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Easy Baby

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Thu, 09/29/2016 - 18:10
Mark Vincent
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Good evening David,

 

Are you slapping into the 6/3 flutters on bar 7 of the 6th chorus?

 

Thanks,

Mark

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Thu, 09/29/2016 - 18:20
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David Barrett
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That's correct, flutters are

That's correct, flutters are always started with a slap

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Thu, 09/29/2016 - 18:43
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Mark Vincent
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It also sounds like the other

It also sounds like the other splits (no flutter) are being slapped. More pronounced to me in that chorus. Correct? 

 

Thanks David!

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Thu, 09/29/2016 - 18:47
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David Barrett
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Yes, slapping splits... fake

Yes, slapping splits... fake octaves or octaves... are always an option. I don't know if I used them more, but it would make sense to make slaps more prominent as a song progresses, so that the intensity builds.

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