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- ghm101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11digg!, but i like Erik Mongrain better -(as seen on diggnation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k - nixfu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5/yawn..you kids are so lacking in experice of REAL music :)
Eddie Van Halen has been doing this technique or decades....he does a song for a couple of minutes using this style of playing inside his solo during their shows.
I think there is a song on Fair Warning or Women and Children first that is based on playing like this. - BobbyOnions, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5http://www.stick.com/
Enough said. - schotty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The technique is called hammer-ons. Its the alternative to strumming, and as you noted EVH does it alot, as does my personal fave Joe Satriani. One advantage is, its easy (alot moreso than with picking + strumming) to move, and fast. Yngwie malmsteen proves this. But Steve Vai rarely if ever does any hammer ons.
Figured I would add that. The guy is good, and hopefully is getting laid/drunk due to his handiwork at the very least. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4A W E S O M E
- knid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As impressive as that is, and I believe it IS very impressive, that sound just isn't appealing to me musically.
It's one of those "Hey, that's really cool!" type of things but when you get down to it I would just never want to listen to an entire album, or even 2 or 3 songs worth, of that.
Still, Justin is quite a talented player. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I want to learn how to do that!
- DopeWeasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Man I WANT one of those Sticks! I wish they made one for us southpaw (left-hand) players.
- Rollo_Tomasi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1he is pretty good but check our Stanley Jordan for the best in guitar tapping ..... he's been around for many years and makes beautiful music... here's one of many clips on youtube...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q8A_IP5YB2g - motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You are thinking of the intro to Mean Street.
- Zopwx2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Raul Midon?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ynk6W3qM9-w - RogueOstrich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seems very similar to slap bass; only using a guitar instead; wouldn't be incredibly hard to learn considering there's already 30 You Tube videos out of kids covering it
- AaronH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here he does it on a 2 necked guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6NA9nd4Fgs&mode=related&search= - schotty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@kudzoo:
I agree with 99% of your post except the Vai part. IIRC Vai rarely does this. Although taught by the other God of Guitar and the other 1/3 of G3, Satriani loves hammerons, Vai moved away from this and does really pick most notes. Perhaps I missed a few albums (not a huge fan of his music composing skills, moreso his playing ability). - Kman42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those were amazing!
I tried doing that myself once, but I could never get it to be that good.. - Interpol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Where can I download this at?
- Zreitan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you just blew my mind
- Stobiemas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you like this style, check out Michael Hedges http://www.nomadland.com/Point_A.htm. He did this type of technique in the 80's and 90's, up until he was killed in a car accident around '97. My personal favorite CD of his is "Breakfast in the Field". Definitely worth a listen.
- JeremiahLBurns, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It doesn't get any better than Kaki King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbJnwk3GBiM - JFalt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've been playing acoustic for about 10 years and have never tried tapping. I've recently been turned on to alot of good examples on youtube, and thought it looked like it should be fairly easy to atleast get started (not play like this guy) with learning how to do the acoustic tapping. It has been really difficult to find a starting point for something like this. Seeing videos like this definitely makes it seem like it is worth the work, but it is really tough to start.
- 4degrees, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1now that was ***** cool.
- norelpref, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, watch any of the G3 DVDs and you will see plenty of "tapping" and hammering-on by Vai. In fact he comes up with some doozies I'm still trying to figure out!
- KudZoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice performance. The song's okay, albeit not very melodic.
King has solid, though not stunning chops. For those who aren't guitarists and aren't familiar with these (fairly common) two and one-hand tapping techniques, I'm sure this seems much more impressive.
I'm not sure I'd say King's technique is more refined than Midon's... it's just that he's doing easier stuff rhythmically and harmonically... it's smoother and simpler, though the constant arpeggiation does give a nice illusion of being "fast."
Also note that in addition to Midon being blind (all of his life, actually, not just "most of"), he's also singing complex parts at the same time. King is focused exclusively on the fretboard, and his eyes never leave it. Those of you who have actually tried playing complex guitar parts like this at the same time as you sing will appreciate just how many times more difficult it is.
For those that enjoy this sort of playing, you're in luck. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of other artists that employ similar one and two-hand tapping techniques on both acoustic and electric guitars. A short list: Don Ross, Michael Hedges, Stanley Jordan, Keller Williams, Michael Gulezian, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, Yngvie Malmsteen, Lenny Breau, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, etc. - ucigangsta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1He is pretty good. Reminds a little of Raul Midon even though King's technique is a bit more refined. In Midon's defense though he's been blind for most of his life.
- froz3ntear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This video has been on his website for more than a year I believe. I used to watch it sometimes when I was bored and needed inspiration to keep playing the guitar lol.
- codman36, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hm and I thought I was good learning how to play cumbai.This guys is good.
