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SLAPBASS
With Ray Riendeau

Expanding the Slap Bass Vocabulary with Ray Riendeau – Groove #2
Hello fellow bassists! For this next slap groove I thought I’d incorporate a technique that might be
new to some of you which I call “Rake Down”. This involves fanning out your fingers in a downward
motion across a single string or multiple strings. In this
groove (measure 2 - beat 4) I attack 5th fret harmonics across
the A, D, and G strings. The video will show this technique
in detail. This is another groove that really showcases my
particular style of slap and I hope it generates some new

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ideas for you.