Thanks Charles, I've been hacking at cant hold no groove for a long time. The section right after the right hand tap has always eluded me. This is the best breakdown I have ever seen of it. Looks like practice time!
Finally some advanced techniques tutorial. All of the youtube is filled with beginners lesson but hard to find something more advance once you got the basics down. Great video.
One thing many leave out is instrument. The instrument matters. Not all basses produce the same sound and that depends on various factors like string height (too high, much harder to play), tension, action, tone settings, wood, type of pick ups etc. These things matter greatly, it's not just the technique. Especially If you're a beginner. It can be frustrating when you hear these clean snappy pro instruments and you wonder why yours sounds like thuddy dead wood. String height was a big one for me when I started out. It was too high and right string tension, it made it incredibly hard for me to play and I had no idea. It takes time and patience sometimes you learn the hard way but keep going. Don't get discouraged. Hope this helps.
@@adroit57 but for a bassist who is starting out, who's technique isn't as developed yet, it matters. Believe me, the instrument makes a huge difference. Once you're more advanced and have experience, then yes, you could probably make the worst instrument sound ok.
When budgeting for a bass, budget for setup and strings. I have songs in my band, all of which I wrote the basslines for myself, which I have difficulty playing on a bass that isn't set up or that has old strings, which I can play effortlessly on my own bass that I keep set up and equipped with good strings
That is true, although I heard that if you are able to learn stuff and be able to pull it off on the oldest cranky guitar you can find, then when you move to something higher grade it will be so much easier and sound much better.
Dude I have been trying to figure out the little rhythmical slaps and pops in between the groove for so long and this finally gave me the answers! Time to practice..
Less claypool and victor are my top bassists of all time. Strait masters at the craft. I'm left handed on a right hand guitar. I never converted so most of the techniques for normal playing is hard to apply to me. But I still enjoy playing.
Such a fantastic video! Would love to see a full transcription of an advanced song some time! Those snippets really highlight the amount of things going on - very handy for regular players wanting to learn!
Hey Charles, Victor agrees with me too, its better to breathe than not breathe, but i have no idea about the bass playing thing... Both of you are awesome.
I'm not great at slapping compared to Pick or Fingers, but a cool technique I found is to slap your thumb on the artificial harmonics (slap the string 12 frets up from the note you're playing) it gives a cool octave effect.
Subbed!! I've been playing guitar since around '99. I've always loved listening to bassists and watching them play with their fingers. When I learned about slap bass, I was super interested. Okubo Hiroshi made that interest peak substantially since the mid '00s and since then I've wanted to get a bass. Life has gotten in the way, but I think the time has come. Time to get a cheap bass and start practicing!
A request - from a VERY long-time bass player and an admirer of yours: The one link in the chain in your videos that I would love to know is your sound gear and recording. Presumably you use a compressor - type and settings, eg ratio etc? That would be very useful. Then EQ - how are you setting the EQ to get that lovely balanced tone from the highest notes to the lowest? What's your recording chain like and is there any difference in your live performance audio chain? What sort of amp, speaker setup do you use, for example? Your sound is impeccable, but would love to know how to get it - or even close to it... Keep up the good stuff. Respect from here Down Under.
Who invented all of this? It is easy to copy, you have bunch of covers like this. Charles is an amazing bassist, but nobody have emotion and approach + playing like Victor. Watch Victor teaching :)
Brilliant stuff Charles. Left handed tapping had never entered my mind. I am about to immediately try it. I tried double thumbing yesterday which being an old fart I had previously resisted. Have you ever personally met Victor Wooten/played with him??
