Editing Larry Graham (section)

== Slap bass technique ==
Graham pioneered the [[Slapping (music)|slapping]] technique on the electric bass (he refers to it as "thumpin' and pluckin'"<ref name="bassplayermagazine" />), in part to provide percussive and rhythmic elements to the bass line when his mother decided to no longer have a drummer in her band. This style couples a percussive thumb-slapping of the lower strings with an aggressive finger-snap of the higher strings, the slap of the thumb used to emulate a [[bass drum]] and the pop of the index or middle finger a [[snare drum]].<ref name="bassplayermagazine" /> The slap-and-pop technique also uses a lot of muted or "dead" notes, which adds to the rhythmic effect. Radically expanding the tonal palette of the bass, the style has become the archetype of modern funk. 

The slapping style was later used by such artists as [[Bootsy Collins]] ([[Parliament-Funkadelic]]), [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Les Claypool]] ([[Primus (band)|Primus]]), [[Bernard Edwards]] ([[Chic (band)|Chic]]), [[Louis Johnson (bassist)|Louis Johnson]],<ref>{{cite web |title=George Johnson |url=https://andresmusictalk.wordpress.com/tag/george-johnson/ |access-date=October 11, 2019 |website=Andresmusictalk.wordpress.com}}</ref> [[Mark King (musician)|Mark King]], [[Keni Burke]], [[Victor Wooten]], Kim Clarke of [[Defunkt]], [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]), [[Marcus Miller]], and [[Stanley Clarke]].