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The Slap Accelerator
Welcome to The Slap Accelerator
Before You Get Started - Please Read
Pre-Course Lessons
Lesson 01 - What Kind of Bass Do You Need for Slap?? (9:44)
Lesson 02 - How About Strings? (8:46)
Lesson 03 - Changing Strings (9:04)
Lesson 04 - The New String Sound & Action (7:35)
Lesson 05 - EQ Settings (4:23)
Lesson 06 - Compression (4:49)
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Week 1: Core Skill #1 – Thumbing
Lesson 01 - Parallel Thumb Position (12:01)
Lesson 02 - Single-String Exercise & Muting (7:18)
Lesson 03 - Two-String Exercise (with Added Sauce!) (7:30)
Lesson 04 - Three-String Riff with Fill (5:57)
Lesson 05 - Rocking All Four Strings (7:37)
Lesson 06 - String Skipping (5:35)
Lesson 07 - Bringing It All Together (7:46)
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Forearm Muting Information (8:47)
Week 2: Core Skill #2 – Pops
Lesson 01 - Popping Fundamentals (4:36)
Lesson 02 - Octaves Are Your Best Friends (5:58)
Lesson 03 - Adjacent-String Slaps and Pops (5:26)
Lesson 04 - Tenths (7:05)
Lesson 05 - Leading with the Pop (5:50)
Lesson 06 - Pops - Final Exercise (6:59)
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Week 3: Play-Along Technique Breakdown – Larry Graham
Lesson 01 - Intro and Background (1:11)
Lesson 02 - The Larry Graham Vibe! (3:46)
Lesson 03 - ‘Sky High’ - Song Breakdown (8:37)
Lesson 04 - ‘No, Thank YOU’ - Song Breakdown (8:06)
Lesson 05 - ‘When Did You Lose All Your Hair?’ - Song Breakdown (12:23)
Lesson 06 - Wrap Up (1:41)
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Week 4: Live Q&A + Artist interview - Doug Wimbish
Recording | Live Q&A with Ian Allison (68:48)
Bonus Interview with Doug Wimbish (77:26)
Week 5: Core Skill #3 – Thumb Ghost Notes
Lesson 01 - Learning the Basic Technique (10:12)
Lesson 02 - Basic Ghost Notes on a Gospel-Style Riff (10:58)
Lesson 03 - Adding 16th-Note Ghosts (9:56)
Lesson 04 - More Ghost-Note Practice (With Another Killer Groove!) (12:27)
Lesson 05 - Bass Line Development, Part 1 (10:52)
Lesson 06 - Bass Line Development, Part 2 (8:21)
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Week 6: Core Skill #4 – Hammer-ons & Pull-offs
Lesson 01 - Introduction to Hammer-ons & Pull-offs (9:49)
Lesson 02 - Isolating Hammer-ons (14:16)
Lesson 03 - Isolating Pull-offs (11:28)
Lesson 04 - Hammer-ons and Pull-offs Combined (10:46)
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Week 7: Play-Along Technique Breakdown – Flea
Intro - The Funky Monk (2:11)
Lesson 01 - Flea-Style Riff #1 Breakdown (29:42)
Lesson 02 - Flea-Style Riff #2 Breakdown (19:59)
Lesson 03 - Flea-Style Riff #3 Breakdown (15:38)
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Week 08 - Live Q&A + Artist interview - Mohini Dey
Recording | Live Q&A with Ian Allison (68:34)
Bonus Interview with Mohini Dey (64:07)
Week 9: Core Skills #5, 6, and 7 – Slides, Stings, & Fret-Hand Slaps
Lesson 01 - Slides! (20:09)
Lesson 02 - Fret-Hand Slaps (19:03)
Lesson 03 - All About Feel: Taking a Riff Through Tempos (10:51)
Lesson 04 - Stings & Trills (17:36)
Lesson 05 - Combining All Techniques (7:47)
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Week 10: Core Skill #8 – The ‘Open Hammer Pluck’
Lesson 01 - Technique Overview (11:48)
Lesson 02 - Fret-Hand Slap & Open Hammer Pluck Combined (8:13)
Lesson 03 - Mid-Tempo Groove (11:46)
Lesson 04 - INSANE Riff for the Brave! (18:06)
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Week 11: Play-Along Technique Breakdown – Marcus Miller
Intro - The King of Slap (And Bass, in General) (2:55)
Lesson 01 - Marcus Riff #1 Breakdown (28:05)
Lesson 02 - Marcus Riff #2 Breakdown (16:41)
Lesson 03 - Marcus Riff #3 Breakdown (16:08)
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Week 12 - Live Q&A + Artist interview - Cory Wong
Live Q&A with Ian Allison | Recording (60:48)
Bonus Interview with Cory Wong (76:17)
Week 13: Core Skill #9 – Double Pops
Introduction to the Double-Pop Technique (2:27)
Lesson 02 - Double Popping Ghost Notes (10:36)
Lesson 03 - Riff #1 - Double Pops in Action (10:58)
Lesson 04 - Riff #2 - Double-stop Pops (16:04)
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Week 14: Core Skill #10 – Double Thumbing
Lesson 01 - Double Thumbing Basics (21:05)
Lesson 02 - Riff #1 - Putting It into Practice (9:19)
Lesson 03 - Riff #2 - Double Thumbing on Two Strings (7:19)
Lesson 04 - Riff #3 - Double Thumbing on All Four Strings (8:07)
Lesson 05 - Riff #4 - Prince via Victor Wooten (15:18)
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Week 15: Play-Along Technique Breakdown – Victor Wooten
Lesson 01 - The Baddest Bassist Ever (1:14)
Lesson 02 - Double Thumbing Recap (6:02)
Lesson 03 - Victor-Style Riff #1 (17:18)
Lesson 04 - Victor-Style Riff #2 (18:18)
Lesson 05 - Wrap Up and Final Thoughts (1:27)
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Week 16 - Live Q&A + Artist interview - Jacob Umansky
Live Q&A with Ian Allison | Recording (78:22)
Bonus Interview with Jacob Umansky (69:13)
Lesson 04 - More Ghost-Note Practice (With Another Killer Groove!)
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