Product Details

• Actors: Ed Friedland
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hal Leonard
• DVD Release Date: February 11, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008G90O
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,523 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Instruction on slapping, popping, left-hand integration, dead notes, and more dangerous techniques; a dedicated groove for each new technique; grooving with a drum machine; funk history - the hallowed grooves of the Funk Triumvirate; slow demos; tips on sound; creating your own grooves; and much more! Includes a booklet with notation and tab for all examples.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars get slap happy, July 29, 2004

By	jlbjr (bay area, ca.) - See all my reviews

Ed Friedlin is a monthly writer for bass player magazine. He covers in an excellent way how to slap, pop, mute, develop a groove, how to play with drum machines, ghost notes, and does some licks in larry graham, louis johnson, and marcus miller style and it is laid out in a very good manner. very good instructional video.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars seems good for beginners, March 15, 2004

By A Customer

i really haven't seen any other instructional bass video, so i don't have anything to compare it to. that said, i would say it's a good video for beginners. i think it covers all the basics for slap, and even goes into to some advanced stuff as well. he also gives good licks and exercises and goes over slap, pop, dead notes, and other stuff i can't think of. he also goes into getting a good sound for slap, and some funk history. the one drawback, is i would say he's not the best speaker, so sometimes you can tell he's not sure how to explain something, but overall he does a good job.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction for Slap Bass, August 31, 2006

By	Bass Brother "Bass Brother" (Ewa Beach, HI) - See all my reviews

This DVD cleared up alot of problems I was having trying to learn this style. After viewing this DVD many times, I feel I have a solid foundation in which to build on. I am by no means a super slap funk player, but I do have mucho more confidence going into grooves that require this style as a result of studying this DVD. I highly recommend it.