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Study Song 2-Temperature

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Thu, 12/14/2017 - 13:41
vid wes
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In "Temperatue" almost all of the notes above holes one and two are marked to played as slaps.  However when I listen to the recording, I'm not really hearing slaps on all of the marked notes.  This is especially true when a group of eight notes occurs.  I hear the slap on the first note of the group but the folloiwng notes either have no slap or it is really slight.

 

Could you please clarify this for me.

 

Thanks

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Thu, 12/14/2017 - 14:23
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David Barrett
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Hello vid wes. Slap it up. I

Hello vid wes. Slap it up. I am slapping all those notes, just some are faster than the others (less chord preceding the single note). If you play the acoustic version I recorded you'll notice the slaps more most likely.

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Thu, 12/14/2017 - 17:32
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vid wes
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Thanks, I'll listen to the

Thanks, I'll listen to the acoustic version.   It seems a rapidly moving tongue is required!

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Thu, 12/14/2017 - 17:43
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Yes, it does, but you'll get

Yes, it does, but you'll get it with practice.

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