On the bass, i'd say one of the funnest techniques to use is the slap pop technique. I been goin to victorwooten.com alot lately and readin those lessons. They really help alot with this technique. Well the way u get faster, (if u dont already know) is to hammer on the notes on the string you are goin to slap. I tune my bass E A D G, most people like it that way. others like to tune it down 2 steps to C G C F. However, this tuning is as good if u want to use this technique. It just doesnt sound right. So if you like that low sound just tune it to D A D G, this is good for the slap pop. any ways here is a little sumthin i made up. G|----------------9-----6--5-4-----------------------------9h11---------------| D|---------0h7h9-------------------------------------9h11-------9h11----------| A|-----------------3h5-------------------------9h11------------------9h11-----| do this fast, and speed up at the E|----7x8---------------------0-1-5-0-2----0-xx-------------------------------| end s s p p p p p p s s s s s s s sp p p p p |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------16----15---17-| |------------------------------------------------15-15-13-15-15------15--15----| |-0-1-5-0-2-6666-5555-4444-3333//////////////12b-------------------------------| s s s s s ssss ssss ssss ssss s well, this is. it pretty fun so. if u hav any questions email me at crazedbassist202@hotmail.com