for making a muted noise? Especially fast parts - like the small section in Pow - double thumbing seems useful: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adBCZSS5DZE[/media] Love Games was probably the first song I ever tried to learn on bass Edited February 14, 2012 by ScreencastTutor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wal4string Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 It depends how hard you do the slap, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 [quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1329255226' post='1539778'] For me double thumbing is just too awkward. The Mark King left hand slap is a far better in my opinion, a bit of a brain bender to begin with but works fine in the end. Check out Stuart Claytons Transcriptions of the Level 42 songs to see how he does it. Love Games is a good starter. [/quote] I'm the opposite- I find double thumbing much easier than regular slap, although admittedly I never play other people's slap lines. Just try and adapt some lines that you play normally to work with the double thumb. I do it at the same place you would slap normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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