http://doublebassblog.org/2007/05/rockabilly-slap-bass-playing-with-lee-rocker.html double bass news, stories, downloads, podcasts, and more! Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://doublebassblog.org/2007/05/rockabilly-slap-bass-playing-with-lee-rocker.html/comment-page-1#comment-582 rainer.lewalter Wed, 23 May 2007 23:14:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=1151#comment-582 Lee's left hand technique isn't quite a wacky as one would assume at first. In the highly-amplified surrounding of a Rockabilly band, you need a decent muting technique, for the E string in particular, and that accounts for this rather un-Simandlish approach. There's a great series of five short clips on YouTube, explaining most of the basic skills necessary for learning the Rockabilly slap technique. It's called, for obvious reasons, "How to slap that bass". The kid who plays there (Scott Hinds is his name, I believe) is quite amazing! Anyway, it's great to have all those videos out there, a big help for everybody interested in that style - in many respects they are more useful and efficient than sheet music or audio samples. Lee’s left hand technique isn’t quite a wacky as one would assume at first. In the highly-amplified surrounding of a Rockabilly band, you need a decent muting technique, for the E string in particular, and that accounts for this rather un-Simandlish approach. There’s a great series of five short clips on YouTube, explaining most of the basic skills necessary for learning the Rockabilly slap technique. It’s called, for obvious reasons, “How to slap that bass”. The kid who plays there (Scott Hinds is his name, I believe) is quite amazing! Anyway, it’s great to have all those videos out there, a big help for everybody interested in that style – in many respects they are more useful and efficient than sheet music or audio samples.

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