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Slap and Pop Practice

tabbed by Andrew Beale 8/15/06

This is how i learned and practiced slapping and poping

Start slow with just a slap or just a pop:

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s or you could pop those

G|--------------------------------------------------

D|--------------------4--5---5--4-------------------

A|----------3--5--7----------------7--5--3----------

E|-3--5--7----------------------------------7--5--3-

Now lets start both slaping and poping in one riff:

s p s p s p s p s p s p s p s p s p s p s p

G|------------------------------------------------------------

D|---3----4----5----6----7----8----9----10----11----12-----13-

A|------------------------------------------------------------

E|-1----2----3----4----5----6----7----8----9----10-----11-----

Now lets speed that up a bit by adding one slap:

ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p s s p s s p

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

D|----3-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9-----10-----11------12------13---

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

E|-11----22----33----44----55----66----77----88----99-----1010-----1111-----

One thing i found difficult while learning was slapping strings

under the E string without hitting any other string:

so lets move the exercise up a string

ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p ss p s s p s s p

G|----3-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9-----10-----11------12------13---

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

A|-11----22----33----44----55----66----77----88----99-----1010-----1111-----

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

some good songs to practice using slap and pop are Higher Ground

and Suck My Kiss by the Red Hot Chili Peppers