• "Slap That Bass" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced by Fred Astaire and Dudley Dickerson in the 1937 film Shall...
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    Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a stringed instrument. They are primarily used on the double bass or bass guitar. Slapping...
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    [rarely] slap bass. Bluegrass bassist Mark Schatz, who teaches slap bass in his Intermediate Bluegrass Bass DVD acknowledges that slap bass "...has not...
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  • Harriet Hoctor as herself Dudley Dickerson as singing crew member in "Slap That Bass" Charles Coleman as policeman in Central Park (uncredited) George Gershwin –...
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  • This is a list of bassists known for their slap bass technique. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Dave Allen (Shriekback)...
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  • Other songs came from the musical films Shall We Dance ("Slap That Bass" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me") and A Damsel in Distress, both of which...
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    Jimbo Wallace (category Slap bassists (double bass))
    band. He plays using the percussive rockabilly/psychobilly bass technique known as slap bass, in which the strings are pulled away from the fingerboard...
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    Larry Graham (category 20th-century American bass guitarists)
    with the invention of the slapping technique on the electric bass guitar, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers...
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    recording equipment of that time did not capture low frequencies well. For more about the slap style, see "Playing styles," below. Double bass players who have...
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    frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 Hz (C0 to middle C4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range C2-C4. They belong to different...
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  • list of double bassists known for their slap bass technique. Didi Beck Bill Black Wellman Braud Steve Brown (bass player) Dorsey Burnette Ray Campi Willie...
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  • Slap! is the fourth studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. A radical redefinition of the band's sound and attitude, the songs now inspires dancing...
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    Publishing Company. By 1936, Astaire and Rogers were top box office names. That year they made another two movies together: Follow the Fleet and Swing Time...
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    the double bass in a scalar walking bass style, a bass run may consist of a bar of swung eighth notes played using a percussive slap bass style, in which...
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    Mark King (musician) (category British male bass guitarists)
    42. King is known for his slap style of playing the bass guitar, with MusicRadar describing him as "the guy who put the slap in pop during the 80s". King...
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  • Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire...
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    They Can't Take That Away from Me: this sequence is in the form of a foxtrot, one of Gershwin's favorites from the score; Slap that Bass, a sparse musical...
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    Jazz Bass (often shortened to "J-Bass") is the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. It is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its...
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  • classic jazz and blues artists for the first time. In addition to the albums that include the remixes, each volume of the series has a companion album titled...
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  • reminiscent of disco bassists playing their instruments with a technique called slap bass. The songs of this new genre have more present and strong beats and even...
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  • full-length studio album received over 350 million plays, with tracks "Ain't That Why", "Hold On Tight", "The Wave" and "Lullaby" reaching the Billboard Hot...
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    recommends "standard electric bass 'fingerstyle' playing", and acknowledges that electric bass techniques such as slapping and popping and pick playing...
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    Louis Johnson (bassist) (category American jazz bass guitarists)
    His slap bass playing arrived soon after Larry Graham brought it into the mainstream, and both are considered the "grandfathers" of slap-bass playing...
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    saw Tilley Komorny – guitar Josiah Gardella – drums Connor “Fat Slaps” O'brien – bass Former Trace George – guitar (2017–2020) Cohen, Ian. "Home Is Where:...
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  • used finger and slap and pop techniques with the 8-string bass (such as Victor Wooten). Guitarist Jimi Hendrix also played 8-string bass on tracks from...
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    Robert Trujillo (category 20th-century American bass guitarists)
    playing "massive chords" and "chord-based harmonics" on the bass. Trujillo uses the slap bass technique, seen mostly in his work with Suicidal Tendencies...
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  • nickname, Chuck Bass, from his signature chuckle in a bass tone, which often sounds like a raspy whisper. Chuck's role is initially that of an antagonist...
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  • "They All Laughed" Song by Fred Astaire B-side "Slap That Bass" Published February 27, 1937 (1937-02-27) by Gershwin Publishing Corp., New York Released...
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  • Weaver Musicals represented: Crazy for You ("I Can't Be Bothered Now"/"Slap That Bass"/"Shall We Dance"/"I Got Rhythm" - Company) Falsettos ("Falsettoland"/"My...
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  • Slap-Happy is the sixth studio album by the American rock band L7. It was released on August 24, 1999, by Bong Load Records in collaboration with Wax Tadpole...
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