On Graham’s recommendation, Rustee Allen arrived at the Record Plant in California to overdub his iconic If You Want Me to ...

modulated notes? Sometimes a great bassline can be made up of a combination of multiple elements – for instance Red Alert by Basement Jaxx combines an earworm of a sampled slap bass riff with an ...

modulated notes? Sometimes a great bassline can be made up of a combination of multiple elements – for instance Red Alert by Basement Jaxx combines an earworm of a sampled slap bass riff with an ...

Graham’s innovation was to combine the slap with the pop. The Thank You bassline only uses three different notes: E, D and B, the tonic, flat seventh and fifth in the key of E. The magic is in ...

An avowed disciple of Larry Graham, Prince kept things funky with ghost-notes, vibrato, and plenty of Graham-esque slap work ... despite his original bassline proving to be somewhat troublesome.

An instantly recognisable slice of early 80s funk, thanks in no small part to its fat slap of a bassline. Sliding up and down the bottom end of the frequency spectrum, the plucked bass notes should ...

basslines you’ve ever had the good fortune to slap you in the face. 7 Nancy Sinatra – ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin” Jangly, walking bassline that oozes confidence. Shame Jessica ...