Sa Ren EXERCISE 174 This exercise is a funk workout in G. You will see that as well as down and up strokes, this exercise also makes use of ghost notes. You will also notice some sixteenth notes. These shouldn't prove too difficult to play with the double thumb technique - the up and down thumb strokes remain the same, just faster. Remember that you probably would not be able to play them with conventional siap technique. Goaddis J=110 AC#D Em? EXERCISE 175, This exercise is a slightly more complex funk groove and features a lot of ghost notes. Be careful of the thumbing guides on this one - whereas the first beat of the first bar is a downstroke, the first beat of the second is an upstroke. D/Ft G Em’ ULTIMATE SLAP BASS,