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    Pick Tapping

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    One of the members was recently talking about The Band Metallica I am not a “heavy metal”fan but I thought I’d take a look at the song to see what he was talking about; “One” by Metallica. First off it is 18 pages of music, and it wasn’t what I had imagined. It actually looked pretty interesting.On page 8 it has some “pick tapping”. I kinda remember Steve talking about tapping in session 14. Here it said to use  the edge of the  pick and not your finger. That got my attention. So I had to google pick tapping to see what exactly was happening using this method..There we’re a few videos on “pick tapping” and the videos explained how they were using a pick instead of a finger which was interesting because it eliminates the need to magically get the pick out of the way when transitioning to tapping.However since I never really tried tapping I started looking for a beginner lesson and found a Fender Play video that gave some history and discussed the  basic tapping technique in more detail.
     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsHV0R5H3e8

    Hank Marvin

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted

    The instrumental "Apache" took me on a little side trip and I ran into Hank Marvin.

    Hank Marvin played in the band The Shadows. It formed as the  backing band  for Cliff Richards under the name "Drifters". (Cliff Richards I assume was the English version of Elvis.)Turned out there was an American Band called the "Drifters and they weren't too happy and sued. So. the English band changed their name to The Shadows. 

    Well, that was another side trip. Anyway I though someone might enjoy the  hour long guitar playing interview with with Hank Marvin. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kaVxgey9w4

     

     

    Apache

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted


    I must have be living under a rock. Apache! Never heard it. The band must have been hiding in the “Shadows” or perhaps they were just “Drifters”.

    I’ve had a strat for 10 years.Early on I screwed  the wammy bar in and it seemed pretty useless.It wouldn’t stay in place, so back in the case it went. I was probably in session 4 and really had no reason to figure it out. 
     

    Now, I hear Apache and Hank is using the strats floating vibrato bridge. So, thanks to Apache I floated my bridge, and put some plumbers Teflon tape on the bar threads and now I am “cooking with gas”. There was a small spring with the wammy bar that I thought would help hold the bar so I dropped it in the hole, but it didn’t do anything.

    The Galluping part of the tune is rather challenging, but once I got out of the “starting gate” I could feel the wind in my face. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCetatVRJ4

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    Duck walk

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    I remember Chuck Berry performing on stage, but I am not sure if folks referred to his stage act as a “Duck Walk”. Chuck Berry surely started his career listening to the great Blues players. I read somewhere that Chuck Berry may have learned his trade from the blues players, but also  helped create “Rock and Roll” which didn’t help the Blues. Some claim he was the father of “Rock and Roll”. I’ll go with Marty McFly.😎

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqS76TFCCYs

    Crescent City Blues

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    Oops, I meant Folsom Prison Blues. I am confused about the use of the capo in the Hal Leonard play along volume 115 sheet music. The Vocals appears to be in the key of F, but the guitar part is in the key of E. Why even mention a capo it’s not used.
     

    I might have figured it out when I pulled the the sheet music up on line. It seems to indicate that the capo is only for the rhythm guitar.

    By the way Cash settled the song issue for $75,000.

     

    sheet music

    https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0116776

    Crescent City Blues video

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3M3Igjnbhs

    Luther Perkins lesson

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rGr3uwSANU

     

     

    Glissando

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    I’ve seen players do a “long slide”, usually only one way with no specific start or end point, but I can’t say that I’ve seen a slide identified as a glissando in sheet music until now. I was looking at the music for “Five Long Years” by Eddie Boyd as preformed by Eric Clapton. A “steady gliss” from the 14th fret to the 1st fret and back to the 19th then to the 7th. 
     

    This song is about 12 pages long and how Clapton or any player remembers all those notes is beyond me. It does appear in the performance linked below that he has varied a little from the sheet. I would be surprised if he ever played it the same way twice.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTdd7awuMU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JB-juueVk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlEo8WUClNk

    Vibrato

    in Learn & Master Blues Guitar

    Posted

    Rock Me Baby, not much to this song, but almost every bar has a vibrato. It has a 12 bar intro before the verse and the lead lines follow the I IV V chords. Time to use your looper pedal and a clean tone.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK_AwCjK0Ak

    https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0039671

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY57juZoLqs

    You can also find this song in Hal Leonard's guitar play along volume 100 featuring BB King.

    1 spot pro

    in Guitar Gear, Amps, Effects, Pedals

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    Anyone using a Truetone 1 spot and a 24 volt pedal?

    update

    What I learned is that I needed a voltage doubler (sold by Truetone) placed between the 1 spot and the pedal. On the 1 spot you switch one of the outlet from 9 volt to 12. Some vintage pedals you need and additional connecting wire.

    I bought pedals over the years, long before I was ready to use them and consequently didn’t ever look at their voltage requirements. The re-issue  24v Memory Man was one of the pedals I had stored away.
     

    I was surprised to see some vintage MM  pedals with asking prices of $700 to $800. What they actually get might be a different story.

    Fingertip Myth

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    I was surprised the other day while listening to George Benson talk about his guitar playing.He said he doesn’t play on his fingertips, therefore has never had any calluses.He didn’t say in some circumstances he uses his finger pads he indicated he always uses them.

    So, it seems someone can become a legendary Jazz guitarist using only their finger pads. 

    Love in Vain Blues

    in Learn & Master Blues Guitar

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    Hal Leonard’s Blues Guitar p.9

    Three things I did with this exercises just to play around.

    1. Replaced the C with C7 

    2. Changed the first measure to 3 beamed 8th notes and 1 quarter note.Then I hybrid picked a shuffle on frets 5,4,3, and ended with E and A So, I played G F# F E and pedaled the high A on fret 5 with those notes.

    3. Replaced the open G chord in the second measure with E7  like in Sweet Home Chicago. Three finger 

    You can also fine this song in “The Real Blues Book”. The intro there must start  at the 12 th fret. In addition you will see other chords that you could use in this slow shuffle like G/D and Gdim7 etc.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BkPm8JIJJQ
     

    You might also look at The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton intros.

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