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How to best learn John Mayer "slap and flick" style

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John Mayer uses a particular right hand technique, which I don't know if there is an official name for, but I will use the term "slap and flick".  I am trying to learn a few of his songs that use it (Stop this Train, Heart of Life, etc..) Part of my struggle is that I normally play with a Fred Kelly Speed Pick on my thumb and because it has a long pick end, it gets in the way of a clean percussive thumb slap.  I am now trying to play without it and am not getting any volume out of the thumb slap.  Any suggestions?

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Hi Nancy. You might want to check out the below YouTube video. It doesn't specifically address your volume issue, but it's a good overall discussion of the technique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMeL5aM2LXM

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Thanks for the info Nancy and Watson.

 

Jim

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Learn from Berklee Prof. Tomo Fujita, who taught the man.

 

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