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Miketheonly

Mar 23, 2011
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Moscow, Russia
#1
Readin the thread of playing without a drummer reminded me some lakland's comercial for their LH3 system.
I'm talking about this one:


Can anybody tell me how the hell he does some of his percussive tricks? esp. those where he plays note and click at the same time
I can't conceive what exactly is he doing between A and B notes in his slap line on stingray also...

Any suggestions?
 

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#2
theres 4 percussive sounds between those notes hes doing the first 2 with his thumb using up and down technique like wooten does and muting the strings with his left hand, you can also get that sound by atacking the string with your thumb from the front and leave the thumb pressing the string so no sound will come out of it even if you are fingering a note in your left hand, if your thumb never leaves the string it will never vibrate. then for the 3 sound, he pops out with his index on a string higher wich is also muted, finally the 4 sound is done just like the first one. Think of this like a drummer, your thumb is your bass kick and your index your snare, practice drum beats using percussive slap sounds, you will get a persuive sound everytime you play on a string thats correctly muted or everytime you hit a string but you stop it from vibrate, like claping with your hand on the bass and leave it there and stuff. Hope it helps
 
#4
I was able to roughly recreate the "line" example like this:
Left hand - fretted a note with my index finger on the D string, muted the A string with my ring finger.
Right hand - plucked the D and A strings at the same time, middle finger on the D, index on the A.

Just a guess...
 
#6
I dont understand that concept of "line" meaning its not about slap. Also i dont know why you want to do a percussive sound and a note at the same time. I can name and explain the most common percussive sounds you can hear from a slap player so you can practice them.

1- Hit any note thats mutted by your left hand in any way you want.
2- Atack the string from the front with your thumb rather strong and leave the thumb there.
3- Hit the bass with your palm, like palm mutting near the bridge using your right hand, that will mute the strings and at the same time hit the desired string with your thumb.
4- With your left hand use your index finger all across the fretboard to mute the strings, then with the rest of the hand clap the bass on the fretboard. If you clap the bass with the whole hand you will get some sound, and we want percussive sounds only, so use your index to prevent strings from vibrate, then hit the neck with your other 3 fingers togheter.
5- Other cool trick is the "fla" and it can be done by plucking a string with your index finger and pluck it with your middle finger very fast, almost in the same motion and right after that you hit some note with your thumb. That technique is used A LOT by all slap players.
 
#7
Bustabo23 said:
I dont understand that concept of "line" meaning its not about slap. Also i dont know why you want to do a percussive sound and a note at the same time.
Click to expand...

I think the OP is referring to the fact that his attached example "line.mp3" sounds like it's played fingerstyle, yet still contains a simultaneous note and percussive sound.

I agree it's nothing I've ever felt the need to do.
 
#8
>Also i dont know why you want to do a percussive sound and a note at the same time.

I'm just wondering how he does it in that example. This line is not a slap line at all. It's not a problem to make these sounds when you DON'T play a note yet when you DO
I just don't understand...
 

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