@BassCampOfficial 10:11 tbh (maybe bcs I started on *My Channel 2 weeks ago* going full throttle ➜ 💯 % active & all the related work/ video Editing etc) ... ... of course I was absolutely stunned by how easy & understandable you explained everything here, where I as a Guitarist with interest in also learning about the Bass, even I got it all right away... ...and still somehow I was even more impressed by the fact, how much work you must have poured into the editing here 😳 Right on time with every change in the techniques used, the text boxes have been on point the whole time ... 😂🤘🏻🎸 huge respect for that much effort by making the Video so detailed ✌🏻😊 ~Det
What guage bass strings do you recomend I feel My bass is too thick maybe I should use thinner strings also Ive been playing a 5 string but I notice all or most of the great bass players use a 4 string thinking about going back to 4 string
2:17 Looks like there's a mistake in the tabs of the very first exercise (?). The second legato 7 - 9 on the D string is not a P but a T. Am I correct?
But what is the difference between hammer-ons and left hand tap? Is left hand tap just a special name for a hammer-on that appears on the “first” (e.g., after repositioning a left hand) contact with a fretboard?
How do you play with your left hand completely flat on the fretboard? I tried to do it like you did and I couldn’t get my hands completely flat no matter how hard I tried.
Hot take: That recorded version of Vic's Classical Thump was actually quite sloppy and rushed, lol. Just another point to make that precision is always greater than speed.
Why weren't you doing this a few years ago when I was trying to learn this stuff? 😩 I mean, I learned it anyway, it just took longer. Still, I'd love to see a long video where you show in its entirety all the bells and whistles in and how to play U can't hold no Groove.
![Slap Bass Technique Guide [7 funky exercises]](/img/n.gif)
Get all the tabs and backing tracks for this lesson and a Can't Hold No Groove practice video at: www.patreon.com/CharlesBerthoud
I can´t, I´m poor.
I don't even play bass but I like watching these to get a better appreciation for all the techniques and details I would otherwise miss.
This is your calling to buy one
@@basshunter1148 I've been thinking about it!
That's how it starts. Next thing you know, you have as many basses as you do guitars. 🤪
Thx for taking some time to appreciate Bass. Spread the word my man. Too many people still think Bass is just for failed guitar players
Thanks Charles, I've been hacking at cant hold no groove for a long time. The section right after the right hand tap has always eluded me. This is the best breakdown I have ever seen of it. Looks like practice time!
Finally some advanced techniques tutorial. All of the youtube is filled with beginners lesson but hard to find something more advance once you got the basics down. Great video.
This Is so helpful! Thank you Charles!
You're welcome!
One thing many leave out is instrument. The instrument matters. Not all basses produce the same sound and that depends on various factors like string height (too high, much harder to play), tension, action, tone settings, wood, type of pick ups etc. These things matter greatly, it's not just the technique. Especially If you're a beginner. It can be frustrating when you hear these clean snappy pro instruments and you wonder why yours sounds like thuddy dead wood. String height was a big one for me when I started out. It was too high and right string tension, it made it incredibly hard for me to play and I had no idea. It takes time and patience sometimes you learn the hard way but keep going. Don't get discouraged. Hope this helps.
Any instrument with a good set up will be able to sound "pro" if the player is good
@@adroit57 but for a bassist who is starting out, who's technique isn't as developed yet, it matters. Believe me, the instrument makes a huge difference. Once you're more advanced and have experience, then yes, you could probably make the worst instrument sound ok.
That is true, for example just puttting new strings have a big impact in slap sound.
When budgeting for a bass, budget for setup and strings. I have songs in my band, all of which I wrote the basslines for myself, which I have difficulty playing on a bass that isn't set up or that has old strings, which I can play effortlessly on my own bass that I keep set up and equipped with good strings
That is true, although I heard that if you are able to learn stuff and be able to pull it off on the oldest cranky guitar you can find, then when you move to something higher grade it will be so much easier and sound much better.
Dude I have been trying to figure out the little rhythmical slaps and pops in between the groove for so long and this finally gave me the answers! Time to practice..
Loving this new channel - thanks Charles!
Glad you're enjoying it!! 🔥
YES thank you so much Charles. You are a gem to the bass community.
Thanks for these videos Charles. They're great for us intermediate bassistsn
I’ve been watching you for a while now, I’m an old school player trying to learn something new, thanks for the tips
Less claypool and victor are my top bassists of all time. Strait masters at the craft. I'm left handed on a right hand guitar. I never converted so most of the techniques for normal playing is hard to apply to me. But I still enjoy playing.
