Thread: EVH Tremolo Technique
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02.07.19, 03:07 AM #31
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I think it's safe to say you won't make that mistake again.
It reminds me of the time I inexplicably tried to separate two frozen burgers by holding them vertically in one hand and ramming a large, sharp knife inbetween them, as though I was stabbing someone to death. It'll come as no surprise that a few seconds later, the burgers separated and the knife plunged into my hand at great speed.
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02.07.19, 06:53 PM #34
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I can't trem pick like Ed to save my life, but I can trem pick. Mostly using my forearm with its upper most part resting on the body. My middle finger and pointer wind up holding the pick with my thumb and some times my pinky just juts out - laughs-
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That definitely aint happening again! Five years later I still can't believe I did it.
I did gain a weapon out of it, though. I slam my crazy nail middle finger on concrete and don't feel a thing. I could probably dent a dome with it.
No freakin' way! I did the same thing, Blofeld. LOL. I was teen at the time.
I didn't hit my hand though. It came down on my middle finger. Nice little gash...a few stitches.
From then I was more careful.... and used a fork.
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Someone reposted a video on FB, of Stanley Jordan playing Stairway to Heaven on a double-neck guitar, using only tapping - with BOTH hands. Chords, melodies, lead runs with multiple fingers, etc. The guy is amazing!
Made me also think of Jeff Watson and his '8 finger piano tapping' technique. For that matter, even Vai uses his middle and ring fingers, mostly, to tap. Same with many others.
I tap 'normally' with my index while tucking the pick in the middle fingers' bent knuckles. I will normally do EVH style tap harmonics this way as well, for single notes. For chord harmonics ala DTNA etc, I use my middle finger to sound them, while holding the pick with my thumb and index digits.
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