- puthali, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A year u say?! Oh how i wish i'd come across this sooner...wud have defi made me want to play da guitar more often... :(
lol...neways awesome stuff... - dmsteg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Not taking anything away from Eddie Van Halen, but what he did was hammer-ons and pull-offs tapping at the neck as opposed to picking or strumming (as schotty said). That was more of a gimmick than anything else, it sounded cool the first dozen or so times he used it but it was certainly just a one dimensional technique.
What this guy is doing adds a whole new dimension to the instrument and though he's not the first to do it (Michael Hedges comes to mind about 10 or so years back) he is certainly presenting a unique style that very few have been able to master to this degree, - KudZoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@schotty:
You're absolutely right there... in my mind I was picturing Satriani, and yet I wrote Vai, heheh.
Vai did some tapping stuff back when he was credited as "stunt guitarist" for Frank Zappa, but he's really not known for it... more for fast picking like you said. - VindictivePantz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Most of Eddie's songs feature this technique - he's not the originator, but one of the first to successfully and artistically use it.
I believe Spanish Fly off of Van Halen II used tapping + amp'd acoustic.
Here are some links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shrGEg50cCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRQxo2z8hjA - mistergosh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why? 'Cause it's going to be a pita to find this guys CD?
- NikZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Satriani has a nice finger tapping example on his Surfing With the Alien album, entitled "Midnight". Satriani is (and will probably always be) my personal finger-tap hero. Midnight alone caused me to spend a big chunk of my precious pocket money on the Surfing With The Alien tab book when I was 16 (well, that and my then-girlfriend wanted me to learn "Always With Me, Always With You", which I did).
Here's a 40 second excerpt of Midnight: http://www.satriani.com/media/Surfing_With_The_Alien/09_-_Midnight-ex.pls
Here's Satch giving a tapping demonstration playing Midnight:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pVLuxZUmO0A
And some more Satch "two-handed tapping" goodness:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FeA7C4sUKLk
Check out the "Explore More Videos" after watching the above video, there are a few Satriani Midnight Masterclass snippets from Total Guitar TV on YouTube.
As for this Justin King fellow, that was totally awesome. - slven, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0check out my new website @ http://ifmv.blogspot.com
a really good site for people who like music vids. - motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@schotty: "But Steve Vai rarely if ever does any hammer ons."
First, I think you are confusing the name of the technique. A hammer-on is played with the fret hand. Tapping is playing notes with your right hand on the fretboard (for right handed guitarists). For example, Satch does tapping in Midnight, Day at the Beach and the middle section of Satch Boogie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_on
Secondly, Steve Vai has a healthy dose of both in his playing. - eddievanhalen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There is nothing new or original about this, Jim Wright has been doing this for years. And by now, it's pretty lame and annoying. And like knid says, it's like one those things, "Hey everybody, look what I can do", but after 10 seconds, it's just boring. That's why it's untitled. I can't even listen through a whole song like this. Like sitting through a Dave Matthews song. Worse is, this gets other people wanting to learn how to tap themselves, which just creates more boring guitar players with lots of technique, but nothing original about them. By the 1990s, this circus trick should have been put to sleep. I'd much rather watch someone pop all the strings on their guitar while tapping it and meanwhile have one of the strings hit that person in the eye. Much more interesting.
- johnnydanger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'll add my voice to the chorus of posters who've pointed out EVH, et. al. and quietly ask: Have you ever heard of Stanley Jordan?
- eddievanhalen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There is nothing new or original about this, Jim Wright has been doing this for years. And by now, it's pretty lame and annoying. And like knid says, it's like one those things, "Hey everybody, look what I can do", but after 10 seconds, it's just boring. That's why it's untitled. I can't even listen through a whole song like this. Like sitting through a Dave Matthews song. Worse is, this gets other people wanting to learn how to tap themselves, which just creates more boring guitar players with lots of technique, but nothing original about them. By the 1990s, this circus trick should have been put to sleep. I'd much rather watch someone pop all the strings on their guitar while tapping it and meanwhile have one of the strings hit that person in the eye. Much more interesting.
- BuddhaPhi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great technical skill though seriously lacking melody. I'm old-school and will take even a slow Michael Hedges tune over this any day.
- obliquebends, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This is why musicians are broke!
- genelmx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0the only tapping i know is the eddie van halen tapping. but justing king does it on acoustic.
- Cugel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1@DopeWeasel
They don't make left handed pianos either, but that doesn't stop my 8 year old son from playing. He's left-handed. He also plays guitar right handed. - jasonmog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This guy sucks compared to www.flintblade.com
- dipidi, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Dirka Allah
- mackdaddy187, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4Durka Durka Muhammad Jihad?
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