Another great lesson Charles! This second channel is so useful!
High quality advice right here. Thanks for the video.
can you do a video about Berklee what you did where and stuff like that pls?
Such a fantastic video! Would love to see a full transcription of an advanced song some time! Those snippets really highlight the amount of things going on - very handy for regular players wanting to learn!
Hey Charles, Victor agrees with me too, its better to breathe than not breathe, but i have no idea about the bass playing thing... Both of you are awesome.
I'm not great at slapping compared to Pick or Fingers, but a cool technique I found is to slap your thumb on the artificial harmonics (slap the string 12 frets up from the note you're playing) it gives a cool octave effect.
Sir Charles,
Thank you for all your content, please keep us posted on your signature bass! 😊
Great Lesson,, excellent info, thank you Charles 👽🙌
Great lesson...thanks.
That bass sounds bloody good man!
this dude is giving some real solid advice
Ima apply this on my cello :)
Nice editing, excellent playing. Fantastic as always Charles. Will your new signature bass be available to buy anytime soon?
Nov 27!! (Cyber Monday)
@@BassCampOfficial thank you 😊
@BassCampOfficial is there an estimated price? Tryna cop if it's affordable...
Always been one of my favorite pieces from him (out of SOOO many great ones). Great job breaking it down!
Subbed!! I've been playing guitar since around '99. I've always loved listening to bassists and watching them play with their fingers. When I learned about slap bass, I was super interested. Okubo Hiroshi made that interest peak substantially since the mid '00s and since then I've wanted to get a bass. Life has gotten in the way, but I think the time has come. Time to get a cheap bass and start practicing!
This is amazingg.. thanks Charles... world need bass.. hell yeah!!!
Excellent video and absolutely gorgeous bass!!!!
thank you for taking the time to teach us some things. hella appreciated!
Wow❤🎉🎉 thanks 👍 so very much for breaking the hole thing down thanks looking forward to seeing more 🎉 thanks again ☺️
Love the inventory of techniques you discuss. Very useful as a practice resource.
Excellent lesson! 👍👍
Great instruction man, this was really easy to follow and super helpful.
Nice bass collection too...
It's like Xmas morning there.
...and just like that - SENSE WAS MADE!
THANK YOU CHARLES
ill be trying these love the video
This is very helpful for practicing! Looking forward to more videos with exercises like this, great channel
this video is crazy good, thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Best bass lesson
A request - from a VERY long-time bass player and an admirer of yours: The one link in the chain in your videos that I would love to know is your sound gear and recording. Presumably you use a compressor - type and settings, eg ratio etc? That would be very useful. Then EQ - how are you setting the EQ to get that lovely balanced tone from the highest notes to the lowest? What's your recording chain like and is there any difference in your live performance audio chain? What sort of amp, speaker setup do you use, for example? Your sound is impeccable, but would love to know how to get it - or even close to it... Keep up the good stuff. Respect from here Down Under.
Would definitely love more how to videos from you like this.
Great lesson. Subscribed! Thank you!
I think you have surpassed Victor Wooten.
When victor dies then you can say that
Fr
No. Victor is OG!
Who invented all of this? It is easy to copy, you have bunch of covers like this. Charles is an amazing bassist, but nobody have emotion and approach + playing like Victor. Watch Victor teaching :)
Your videos have been very helpful.
Sensacional parabéns!!
super cool charles, I love this channel... tappers all life!!!!!
Brilliant stuff Charles. Left handed tapping had never entered my mind. I am about to immediately try it. I tried double thumbing yesterday which being an old fart I had previously resisted. Have you ever personally met Victor Wooten/played with him??
Thanks Charles
@BassCampOfficial 10:11 tbh (maybe bcs I started on *My Channel 2 weeks ago* going full throttle ➜ 💯 % active & all the related work/ video Editing etc) ...
