Funk Bass Groove Lesson: Learn a Louis Johnson Slap Line

STOP Trying to Learn a Groove All at Once: 👉 https://www.tedtalksbass.com/groove-s... ───────────────────────────── 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 ───────────────────────────── On a day off in Barcelona, I sat down with a Louis Johnson rehearsal clip my man Jason "J-Roc" Edwards showed me in Poland. This is my process for learning a slap groove like this one: the thumb and fretting-hand motion, the pluck on the flat 7, ghost thumps, two-bar chunks, and a Larry Graham move hiding in plain sight. Slow it down, stack one piece at a time, and the groove becomes yours. Original Louis Johnson rehearsal clip:    • Louis Johnson  Getting Down at the Brother...   --- 𝄢 *Groove School*— for bass players who are done treading water. You've put in the years. The lessons, the courses, the YouTube rabbit holes. You did the work and you're still fumbling. That's not on you. Nobody gave you a system. Groove School is the system. Watch the lesson. Do the assignment. Get feedback. Move forward. Every week. Until the fretboard makes sense, your ear works, and you can walk into a room and play. Video library. Live coaching. Active community. AI assistant trained by me. 👉 https://www.tedtalksbass.com/groove-s... ───────────────────────────── 🎧 𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦 𝗜 𝗨𝗦𝗘 Song Master Pro — slow down and loop any song for practice. This is how I study bass lines. 👉 http://aurallysound.com/tedtalksbass 💳 zZounds — gear financing with no credit check. Best payment plans in the business. 👉 https://www.zzounds.com/a--3997323 🎸 Elrick Basses — use code TEDTALKS for a discount. 👉 https://www.elrick.com/modern-vintage... ───────────────────────────── 🎵 *Brother Theodore: St. Ann 👉 https://brothertheodore.bandcamp.com ───────────────────────────── ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Day off in Barcelona 0:32 The Louis Johnson clip 1:06 Thumb and open/close motion in E 2:05 Adding the pluck on the flat 7 2:50 Slowing it down to 100 and 90 BPM 5:05 Stacking the next note 5:52 Set a timer, stop practicing mindlessly 6:08 Playing it over a drum loop 6:42 B and C# on the G string, the pull-off 9:05 Ghost thump and stacking elements 9:50 Two-measure groove architecture 10:47 Improvising inside the groove 12:25 Larry Graham to Louis Johnson 12:58 Octave E and the chromatic run 13:47 Finding your breaking point 14:30 Full groove with drums 16:00 What repetition buys you 16:35 Groove School and wrap ───────────────────────────── #tedtalksbass #basslessons #slapbass #louisjohnson #funkbass #bassgroove ───────────────────────────── Disclaimer: some links in this content may be affiliate links. For serious inquiries, contact ted@tedtalksbass.com.