Bass Edu
Expanding the Slap Bass Vocabulary with Ray Riendeau – Groove #6
Hello fellow bassists!
Happy New Year to you all!
This month I’d like to share another groove that uses the Rake down/ Rake up technique that has become a favorite of mine. It also uses the left hand hammer-on to attack the fretted notes. The groove is based on an A Dominant chord.
L = Left Hand
H = Hammer On
T = Thumb (2 T’s in a row is Thumb down followed by Thumb up)
P1 = Pop Index Finger
P2 = Pop Middle Finger
X = Percussive Note (notated on string being attacked)
RD = Rake Down (fanning your finger(s) in a downward motion across
string(s)
RU = Rake Up (fanning your finger(s) in a Upward motion across string(s)
H = Hammer On
O = Open String