Slap technique advice

[chilievans]

Hello again,
I seem to be having a problem with keeping my strings quiet when playing slap. What I mean is that when I play a note on the E or D strings I'm getting some ringing coming from the A string even though I haven't struck it. What can I do to keep this string quiet while not breaking my rythym?
Thanks in advance guys

[Doddy]

I don't know what your technique is like,but when I'm slapping the majority of my muting
comes from the left hand.

[chilievans]

I knew you'd be along to help Doddy
So you rest your unfretted fingers on the unplayed strings to keep them quiet

[Pete Academy]

The slap style is a combination of hitting the string with your thumb and muting with the left hand (or right hand, depending on which slap style you're learning).

It's a bugger to master and takes a lot of patience.

A teacher would be the best bet.

Keep at it.

[chilievans]

Thanks Pete, will do
BTW yourself and Doddy are looking rather fetching lately. Have you done something with your hair

[Doddy]

[quote name='chilievans' post='1181310' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:16 PM']I knew you'd be along to help Doddy
So you rest your unfretted fingers on the unplayed strings to keep them quiet[/quote]

Basically yeah.
If I'm playing octaves between the E and D strings,I fret the E with my index finger and the
D with my little finger,while my ring finger mutes the A string and my index finger near the knuckle mutes the G.
If I'm playing between the A and G strings,my ring finger mutes the D and my middle finger mutes the E.

[mep]

[quote name='chilievans' post='1181321' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:21 PM']Thanks Pete, will do
BTW yourself and Doddy are looking rather fetching lately. Have you done something with your hair [/quote]

Doddy's new avatar is in response to the [i]hot chicks as avatars [/i]thread that is going strong at the moment

Edited March 29, 2011 by mep

[Doddy]

[quote name='mep' post='1181329' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:24 PM']Doddy's new avatar is in response to the [i]hot chicks as avatars [/i]thread that is going strong at the moment [/quote]

That and the Taylor Swift concert on the BBC thread here......

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=129159"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=129159[/url]

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1181325' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:23 PM']Basically yeah.
If I'm playing octaves between the E and D strings,I fret the E with my index finger and the
D with my little finger,while my ring finger mutes the A string and my index finger near the knuckle mutes the G.
If I'm playing between the A and G strings,my ring finger mutes the D and my middle finger mutes the E.[/quote]

Er, yeah...totally agree, Paul.

[chilievans]

I thought it was a pi** take

[Doddy]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1181340' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:27 PM']Er, yeah...totally agree, Paul. [/quote]

I'm not that confusing am I?

Or is it the distracting beauty of Elizabeth Huett?

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1181352' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:31 PM']I'm not that confusing am I?

Or is it the distracting beauty of Elizabeth Huett?[/quote]

Ah, that's who it is!

[mep]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1181337' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:26 PM']That and the Taylor Swift concert on the BBC thread here......

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=129159"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=129159[/url][/quote]

2 birds, one stone if you pardon the pun.

I wonder what the view from behind her is on stage?

[Doddy]

[quote name='mep' post='1181375' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:45 PM']I wonder what the view from behind her is on stage? [/quote]

I believe it would be awesome. But only if you can control your muting technique while slapping.

[chilievans]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1181381' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:48 PM']I believe it would be awesome. But only if you can control your muting technique while slapping.[/quote]
Nice one

[JTUK]

Still want to see the hot backup singer in THAT video