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Unread post by DrumsFoDaSoul » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:48 pm

How do I go about making these louder. A specific example would be the song Butterfly.
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Unread post by paulaitchison » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:56 pm

its gonna sound simple//////////////// to the extent of taking the piss,,,,,, but press your fingers harder....................... if you hit the note harder then it sounds better and louder.
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Unread post by castellar » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:28 pm

paulaitchison wrote:its gonna sound simple//////////////// to the extent of taking the piss,,,,,, but press your fingers harder....................... if you hit the note harder then it sounds better and louder.
thats the only way i know how to put it

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Unread post by RunsWithBuffalo » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:42 pm

One thing to check is the action on your guitar. I don't know if you are new to guitar or not but if the strings are really high, it makes it harder to do a hammer on. Also, its not enough to just press in, you really have to snap your finger so it actually "hammers" the string. So yeah check the action, and hit it harder.
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Unread post by czech » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:46 pm

RunsWithBuffalo wrote:One thing to check is the action on your guitar. I don't know if you are new to guitar or not but if the strings are really high, it makes it harder to do a hammer on. Also, its not enough to just press in, you really have to snap your finger so it actually "hammers" the string. So yeah check the action, and hit it harder.
this is true. i would say it is more the speed and strength. Fast to avoid killing the note, hard to make sure it is held solidly to the fretboard. obviously on an electric it takes minimal finger strength, but on some acosutics it is rather tough to get that volume.

just keep practicing a lot and they'll sound better.
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