... of course I was absolutely stunned by how easy & understandable you explained everything here, where I as a Guitarist with interest in also learning about the Bass, even I got it all right away...
...and still somehow I was even more impressed by the fact, how much work you must have poured into the editing here 😳 Right on time with every change in the techniques used, the text boxes have been on point the whole time ... 😂🤘🏻🎸
huge respect for that much effort by making the Video so detailed ✌🏻😊
~Det
Thank you very much, Sir ❤
Thanks man 😎
Thanks Charles!
Very useful tips!
Great lesson!
The question I have is about your bass.
What pickups do you have in it and is it neck through?
can you also teach what will be the settings in the bass guitar if only plugin to Amp. without any effects, to make it sound funky!!!!
I heard that exact opening line 20 years ago. About Bela Fleck. Sounds fast and complex. Hands barely move.
Great Stuff...
thanks so much !!!
Hi, can you do a 5 string slap muting technique vid please, thank you.
nice i must have missed all this in my lessons
Awesome… Awesome
Genius
Hello Charlie! What kinda of bass would you recomend for a total beginner (never played bass)???
Great video by the way
Damn. Great video!!
So good
What guage bass strings do you recomend I feel My bass is too thick maybe I should use thinner strings also Ive been playing a 5 string but I notice all or most of the great bass players use a 4 string thinking about going back to 4 string
2:17 Looks like there's a mistake in the tabs of the very first exercise (?). The second legato 7 - 9 on the D string is not a P but a T. Am I correct?
Could you do a lesson how how to learn songs by ear
But what is the difference between hammer-ons and left hand tap? Is left hand tap just a special name for a hammer-on that appears on the “first” (e.g., after repositioning a left hand) contact with a fretboard?
Charles, may i ask what strings you use for Slap technique ?
This video is full of chunky tips and techniques!
This feels like a stealth "How to Les Claypool" video in the best way.
How do you play with your left hand completely flat on the fretboard? I tried to do it like you did and I couldn’t get my hands completely flat no matter how hard I tried.
8:29...and you wonder 'Why doesn't this sound that groovy?'. I've wondered that about so many things.
What model of Schecter is that?
Where is Charles comment?
but how are your tap-slides so clear? whenever i do so, it sounds like metal hitting metal without a note
Hot take: That recorded version of Vic's Classical Thump was actually quite sloppy and rushed, lol. Just another point to make that precision is always greater than speed.
What bass is that you using.
how is the name of the bass? the sound is perfect for me, thx
It's my signature bass - Schecter CB-4. It'll be released on Nov 27th!!
@@BassCampOfficialIs there a known price yet?
thx very much, its amazing@@BassCampOfficial
@@BassCampOfficial Nice
slow is smooth. smooth is fast.
Why weren't you doing this a few years ago when I was trying to learn this stuff? 😩 I mean, I learned it anyway, it just took longer. Still, I'd love to see a long video where you show in its entirety all the bells and whistles in and how to play U can't hold no Groove.
Charles Berthound should take notes from your lessons 😉😁🫡💯
Charles, do you have an editor for this channel or is it all you?
Hey, Charles! Do a video about hybrid picking slap, please!!! I'm a fan of polyphia. 😀
Well, i would not say it is easy, but simple , as you said i can agree. 😂
Charles Berthoud should take notes from your lessons 😉😁🫡💯
Mantap boskuh....
What does the L in the tab mean?
Anyone know what kind of bass that is?
what is that bass, in this video? man, it has a fantastic look to it...
ok, found it on the Schecter web page... nice!
learning slap is making me hate my thumb, I cant slap it accurately without hitting other strings
What bass is that ..that you're playing
Hermoso, un placer escucharlo!!!
I can see this chanal getting subs faster than your main
Mantap bassis👍👍👍👍
I take it a Left Handed tap must be specific, as in, different from a conventional Hammer On. What's the difference?
He uses two fingers at once. Try it, it works.
@@EnglishPalette ahhh, ok. Thank you.
I'm confused unless I missed something the left hand tap looks alot like a hammer on pull off . I'm gonna watch again .