guitar slap/percussion help

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guitar slap/percussion help

Unread post by Wcpeezy » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:24 am

i've been listening to a lot of john mayer's songs and i know he incorporates a slap to get a beat (heart of life, sucker, stop this train, etc) i was wondering if anybody knows how he performs this thanks

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Unread post by buffjam9011 » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:36 am

i don't have the link, but search on youtube... there is a good tutorial for stop this train
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Unread post by p1trick_82 » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:07 am

nice tutorial of how to play heart of life/stop this train

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L_AXlHOXhCc& ... ed&search=
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Unread post by sfmartins » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:58 am

p1trick_82 wrote:nice tutorial of how to play heart of life/stop this train

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L_AXlHOXhCc& ... ed&search=
Good stuff...

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Unread post by renold » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:53 pm

pick with pointer finger while picking with thumb- then downpick with pointer finger and slap with thumb

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