HOW TO PLAY PERCUSSIVE GUITAR LESSON 3

[XxWulletproductionxX]

do you use a pick-up?

[braddyboy82]

Why not just get some guy to hit the bongos while you play guitar? Wouldn't that make things easier and add more to the music?

[JMorr1029]

@braddyboy82 its a technique usually used by a solo guitarist. bongos also have a much different sound.

[JourneymanTR]

You are the most helpfull man about guitar teachers i have ever seen in youtube. YOU ARE AMAZING MAN THANK YOU SOOO MUCH ..!

[KThornby]

Hi dale, what kind of guitar do you play? Or what kind of guitars would you reccomend for the percussive/fingerstyle playing?

[JacksonTheGod]

wow great tutorial!

[mblastERR]

Is the electro - acoustic guitar necessary for this type of music? Because I'm trying to get sounding like this on my extremely cheap acoustic, and it sounds like shitting cow. Aren't you using some reverb on this, to get a brighter ant long lasting harmonics? You know, when I slap harmonic it sounds pretty good, but when after that I hit the strings, all the harmonics just dissapear (because I mute them with hitting). I wonder, reverb would help on this a lot, wouldn't it?

[nbaradat]

Hey Dale....Great lesson man!! i have a question though....Which program did you use to show the chords on the top of the screen?

[Guss7cabrera]

buena men! gracias

[deantown]

Great teaching techniques! So glad I found you! Thank you ¦¬)

[K1LL14N]

you can't get slap harmonics with the other strings? well that is certainly not true..

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

You misunderstand, you cannot get harmonics at the 12th fret on all the strings whilst holding the chords. You CAN get slapped harmonics anywhere with the correct positioning of the slap relative to the chord shape you are holding but getting a perfect slapped standard C major at 12th fret equivalents for example would not be possible.

It Would however be possible to get an approximation by angling your slapping finger to adhere roughly to the chord shape, which may be what you mean??

[K1LL14N]

Oh yes you're totally right!

I'm sorry, I thought (with my stupid head) that you meant that you couldn't get slap harmonics on all the strings Without pushing on any fret.

but of course if have a chord you can't get harmonics on all the strings just by slapping the 12th fret!

You're right and well thanks for commenting on my (not so sharp) comment!

Goodluck in the future, and well you already played with Eric Mongrain so I guess it will just keep getting better! ;)

[CubeMS]

Thank you :D

[Naxxx]

is there anything to get some high defined harmonics???

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

Hi do you mean the pickup in the sound-hole?

If so then the answer is no it is not needed. But it can make it easier on some guitars.

[wichondo]

thank you so much!! saludos desde México, I hope hear you, once in my life

[wichondo]

Hi Dale!!! your guitar have one metal bar, is very important for the sound??

[wichondo]

jajaja cool Mario Bros

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

good ear man, glad you spotted it!

[taragizta]

what kind of guitar is he using?

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

Its an Avalon L25 Cedar top.

[taragizta]

thx. im planning to buy a new guitar. my only acoustic which i took from high school years back aint really working for me. cant do the "high hatting" properly and im missing the frets that is required to do your song.

great tutorial and keep it up. im actually learning something for a change.

[lilmark816]

Does Mr. Mckee use an Avalon as well?

[Tman4000]

Andy used to, but now Andy plays Greenfield guitars.

[LadyGaGaQueenOfPop]

Finally is someone able to explain me that :D

[paultism]

All of these lessons are really great and I'ved learned a lot from them, but if you could possibly make a lesson about tips for composing using percussive/tapping techniques, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

Hi Paul, glad they have been useful.

Composition is a difficult one, everyone has a different method. And I find that I even vary from song to song, some points to watch would be -

Staying focused, this can mean trying to work out what the most important element of a song or section is and try to enhance it. Don't over complicate for the sake of adding a technique if it detracts from the melody for example.

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

Only add percussion/tapping if needed. Every now and again someone (usually a smartass) will say to me "thats great and all but its just showing off you don't need to do it".

I always respond by telling them that actually for various reasons I do - It helps the flow of the piece, cannot be played sensibly in another position, or I feel it adds to the music.

To some extent these are very visual techniques but use them to enhance the music and you can't go wrong.

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

Work out a cool riff or chord progression and then see if some simple percussive work can be added, maybe you need some tapping to keep it flowing.....

I may cover this a bit in one of the lessons I am making at the moment....

[poopdeedoo123]

I'm still uncomfortable with this percussive guitar thing.... Meh, each to their own. :]

[bretty6666]

you keep finding ways to improve your videos but wheres the 4th,thank anyway for such great lessons,much appreciated is your time,, says yoda!

[matinee310]

Fantastic!! I play drums but you have showed me something even mre impressive. Thanks Dale- Process of learning has begun!!

[fajsu]

This is a great way to get out of the usual guitar playing rut. Yeah my fingers and wrist ache and I swear I heard my guitar crack but its fun. Thanks Dale

[qwerrik]

i didnt really understand how you hit those tones, 12 and 19. is it with the top or underside of the finger?

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

They are slapped (or tapped) harmonics. If you can play normal harmonics this should make sense -

When you play a 'normal' harmonic at 12 your put a finger from your left hand lightly onto the string at the harmonic 'node' point ( just over the metal of fret 12). You then pluck with your right hand to impart 'energy' into the string and make it ring.

In this example you are creating the 'node' and imparting the 'energy' at the same moment with a single slap, (has a sort of whipping motion).

[AnchoriteProductions]

I'm going to have to work on this! Would love to get some precussive effects into some of my compositions. Thanks for the video!! -Derek

[Pietaz]

Thanks for the tutorials. Really awesome!

Would love to hear you play 'stranger in Moskow'. Sounds like it would be perfect for percussive guitar

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

V.nice idea may have to give that a whirl....

[slippereal]

awesome man thanks for the tutorial this is some really cool stuff!

[dcgne]

very cool, dale. :) amazing tutorial.

[matbus04]

thanks dale

there will be a lesson four, right ?

[DaleCampbellAcoustic]

Yes there will, working on a Harmonics tutorial and a tapping tutorial at the moment.

[ehsanul]

That's great! Though the percussive stuff is what's really a little hard to get at, particularly incorporating it into your composition. I use tapping and harmonics all the time, but never seem to be able to figure out when I should add some percussion, since I always seem to be doing too much other stuff to have space for percussion. All I do is the constant thumping by thumb against the bass strings, which is nice, but gets boring...

[nick5014]

Thanks for these videos, really enjoying them. Any news on the the 4th tutorial? I'm looking forward to harmonic and tapping lessons you see :)

[lordofhihu]

wooh! finally! i'm so happy this is out love your stuff, cant wait for the album

[n35t0]

thanks for ur tutorial man... we were waiting for it :)

[digitlove]

man thats crazy! your really really good, thanks for the instruction!