Is this real or just some little showmanship to trick people into thinking "Holy *&^% what did he just do?" If its real what's the point in doing that stunt?
Is this trick real or just showing off!!??
I saw some guitar players in live clips, where they grab (or bar the strings not to sure) the top part of the neck with their picking hand and then do some intense legato runs with the left. The curiousity is.. why do they grab the top the neck with the right hand?
Is this real or just some little showmanship to trick people into thinking "Holy *&^% what did he just do?" If its real what's the point in doing that stunt?
Is this real or just some little showmanship to trick people into thinking "Holy *&^% what did he just do?" If its real what's the point in doing that stunt?
# 1
its basically just to dampen the strings so that they can do legatos without having string noise. but basically its a showoff.
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# 2
Yes , It's basically to show off, but it's actually easier to mute in case you're playing pure legato.
It could also be reversed tapping.
It could also be reversed tapping.
# 3
I have a friend who always does that at gigs. he does it just to show off mainly, but he is muting the strings with his picking hand. looks cool, but it gets old if you really know what he's doing.
# 4
Another thing that is done in this manner besides muting the strings is actually fretting them, and do "open string" legato runs.
# 5
Originally posted by aiwass
...shut up, Azrael, I'm trying to make a point here! :D)
*cries*
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# 6
Pfft, its purely showing off, example:
There an ibanez promo video from a few years ago, Steve Vai does that. Then 5 minutes later Shawn Lane plays the same lick (and much more) without using his right hand to mute the strings.
There an ibanez promo video from a few years ago, Steve Vai does that. Then 5 minutes later Shawn Lane plays the same lick (and much more) without using his right hand to mute the strings.
# 7
Thanks for the clarification :D
Then besides showing off then what and how can you call it "open string" when its "fretted" :confused: have I got the whole meaning of open string wrong?
Then besides showing off then what and how can you call it "open string" when its "fretted" :confused: have I got the whole meaning of open string wrong?
# 8
That's exactly why I put the "open string" between quotation marks.
Your left hand is doing legato runs that include notes that do not require the left hand to fret anything. The notes that are not fretted by the left hand normally are open strings, which is why I refered to it as that, but in this case those notes are simply fretted by the right hand.
Does that make it any clearer?
Your left hand is doing legato runs that include notes that do not require the left hand to fret anything. The notes that are not fretted by the left hand normally are open strings, which is why I refered to it as that, but in this case those notes are simply fretted by the right hand.
Does that make it any clearer?
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